The BC Bellydance Community is for and about Bellydancers. For all teachers, performers, students and fans. Caravan-Serai is a monthly bellydance show open to anyone. YouTube: Caravan-Serai.org We do this because we see a need for dancers to be able to perform in front of an audience. Performing is as much part of learning as practicing. It is part of growing up as a dancer and it keeps the skills honed. But most of all: It creates Community! Bellydance means Cabaret, Folkloric, ATS, Tribal, …

Marpole Community Toastmasters Club is a friendly, informal, fun club that helps people to improve their public speaking, presentation and leadership skills. No prior public speaking experience is necessary and if English is not your native language - no problem! Let's have some fun!

Building your CONFIDENCE from within! OUR VISION is to promote positive growth and communication excellence in a relaxed, organized and supportive environment. We lived in a fast-paced society where everything is done in a rush, rush manner. A tough businessman would not listen long so will your kids, as they rather you-tube or hang on the internet or their phone. Time constraint is a concern when it comes to communications I have seen careers rise and fall on the spoken word. The empl …

This group is for anyone who would like to learn more about cohousing, meet others who are interested in cohousing, or live in cohousing in the Metro Vancouver area. For those who are new to the cohousing concept, here’s a definition from Wikipedia: “Cohousing is a type of intentional community composed of private homes supplemented by shared facilities. The community is planned, owned and managed by the residents – who also share activities, which may include cooking, dining, child care …

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 …

I believe that as a whole, we, as pet professionals, can do far more for our communities if we come together as a group rather than achieving this on our own. I believe we need a place to come together and share ideas for improving our pets and our clients pet's lives in our communities. If you work with pets within the GVRD, and you would like to give back to your community, this is the group for you! We welcome all pet professionals: dog trainer's, dog walker's, doggy daycares, pet sitting se …

Village Vancouver is metro Vancouver's official Transition Town Initiative. We connect people in community and build community self reliance in response to challenges posed by climate change, peak oil, economic insecurity and instability, and social injustice, in tangible, constructive and celebratory (fun!) ways. We run on people power. Members get involved on the basis of what interests them. (Currently, there are a few thousand of us.) Join us in creating sustainable and resilient neighbourho …

This group is for anyone who would like to learn more about cohousing, meet others who are interested in cohousing, or live in cohousing in the Langley area. For those who are new to the cohousing concept, here’s a definition from www.cohousing.org: “Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods". "Cohousing facilitates interaction among neighbors for social, practical benefits, economic and environment …

This “Meetup Group” is for the residents of Walnut Grove, Fort Langley and Willoughby to discover, share and connect with all the great people and things in our community. Each “Meetup” will be an opportunity for our community to get together; for us to meet you and for you to meet each other. You will be able to socialize with neighbours and listen to a presentation on a range of topics that impact our community.

I am inspired to offer my experience to others and to iniate a learning community rooted in mindfulness practice, that will foster the growth of mindfulness in our larger community and improve the quality of life for everyone in our places of work, our homes, and our personal relationships. Co-creating an open, contemplative learning environment, sharing best practices and resources, and developing our local network would be the main goals of the community .

This group is to promote on-going events related to health, environmental issues and community. The purpose of this group is to provide easy access to seminars, lectures, workshops, film screening and other events on all aspects of health including cooking, uncooking, beauty, home brewing, spirituality, environmental issues,  community and education with films, classes, workshops and meetings. Anyone interested in longevity, optimal health, environmental issues and community should join. More In …

  This meet up group is designed to explore the model of NVC Nonviolent Communication, developed by Dr Marshall Rosenberg from his book "A Language of Life." These weekly group meetings allow for people to pursue communication in a practical hands on way. The organizer, Kevin Oppelt facilitates an understanding and practice of Rosenberg's philosophy that includes sharing experiences, exercises, demonstrations and role play. These meetings empower people to uncover the heart of the matter and lea …

Impact Investments are becoming an asset class unto their own. Whether the investment takes the form of private equity, venture capital, microfinance, community loans, investments to social entrepreneurs and in social ventures, the common thread is the goal of achieving competitive returns and a positive social outcome. While impact investing is already further along in the US and the UK, it is still a budding market in Canada. This group brings investment professionals, angel investors, social …

This group focuses on supporting Lync 2010, and Exchange Unified Messaging in Vancouver, Canada. Each quarter we will pick a topic to run at the Vancouver location that suits (IT Pro / Video & Voice Specialist / Power User) to help better understand and utilize Unified Communications. We endevour to collaborate and communicate with the Western Canada Microsoft UC Community meetup group so that we can provide complimentary events in Vancouver while informing members of what is going on a regional …

We are inviting all individuals who are involved in the conscious evolution movement, in the field of human potential, healthy living, sustainability, social/environmental change or personal growth to participate in our monthly Visionary Leadership Community gatherings. It's for people who are in some way standing up for and leading the way for those kinds of values and would love to connect with a supportive community doing the same. Our mission is to forward the movement and profession of visi …

COPIA: From the Latin, meaning abundance, variety, expansion Business and Professional Networking at Copia is for you if: You understand that relationships and community are an important part of how we all make our living and you seek to meet new people, ideally those who share some of your core values; You have a business, profession or community project you would like to tell people about, possibly generate referrals or sales, and definitely teach and learn and make new connections; You …