Events
Scroll down for upcoming events including Climate Fresk workshops, our inclusion dances and the annual Wild Westboro Garage Sale.
Monthly workshops and events
See our Flyers page for monthly recreation programs and workshops including arts, crafts, sports and date nights!
Dovercourt Wellness Lounge
Sign up (for free) for our latest wellness workshop on Bone Health, Tue. Oct. 15, 12-1pm. Course #23725
Monthly recreation workshops
Sign up for our monthly workshops including crafts, sports and date nights!
< Check out October’s workshops
Spooktacular Night at Dovercourt, Sat. Oct. 26, 6:00-9:30pm
Join us for a fun Halloween event for ages 4-12.
Calling All Mini Monsters!🎃
Are your little household goblins and ghouls looking for a spellbinding adventure before Halloween? Well, have we conjured up the perfect event for them!
- Sat. October 26
- 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- Location: Dovercourt
- Ages : 5-12 years old.
Register here, course 23624
Here’s what’s happening:
- 🎃 Pumpkin Carving – Let your creativity run wild as we sculpt spooky jack-o-lanterns!
- 👻 Ghoulish Games – Creepy-crawl your way through spine-tingling challenges and fun!
- 🍬 Trick-or-Treating – A head start on the candy mayhem with lots of sweet surprises!
- 🕷 Haunted Hall Tour – Dare to enter our eerie haunted hall… if you’re brave enough!
- 🎶 Spooky Tunes & Monster Mash – Dance the night away with your fellow goblins!
- 🍿 And a movie in the park! -> Hotel Transylvania
Plus…
- 🏆 Prizes for the Best Pumpkins and a cauldron of treats for everyone! 🏆
Sign your little witches and warlocks up for a night of safe, supervised Halloween shenanigans, sure
to cast a spell of fun and excitement! Don’t miss out on this fa-boo-lous event—we can’t wait to see your little monsters in action! 🎃👻
PLEASE NOTE: Participants are asked to not come costumed. Please bring a blanket, warm clothing, jacket and a toque for the movie in the park. If the weather is bad, we will move the movie indoors.
Costume Exchange
Has your child outgrown his or her costume?
From Oct. 2 – 10, drop off a gently used costume at our downstairs desk, and receive a coupon.
On Friday Oct. 11, 10am-6pm, exchange your coupon for a ‘new’ costume in our upstairs Lobby.
Inclusion Dances
Dovercourt is hosting regular Inclusion dances for our special needs community. These dances were formerly organized by Able2.
Entry: $5; Pizza: $4; Drinks $2
New! Bundle option: 1 entry + 1 pizza + drink = $10
Cash at the door.
Masks & vaccinations are recommended.
If you would like to be informed about the schedule for upcoming dances, please email: [email protected]
2024 dates:
- Oct 19 – Wear a costume for Halloween!
- Nov 16 – Neon theme
- Dec 14 – Holiday theme
2025 dates:
- no dance in January
- Feb 8
- March 8
- April 12 – St. Patrick Day theme
- May 10
- June 7 (Hawaiian theme)
Climate Fresk Workshops
Fresk Workshops for Fall 2024! Register by clicking the course code links:
- Wed. Oct. 2, 5:30-8:30pm, #23160
Stay tuned for the next month’s calendar or contact Don Sproule at [email protected]
- Visit the Climate Fresk website: https://climatefresk.org/
You can’t fix what you don’t understand.
As humanity is faced with unprecedented challenges, “Climate Fresk” is a citizens’ workshop that aims to raise awareness and understanding about climate change, and therefore to encourage positive actions at the personal and collective level.
Conceived in France and based on the science of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, it explains the cause and consequences of climate change. It gives the opportunity to learn a lot in a short period of time and is meant for both novices and experts. More than 1.5 million people worldwide have participated in the workshop, and 70,000 have gone on to become facilitators.
In just 3-hours, the workshop calls on participants’ collective and creative intelligence to identify the cause-effect relationships between different components of climate change. As a team, you will be handed five sets of cards. When each new set is handed out you are asked to (re)arrange the cards on the table according to cause and consequence. The Fresk is revealed once all 42 cards are on the table. Team cooperation is very important and will get you from one set of cards to the next. A facilitator will guide and support you through the workshop.
THE STEPS of the WORKSHOP
- the introduction to learn a bit about “Climate Fresk” history and to do some icebreaker exercises
- the construction of the Fresk, guided by your facilitator
- the creative phase, to relax and get to grips with your Fresk, then a debrief on what you’ve learned, and
- finally to share your feelings and express your thoughts and ideas for individual and collective actions
COMMENTS FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS:
- “the Fresk gave us a higher, more comprehensive view of the complex interconnections between the causes and consequences of climate change”
- “I haven’t stopped thinking about the time we spent at the workshop. The power of those cards! It DID NOT feel like 3 hours!! The time flew!
- “Even two weeks after the workshop, we were still talking about the Fresk!”
The workshops are facilitated by Westboro resident Don Sproule and Glebe resident David Anderson.
Fee by donation: $5, $10 or $15 (Suggested donation: $15).
Ages 17+; maximum 14 people
Look for this event to return in June 2025.
Rent a space outside at Dovercourt (around the wading pool) to sell your stuff at the Wild Westboro Garage Sale.
Proceeds of the Westboro Garage sale benefit the Westboro Community Association and its projects. Your support is more than welcome!
