Welcome to Ottawa Professional Entreneur Networking for Business (OPEN4Business) The Purpose of this group is to allow entrepreneurs, professionals & Socialites in the Ottawa area exchange business ideas, strategies, share testimonials, and success stories. We will be organizing monthly networking events at various locations in Ottawa to help our group members network with other business owners and create synergies. We would also like to create a network of professionals and entrepreneurs that a …

Know a little about babywearing?  Know a lot?  Various people gave me the knowledge and the gift of babywearing back when I was expecting my first child, and now there's nothing better than I like to do than to help other parents do the same. As a parent, I found that using baby carriers, like MTs, wraps, ring slings, pods and so forth, really made me feel stronger. Carriers enabled me to hold my children whenever they needed comfort while keeping the freedom and manoeuvrability necessary for ev …

Welcome to the Marketing Survival Skills group. Are you an entrepreneur who's looking for ways to promote their business? Do you have trouble finding where your prospects hang out? Do you find working alone a bit lonely and would like to get out and meet new people and do some fun things? Are you committed to making your business grow? If you replied YES to all of them, then the Marketing Survival Skills group might be for you. I have been looking for a group that helps home based or solo entr …

The Women’s Network of Ottawa (WNO) is an organization of approximately 400 business and professional women that meets at a variety of central locations and times as a networking opportunity and to educate and inform our members through guest speakers.  We have been providing an open forum for women to network since 1977 – now over 30 years!  We usually have between 25 to 50 women at each meeting ranging from early 20s right on up... More than 80% of our members are in the private sector or are …

Let's paint the town red! Or pink... My main goal for this group is to create the largest, most exciting, young ladies social group in the city with the best meetups as well as perks from local businesses around Ottawa.  We are looking for friendly, socially active members! Why join a social group if your not going to come out and be social? I am opening up the site for members to suggest meetups, and we love to get feedback from the members through group reviews or by rating events you attend! …

Women Developers and Programmers! Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a …

Welcome ALL!! The purpose of this group is too introduce a new innovative and effective business networking platform to all small -medium business professionals in the National's Capital. Stimulus Strategies Networking (SSN) is a team of business architects who build and structure REAL networking opportunities for ALL types of business professionals, owners and entrepreneurs. We focus on helping business professionals network with a PURPOSE, TARGET & PLAN to maximize the ROI in their business ne …

Hello Currently this Meetup group is closed to new members. Thank-you for your interest. Karen P

Hi Everyone! I recently moved to the region and thought it would be great to have a network of Black People to do things with! THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-WHITE PPL GROUP, just like a women's group is not an anti-men group! lol! It's just an opportunity for members of the community to do random things together and talk about random things! Someone recently asked me how do you determine whether someone is Black or not. My answer is quite simple: If you identify as Black, no one can tell you otherwise! I …

This is a group for women who would like to take time to make new friends, socialize, and discuss books and movies. We'll have monthly book chats and see a variety of movies based on books, and maybe other movies, too!  The group is centrally located and will meet at locations in Ottawa Centre/Ottawa South. If you would like to apply to join, please include a current photo of yourself in your profile, so that we can recognize you at events.

The Rideau Hash House Harriers (RH3) is a mixed social running club in the true Hash House Harrier's tradition which meets fortnightly (every other week) in various locations in the Ottawa area in rain, snow, sun, or the dark of night. It seems as if nothing deters this group of mad hashers from enjoying an evening of fun and frivolity! The Rideau Hash r*ns every other Thursday night at 7:00 PM. Our membership draws upon other Hash groups in the area and we currently have a group of 20+ Hashers …

Welcome to the Ottawa Chapter of Ladies Learning Code - a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization providing women (and men*) the opportunity to learn beginner-friendly computer programming and other technical skills through hands-on workshops. We're all about showing people that learning to hack can be fun! Almost 2000 women (and men) have participated in one of our workshops since August 2011, and after receiving many requests to offer workshops outside of Toronto, we've decided to finally go …

We are a not-for-profit association of experts who speak professionally and those aspiring to the craft. We gather to share wisdom, expertise and best practices. We help bring speakers together with other speakers, suppliers and industry professionals

The Ottawa Men's Issues Meetup is a discussion and event-oriented group hosted by the Canadian Association for Equality, which provides public programs, campus outreach, multimedia, research and public policy engagement related to Men's Issues Awareness. You can learn more at www.equalitycanada.com. Contact info is available at http://equalitycanada.com/contact/ Canadian Association for Equality Mandate The Canadian Association for Equality is committed to achieving equality for all Canadians, r …

Queer Women Ottawa is a social group for lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, curious, allied, and alternative lifestyle transgender and cisgender women. We welcome women of all age groups, lifestyles, marital statuses, race, etc – in short we welcome women from all walks of life, and the more the merrier. We host events in Ottawa (Ontario) on a regular basis and we encourage all queer or queer-friendly women to attend. Our events are a platform to building friendships, a network, and possibly find tha …

Welcome! 2013 is a new year and it is a year to shake things up. This group was created to bring Ottawa professionals that are interested in exploring spiritual/alternative approaches to life's challenges and opportunities, perhaps under the radar. We hope to pull together some fun, enthusiastic men and women interested in exchanging ideas that stretch traditional approaches to getting what you want out of life ... and of course... get excited. We may not be able to hit the pilgrimage yet, but w …

A group for women looking for like-minded travel companions. We'll get together and identify exciting destinations, do the planning, then, because we're Canadian, we'll "take off, eh?" . Some destinations on my list: New Zealand, France, Scotland.

We bring together singles who seek to pursuea healthy lifestyle, and seek to expand friendships with singles who have similar values in Ottawa-Gatineau.

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 …

Film screening of A Walk to Beautiful. Engel Entertainment's 1 hour, award-wining feature documentary tells the stories of 5 Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a journey to regain their health and reclaim their lost dignity. Join them as they make the choice to take the long and arduous journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in search of a cure and a new life. Admission is free: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/5937393905 The Hub 71 Bank street, 6th …

Introductory fitness training with a personal trainer in the heart of New Edinburgh on the path by the Rideau River. Craig Adams is committed to helping people of any level of fitness get active and find the confidence and self esteem that being fit and healthy brings. Join us by the river for motivation, inspiration, and some bodyweight exercises that will make you sweat and give you the energy to get back on your game.