Science Literacy Week

Curiosity Quest
2025-10-07 00:00 - 2025-12-01 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Okanagan Science Centre, 2704 BC-6, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 5G5, Canada
Are you ready to put your science smarts to the test? Join the Curiosity Quest challenge with the Okanagan Science Centre!
From October 7th to December 1st – keep an eye out for posters with science questions displayed in Armstrong, Vernon, Lake Country, and Kelowna.
Each poster has a unique question and QR code—scan to submit your answer and you’ll be entered to win. With 20 different questions, you’ll have 20 chances to enter and boost your odds of taking home the grand prize!
https://okscience.ca/pages/science-literacy-week

All Aboard! STEAM Storytime
2025-10-07 00:00 - 2025-11-18 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Public Library – Manotick Branch, 5499 S River Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, K4M 1J3, Canada
In English only
Tuesdays at 2:00 PM, Oct 07, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025

All Aboard!: STEAM Storytime – Choo choo! Join us for hands-on activities and stories to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). For ages 3-4 and their adult co-learner. Registration required

Free Admission to the Okanagan Science Centre
2025-10-07 00:00 - 2025-10-12 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Okanagan Science Centre, 2704 BC-6, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 5G5, Canada
Enjoy free admission all week long at the Okanagan Science Centre in celebration of Science Literacy Week! Come explore, discover, and celebrate science with us. Donations are welcome and greatly appreciated to help support our programs and exhibits.

Creative Chemistry: Invisible Ink
2025-10-07 00:00 - 2025-10-10 23:59 (America/Toronto) | London Children’s Museum, 100 Kellogg Ln, London, Ontario, N5W 0B4, Canada
Location: Discovery Lab

Rockets and Craters
2025-10-07 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Toronto) | London Children’s Museum, 100 Kellogg Ln, London, Ontario, N5W 0B4, Canada
Location: Above and Beyond Gallery

Environmentalist in Residence Kick-off: What Birds Can Teach Us
2025-10-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Public Library – Brentwood Branch, 36 Brentwood Rd N, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8X 2B5, Canada

STEM Workshops
2025-10-06 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Markham Public Library, 6031 Highway 7, Markham, Ontario, L3P 3A7, Canada
With:

STEM Out
Autism Ontario

An evening with Ian Tripp
2025-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Public Library – Agincourt Branch, 155 Bonis Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Register by phone (416-396-8943) or in person at the Agincourt Branch

An interview with Dr Kévin Zemmour
2025-10-06 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Siboire Dépôt, 80 Rue du Dépôt, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5G1, Canada
Organized by Neurosciences Sherbrooke
To register: https://fb.me/e/31gr1MY7f

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Deep-Sea Coding
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-12 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Science and Technology Museum, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5A3, Canada
Location: Exploratek
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Cloudy with a Chance of Science!
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-12 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Science and Technology Museum, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5A3, Canada
Location: Demo Stage
Times: 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.

For a Scientific Montreal
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-12 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Hosted by accèsSciences

Pumpkin Exploration
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-11 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Public Library – Richmond Branch, 6240 Perth St, Ottawa, Ontario, K0A 2Z0, Canada
In English only
Come into the Richmond branch to investigate pumpkins! We will have a station set up with pumpkin and different way to explore and learn about them.
October 6-11, 2025. The pumpkin station will be set up all week for you to explore.
Ages: 2-8 years.
Drop-in
Self directed

La mer des étoiles
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-10 23:59 (America/Toronto) | École Gabriel des courtois, 70 Bd Ste Anne O, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Québec, G4V 1R8, Canada
8:30 AM – 6:30 PM

Discover urban biodiversity with your class!
2025-10-06 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Toronto) | GUEPE, 500, boulevard Gouin Est, bureau 301, Montréal, Québec, H3L 3R9, Canada
Register by phone (514-710-6829 ext. 1) if you are an interested teacher in this workshop with GUEPE

Launch of Science Literacy Week (en français)
2025-10-05 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Cosmodôme, 2150 Laurentian Autoroute, Laval, Québec, H7T 0N1, Canada
With:
Musée de la santé Armand-Frappier
Espace pour la vie
Les Débrouillards et Les Explorateurs / Curium
Calcul Québec
Centre d’interprétation de l’eau (C.I.EAU)
Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Launch of Science Literacy Week
2025-10-05 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Cosmodôme, 2150 Laurentian Autoroute, Laval, Québec, H7T 0N1, Canada

Planetarium Show
2025-10-04 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Okanagan Science Centre, 2704 BC-6, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 5G5, Canada
Join OSC Scientists every Saturday and Sunday for a planetarium show in our fixed roof dome! During the planetarium show, we will look up at the stars in our night sky and we may talk about different galaxies, planets, and more!
https://okscience.ca/pages/science-literacy-week

World Space Week - How to pick your first telescope with RASC
2025-10-04 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 2X5, Canada
Presentation at 1PM
Hosted by Ingenium

Coding with Cubetto
2025-10-04 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Public Library – Blackburn Hamlet Branch, 199 Glen Park Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 5B8, Canada
Join us for Science Literacy Week! We will be learning how to code with a very cute wooden robot called Cubetto! The program is designed for ages 4 to 9 but parents are encouraged to come play too!
Please register each child attending the program.

Trottier Space Institute
2025-10-04 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | McGill University – Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8, Canada
TBD

World Space Week - Gravity Visualized
2025-10-04 00:00 - 2025-10-13 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 2X5, Canada
(Times vary)
Hosted by Ingenium

World Space Week - Canadarm
2025-10-04 00:00 - 2025-10-13 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 2X5, Canada

World Space Week - You’re in space
2025-10-04 00:00 - 2025-10-13 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 2X5, Canada

Carleton University Butterfly Show
2025-10-04 00:00 - 2025-10-05 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Carleton University – Nesbitt Biology Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
October 4,5 and 11 and 12, 2025
Hosted by Carleton University and Let’s Talk Science

Space Explorers
2025-10-04 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
In person (ages 7-10 yrs)
Hosted by McGill Physics and TSI outreach

World Space Week - Rocket Adventures
2025-10-04 00:00 - 2025-10-13 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 2X5, Canada
October 4-13, 2025 (except for October 8) at 10:30AM
Hosted by Ingenium

SNOLAB Public talk on the physics of sport
2025-10-01 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | The Refettorio, 131 Durham St, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 3M9, Canada

Create a Coral Reef: A Collaborative Art Project
2025-10-01 00:00 - 2025-10-10 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Woodstock Public Library, 445 Hunter Street, Woodstock, Ontario, N4S 4G7, Canada

Guided tours of the Ingenium Centre collection
2025-09-06 00:00 - 2025-12-13 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Ingenium Centre, 1865 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 6M7, Canada
Schedule: Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. (EN), 12:30 p.m. (FR)
