Events
Scroll down for upcoming events including:
- Climate Fresk workshops,
- the annual WCA Wild Westboro Garage Sale.
- Dovercourt inclusion dances,
- dance to live music with the Wild Cards
Monthly recreation workshops
Sign up for our monthly one-session recreation workshops including crafts, sports and date nights! See the monthly flyers on our Recreation Workshop webpage
Climate Fresk Workshops
“Climate Fresk” is a citizens’ workshop that aims to raise awareness and understanding of climate change, and thereby encourage positive actions at both the personal and collective levels.
Winter 2026 dates:
Read more about Climate workshops
You can't fix what you don't understand.
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 1.9 million people worldwide have participated in the workshop, and 85,000 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.
For more info, visit the Climate Fresk website: https://climatefresk.org/
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 Knoxdale-Merivale resident Don Ball.
Fee by donation: $5, $10 or $15 (Suggested donation: $15).
Ages 17+; maximum 14 people
Saturday, June 6, 2026
8am-12pm, outside at Dovercourt, around the wading pool.
Booking begins on April 6, course 34970 >
- Rent a space for $15 + tax each through Dovercourt’s registration system.
- Bring your items to sell (no baked goods).
- We have limited tables. We are not able to assign tables, so it will be first-come, first-served on June 6.
Proceeds of the Westboro Garage sale will benefit the Westboro Community Association and its projects. Your support is appreciated!
Moments from last year’s event:
Inclusion Dances
Dovercourt hosts regular Inclusion dances for our special needs community.
The next dance is Sat. April 18, 7-9pm.
Theme: Sports Jerseys
Ages 16+
Entry: $5; Pizza: $4; Drinks $2
Bundle option: 1 entry + 1 pizza + drink = $10
Cash at the door. Masks & vaccinations are recommended.
See the schedule below. If you have questions, please email: inclusion@dovercourt.org
More 2026 Dance dates:
- May 23 – Superhero Dance
- June 13 – Hawaiian Luau
Special live music and dance event
Live music with The Wild Cards!
Let the music move you! Listen and/ or dance to live music performed by The Wild Cards.
The Pocket Band is BORN TO BE WILD on
Sunday March 22, 2-4:30pm
Doors open at 1:30pm.
Featuring the vocals of Diana-Lynn Kyd and Mike Murphy.
at Dovercourt Recreation Centre, in the Assembly Hall, upstairs.
This is a special partnership featuring Bill & Donna, The Wild Cards Musical Group, and the Dovercourt Recreation Centre.
- Dress: Casual or semi-formal or formal. Your choice!
- Food and drink: No food or drink, but please bring your non-alcoholic drink in a spillproof bottle.
Location and general onsite information:
Dovercourt Recreation Centre, 411 Dovercourt Ave, Ottawa, ON K2A 0S9 and directions. *Free parking.
Cost:
NONE! However, we would greatly appreciate a generous donation (cash or e-transfer) that will help provide support for the Dovercourt Recreation Centre, a not-for-profit organization doing fantastic things for the community and the Knox Ottawa Presbyterian Church’s Out of the Cold.
Please note that Dovercourt Recreation Association is waiving its usual room rental fee, The Wild Cards Musical Group is waiving its performance fee, and Bill & Donna are waiving their instructors’ fee to help promote this amazing partner-dancing opportunity. For Bill & Donna’s students, this is an extra dance practice opportunity with a live band, free of charge, so please take advantage of it!
Other upcoming events:
- stay tuned for more dates!
Spooktacular Night at Dovercourt October 2025
Saturday, October 25, 6-9pm,
$25 (Breakfast & Afterschool members) or $30.
Ages 4-12
Course code 30054
Are your little household goblins and ghouls looking for a spellbinding adventure before Halloween? Well, have we conjured up the perfect event for them!
What to expect:
- 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 Gym Tour – Dare to enter our eerie haunted Gym… if you’re brave enough!
- Spooky Tunes & Monster Mash – Dance the night away with your fellow goblins!
Sign your little witches and warlocks up for a night of safe, supervised Halloween shenanigans, sure to cast a spell of fun and excitement! We will have Kinder-specific activities with some milder spooky fun. ;- )
