Science is all around us. Many find a love for it at an early age, but few continue to learn after leaving educational institutions. For those who continue to seek to know, there is DIYbio. DIYbio is is a community in which burgeoning biological engineers can come together to learn and share ideas, bringing back that enthusiasm for science we experienced as kids. DIYbio promotes the responsible and safe practice of scientific techniques. We meet in the Vancouver area to discuss topics such as …

Our group is about Social Networking between peers, and networking between software developer members and the software Industry. We meet regularly and casually around a cup of coffee to get to know each other. Regularly we invite software Industry representatives, and recruiters to talk about their Business and offering. All is done with the purpose of strengthening the tie between peers for fun, education, and career advancement. If you are looking for a job, this is a great opportunity to in …

VanMoodle User Group is a community website dedicated to connecting Moodle users locally by helping organize local gatherings, known as 'VanMoodle user groups'. This group is being formed to get Moodlers together to discuss how they use it, what their issues are and see if we can help each other solve these issues - and hopefully have fun while doing it! Come and meet other users of the Moodle Learning Management System. Share your problems and solutions, frustrations and successes, with …

The Vancouver Quantified Self meetup is modeled on the Bay Area Quantified Self Show & Tell meetings started in 2008 by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in the Bay Area. This is a regular show and tell for people who use various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share what you are doing and learn from others. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Self-experimentation * Behavior monitoring * Lifelogging, lif …

Hello, We are starting this group to educate and to help business owners and like minded people network together. What you will get out of this is new friends, business partners, investors, and also valuable tools you will learn from our invites and key note speakers. You should join if your a business owner, looking to become a business owner, looking to connect with like minded people, looking to invest, or your just looking to meet new people.  This group is not for sales pitching.

All Pro Toastmasters is an advanced club dedicated to helping its members become paid speakers or trainers. Here is how we're different from other clubs: This club is meant to serve people who either already are professional speakers OR people who have an immediate desire to become *paid* speakers. i.e. trainers, seminar leaders or keynote presenters. The idea is that the people who join this club have a *burning desire* to really take your speaking experience to the next level. You want to spe …

Open to everybody. This group helps any French enthusiasts and Francophones/Francophiles to practice French in the Greater Vancouver area. We have groups of different levels, please check our French meetup level before registering or rsvp: beginner, intermediate, or advanced and choose the one that suits best. We also try to offer Meetups not only in Vancouver but also in Burnaby, North Van, West Van, Richmond, Surrey and Coquitlam. Little Sorbonne offers dynamic French for professionals and we …

This group is dedicated to build a web analytics community in Vancouver area among E-business owners, online marketers, technology experts, managers, entrepreneurs, students and Web analytics professionals. WACH aims to make an innovative social network to share practical information, hands on experience, best practices, tools, and skills for making a successful and data driven online e-business. The group is committed to hold affordable or free high quality events including trainings, social ev …

The future of education is now.  And best of all it is FREE! Listen to me...  http://n.pr/y2kRz9 Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level Join us to discuss the weekly content of the various Stanford's 2012 Online courses (Yes there are two independent CS 101 courses).  The expectation is that you will be up to date the course lecture and such before attending meetups. Sign up is free and open to everyone.  Use the links below and choose the advanced track. Start Dates are her …

Get together for kid's app developers (books, games, education, and everything else) in Vancouver, BC. Heck we'll take developers from Seattle and Portland as well! Let's model this after the very successful Moms With Apps and Silicon Valley Apps for Kids groups down in the valley. We'll get together here and there and talk kids and technology; mobile app development, publishing, and marketing. And - once we have enough members I'll change the group photo to one of my son using the iPhone to a …

Visit Declarations Toastmasters and see how our community club can help you enhance your self-confidence and build the speaking and leadership skills needed to achieve your goals. At our meeting, you will see how our warm, supportive atmosphere and self-directed programs enable our members to achieve their communications and leadership goals. You will also see how our collaborative approach and progressive programs enable our members to reach a level of excellence in speaking skills that is far …

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

//collaborate here Canada's largest tech meetups RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and …

Citii Vancouver is an active think tank, but we're also drinking buddies, film buffs, and music lovers. We're a supportive group of friends focused on changing the world and would love for you to join us. Our members have worked with organizations from IBM to the UN, we consult with world leaders, run workshops for citizens, and research, review, and publish the world's best practices to ensure all mankind benefits from the enlightenment our digital age provides. We work hard and this group is t …

A dynamic sharing group of progressive learning professionals. We are searching for a tribe who are keen on less traditional methods of learning, or at least sees learning as a continuum that includes traditional, but extends beyond as well. This community isn’t for traditional training types though, it’s for those who see the value in networked/social/informal learning as a real path for learning. If you are someone who is interested in organizational learning, social learning, social business …

A branch of the edX Global Community for people who live near Vancouver in Canada! Meetup with other people taking edX courses, have study groups at local coffee shops and libraries, and celebrate your successes!

In the Aquarian Age individuals need to join together to share their knowledge and experience and to work together for the universal well being of all living beings. This group will support its members with new knowledge, attitudes, techniques, and ways of thinking which will lead to exponential wealth accumulation. This abundance, in turn, will then be put to use for global betterment. Through skillful Forex trading we can break out of financial bondage and begin a new life of individual and co …

A Web Technology group geared towards the "Do it yourself" types. Hold a talk or workshop on a topic you are passionate about (We'll help you put one together), meet and network with local geeks, techies, and nerds or wannabe techies. Discuss and learn new technologies, share industry news. Socialize! We will be holding Downtown Vancouver and in other areas of the Lower Mainland and free workshops on a regular basis.