This is for all actors and writers who have a day job but need to create and share, and dream - but seek a forum for positive feedback, or to workshop their works that are inspired. Be it a a play, a short story, a screenplay, monologue, an audition prep, an inspired novel abstract, or any other pipe-dream that you have - this will be a forum for the Rest of Us. It's core is based in respect, and constructive feedback from peers. We'll aim to meet once or twice monthly to share what we're workin …

This is a group for people interested in poetry, literature and any form of written and spoken word. All are invited to share their favorite pieces of verse and prose, in whatever language they choose, of course an english translation will be expected. There will be discussions on each presentation by members of the group

This is a group for everyone who enjoys outdoor and indoor activities such as walking, running, swimming,horseback riding, rock climbing, beach parties and more ...  Married? Single? Young? Old? Man, Woman or neither or both? From Sweden or Iran maybe the planet Vulcan? Ok you get the idea. Everyone is welcome! Activities such as going to the movies, dinner, shopping dates, going clubbing and beer drinking can also be posted. Pretty much anything you can think of that gets you out of the house i …

This is a group for Ottawa-based freelancers who want to get together to discuss the ups and downs of working freelance. It's a great opportunity to network, socialize and learn from each other.

This is a group for everyone who has interest in Italian language and culture to connect with one another, both online and in person. Whether you are a native speaker of Italian, debutant, or no speaker at all you are welcome to join our diverse and fast-growing social group. Activities such as going to the movies, dinner, taking coffee together, couchsurfing, organizing Wine/travel  tours in Canada or abroad, shopping dates, going clubbing,cooking together...can also be posted. Pretty much anyt …

Technical communication gatherings.

Have you heard of Louise Hay yet? The You Can Heal Your Life® workshops show you easy and quick ways to manifest the life you are looking for. It can produce amazing results in your romantic, financial, work and family life. Why is this different from any other technique out there? Heal Your Life works at the core of the issue, whenever in your past this could have begun, YET it empowers you to know that the power is in the present. It gives you the resources to make real changes that last! I …

The Ottawa 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. Your host for the Ottawa meetup will be Artur Denysenko (Twitter @adenysenko). Write me with your recommendations, tips, and observations. This is a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share w …

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 inclusive Tech So …

Web content is fast becoming one of the most talked about topics online next to Social Media. While "Content Is King" has been the mantra of the World Wide Web since the late 90s, web content strategy and web content writing as a profession has toiled in relative obscurity for most of its evangelists and practitioners for the past decade. ...But Not Anymore! Web Content Strategy Ottawa is a place for web content strategists, information architects, user experience professionals, web content wr …

To establish a mechanism by which FWAUs (Free Will Awareness Units) in this PMR (Physical Material Reality) might interact and become more efficient, based on the writings and youtubes of Thomas Warren Campbell, physicist and consciousness explorer.

This new MeetUp group is designed for people who already have the basics of French, but want to improve their French at an intermediate level, and become both more fluent and more accurate in speaking and writing in French. The objective of this group is to make French grammar easier for you to master, as you will explore it, practice it in real life contexts, enrich your vocabulary, and develop a real taste for the French language! Before you sign up for a MeetUp, please make sure that 1) you h …

The Philosophy Society is a student-run organization that aims to promote the learning and execution of philosophical concepts. The learning structure of it is communal in the sense that members take ideas and write out own doctrines on how a concept is to be understood and executed. The primary goal of the society is to learn with and from each other, in an effort to expand one’s mind. - please look in discussions as a big part of the club will be taking place there.