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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …