Attention ESL-students, tourists, newcomers, and visitors... Teach Me Toronto takes their ESL Conversation onto the streets of downtown Toronto! Discover downtown Toronto's architecture, history, and culture by taking the TEACH ME TORONTO ESL Walking-Photo-Tour. Get ready to practice your English skills and take some awesome PHOTOS! Bring your CAMERAS...and join us for an interactive and conversational 90-minute tour of some of Toronto's most famous landmarks, buildings, districts, and other pla …

Calling all interior design, decor, art and architecture enthusiasts! I'd love to meet other homeowners interested making smart decisions for improving their homes one project at a time. We'll share our enthusiasm for colour, furniture and wise design decisions that stand the test of time. The focus will be on learning new trends and improvements in design while sharing projects ideas and resources.

The NY Passive House (NYPH) Meetups are organized by NYPH members, working to promote a healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient built environment through the promotion of the Passive House building standard. NYPH is an independent not-for-profit organization that facilitates the exchange of information and experiences, among local, national and international practitioners of the Passive House building standard. Presentations at the Meetup will vary from broad general introductions to specific …

Seeing the Light a photography workshop by award-winning filmmaker Jarrett Rusnak Put your flash away. Switch to full manual.   See light the way a camera sees it.  Learn how to work in sunlight, diffused light, low light and street light after dark.  Develop confidence with your camera. In the true spirit of documentary guerrilla filmmaking, we will be hitting the streets of select locations in and around the GTA together (on foot), and seeking out a wide variety of lighting situations. Over th …

SharePoint is a large and complex platform. There are many sources for technical information, but we have found there is not enough help on the business side. We deal with issues like: * Taxonomy * Governance * Project Planning * Scope Management * Adoption * Change Management * and many others In the People-Process-Technology triangle, we focus on the corners that deal with People & Process. Please note: We are a sister group to the Toronto SharePoint Users Group (TSPUG) which generally present …

The Android course teaches you about the fundamental concepts required to build exciting and powerful applications. The course begins with a very thorough analysis of the Android system architecture and builds upon the building blocks of Android application design. The second day extends these concepts and applies them towards building powerful applications by leveraging data persistence via SQLite DBs, Google Maps API, and Location based services. We finally conclude with tips and techniques to …

As a chapter of the Canadian Society of Dowsers, we are a group that explores various forms of dowsing & earth energies. What are they, where are they, how can they be found, listened to and understood. Dowsing is the divining art of working with a pendulum to discern an energy quality that most people are not able to see or feel.  This can be through mental dowsing or vibrational dowsing.  Traditionally most people have heard of water being found under the ground by dowsing with a forked hazel, …

This is a group for anyone interested in Oracle Technologies residing in Greater Toronto Area.

Hamilton Arts and Culture 40+ is for those who enjoy live theatre, the opera, the HPO, movies, good literature, learning about other cultures, visiting museums and art galleries, exploring unique neighbourhoods and architecture, attending festivals, and dining at unique/multicultural restaurants. This group is open to anyone over the age of 40, whether you are single, attached, female or male, straight or LGBTQ. Most events will occur in the Hamilton area, but we will also attend events in Toron …

Guelph is a beautiful city full of history and culture and amazing people! Guelph Shutterbugs is a great way to meet new people and share our passion, which is photography. Each month we will meet for a few hours for a photo shoot in a different area of the city or in surrounding communities. Two weeks later we will meet to review our photos, equipment and discuss the hobby we all love. Whenever possible the photo shoot will be free. Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/GuelphShutter …

Develop your Oakville business by meeting like minded professionals who are looking for ways to improve, develop thru sharing business experiences in marketing, public relations, community involvement, accounting, financing, sales and this list goes on. You'll be surprised about how much you can learn listening to the person next to you or sharing a great moment.

The Executive Business Club is a non-profit alliance of select business people who meet bi-weekly at the Holiday Inn in Markham to exchange business leads, share strategies and generate business among one another within Toronto and the GTA. The EBC is affordable, entertaining and mostly a place where you can build meaningful relationships with fellow business owners and self employed individuals. Our current members represent the following professional categories: Graphic Design Web Design/In …

User Experience Design Workshops are thirsty work! Whether you can make the workshops or not, we're rubbing shoulders and chatting over beverages with Rosenfeld Media Workshop authors, UX Irregulars, Hypenotic team members and anyone who'd like to learn more about current practices in putting users at the centre of website design, development and management strategy.

Are you interested in the design and creation of interactive experiences? If so, this group is for you!

The Rochester SharePoint User Group supports the SharePoint community in the Western, NY region including Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. We meet throughout the year on various topics related to SharePoint. Our meetings usually consist of sponsored subs or pizza social at 6:00PM, a brief user group update and introductions at 6:30PM, and a sponsor presentation followed by a feature presentation. We usually wrap up by 8:30PM. Bring your questions! All members are welcome to present or sponsor. …

Meet others who are interested in experientially exploring soma earth TEACHINGS LIVE  * CREATE * BUILD We offer evening, weekend and week-long teachings that integrate holistic principles of design, building and living sustainably with Nature on multiple levels.  All week/end courses have a consistent format of Circle Form Principles, Energy Balancing techniques, various mediation methods, holistic & healthy gourmet food and Harmonious Living Principles in addition to the holistic design & buil …

Are you interested in harnessing the computing power of GPUs for business-related applications, programming heterogeneous computers, or just curious whether heterogeneous computing might help your work or field of interest. Business professionals, researchers, academics, and students are welcome.  Our group offers a face-to-face forum for those whose interests fall between applied research and business applications.

If you live in or near Willowdale, Ontario and like to meet new people and participate in area photo walks, this group is for you. Whether you are a mere beginner with a smartphone point and shoot, or a more advanced DSLR photographer willing to share your expertise with others, you will find something to like in this group. We will organize photo walks, create different themes and explore various parks and neighbourhoods. We also provide discussion forums for sharing ideas and feedback to make …

Welcome to our working group on the subject of home automation and sensors for health/caregiving. Our working group focuses on how technology within our homes can change the delivery of care (particularly for the elderly). Participants can brainstorm new ideas, share information (we may also tour facilities), design and test new technology, and work with project leaders who are rolling up their sleeves to turn great ideas into a concrete project and prototypes. This workgroup springs from a pres …

The Toronto Business Growth Networking Group is an association of business-owners and like-minded individuals that are interested in seeing business growth, environmental management, eco-friendly solutions, energy solutions, and building management. We aim to be a source of knowledge amongst our members and take issues of "being green" and sustainability seriously. Join one of our meetups!

Hey and Welcome to Queen West Living MeetUp!!! This MeetUp is created for the people living and working in an around The Queen West Community of Toronto. We welcome our amazing neighbours from Parkdale, Roncesvalle, Little Portugal, Dufferin Grove, Palmerston-Little Italy and Trinity Niagara. Queen West Living MeetUp will be a place for Community, Lifestyle and Education. Get to know your neighbours, learn and become inspired from local Architects, Interior Designers, Brewery's, Photographers, U …

The Ontario Young Architects + Interns Forum (YAIF) is an informal group of architects, interns, design professionals and students, supported in part by the Ontario Association of Architects, who are interested in furthering the discussion of design, fostering community within the profession and supporting professional mentoring & development. If you are a "young" (licensed 10 years or fewer) architect, intern, or student, please join us for networking opportunities, and intriguing/educational s …