The Ottawa Conservative Book Club was created for conservative minded people who love to read political and historical non-fiction books and to socialize, network and have some great discussions! This club is not affiliated with the Conservative Party of Canada in any way, and it is not required that you have a membership or belong to any political organization in order to take part. The types of books that we will be reading will be primarily Canadian in content and composed of historical, poli …

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.

This is a group for women seeking interesting discussions, socialize and building new friendships with other women. We will focused our discussions on variety of intellectual, controversial and meaningful topics. Diversity is one of this group values all women are welcome to join. There is no specific location for this group, generally we will meet at public locations. The goal is to meet in a relaxed and nice atmosphere so each woman will feel comfortable openly sharing her reflections and opin …

This group is for anyone interested in non-fiction (current events, sociology, economy, psychology, sciences, technology, ...), including those leaning towards the 'penguin' end of the social spectrum. Let's get socially awkward together, and discuss some great books and topics!

Join us, on the last Tuesday of each month to discuss books and articles with a theme of Personal Empowerment. Meet like-minded people who are interested in growing personally and enhancing their confidence and happiness through reading books by inspirational writers and discussing them with the group. Over the course of the year, we'll read four books and four articles. Bring ideas of what you want to learn more about, because there is flexibility to choose the topics of what we read to enhance …

Hello This book group meets every 4 weeks or so for a book discussion. Typically we choose a central/west restaurant at 6:30pm on Saturdays. Books are selected from member suggestions. Membership is limited and we may remove members who have not participated for over 6 months or who are "no shows" for meetups for which they have RSVPd in the affirmative. Cheers, Karen P

While we are a book club, our Meetups tend to focus on the beer drinking aspect! You are encouraged to read the book, but if you're not able to in time, feel free to come and join the conversation - it's always entertaining! We've created a relaxed and informal atmosphere... just an opportunity to discuss some great reads and meet some new people.

We are a group of aspiring authors/editors/publishers who are supporting and encouraging each other towards the goal of self-publishing our first or one hundredth book. Whether you are writing a mystery novel, an illustrated children's book, How-To or the next Harry Potter we want hear about your efforts and help you achieve your goal.

A book club for anyone interested in reading and unstructured discussions of sci-fi/fantasy books; YA, romantic and/or porny vampire stuff excluded.

Whether your interest is Western classical literature (from Homer & Thucydides to Dante's Inferno or Voltaire's Candide), philosophy (from Plato & Aristotle to Descartes & Kant), religion (from Augustine & Aquinas to Schleirmacher & Rahner) or science (from Archimedes and Ptolemy to Galileo, Newton and Einstein, this Club is for you.

Calling all geeks! Socialites and shy; trekkies and star wars buffs; cosplayers and bookworms; fluent in MS-DOS and Objective C and those who don't even know what those are; workers, students and non-workers; alliance and horde players! The Ottawa Geek Social Club strives to provide meetup opportunities that reflect the many facets of geekdom and beyond! Main member interests include strategy games, comic books, computers, anime, movies/shows, videogames, conventions, and books. Members are enc …

Restaurants. Theatre. Movies - foreign and domestic. Art. Comedy. Festivals. Music - all genres. Multicultural. History. Books. & lots more stuff! Come join us for an epic 2013!  Expand your network outside work or school while checking out a variety of restaurants in Ottawa/Gatineau or experiencing the local arts, culture & entertainment scene! Arts & Culture Junkies of Ottawa is an independent social-networking community for awesome and enthusiastic people like you who are interested in taking …

Are you intrigued by the history, literature, legends, mythologies, culture, art and music of the Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance worlds? Are you interested in attending medieval and Renaissance festivals? Are you interested in medieval-inspired or fantasy movies? If so, this new group is for you! Some preliminary ideas for group events: Attending medieval, Renaissance and Celtic festivals; Casual group discussions centered on various themes and subjects (requiring only minimal preparation, s …

My goal is to build an Adventure Racing(AR) community in the greater Ottawa area.  I want this group to become a great place to find training buddies, teammates and skill training opportunities.  And just maybe, give people the opportunity to make life long friendships by suffering through some tough races together. My emphasis for the group is on building a community. This is *NOT* a "shop for an event to keep me busy for a day" meetup group. This is for people who are curious about adventure …

There is no FEE to join this Group. What is Leaders Mastermind Group? This group is all about LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING. We are aiming at 1) creating awareness about the value of leadership in business and life; and 2) supporting the personal and professional growth of the members. Each Mastermind meetup will have 7-10 persons; we will meet for 60-90 minutes every week for 6-10 weeks; we'll undertake a Leadership Book Study; and we'll conduct group discussions to learn by sharing the kno …

The Ottawa Science Fiction Society is an organization of fans of science fiction, fantasy and other speculative fiction in its various forms, whether in prose novels or comics, television or motion pictures, hardcopy or software. We get our kicks from a lot of things: superhero comics, anime and manga, TV space operas, military and medical fiction ... there is a lot of SF out there you might be surprised to have pointed out to you. Sure, Star Trek and The X-Files are the obvious candidates, but …

The group is meant for people who have already done the Course or who are well advanced in the Workbook lessons. As such it is not a study group or information session for new students. If you are a student of the Course and in the process of applying its teachings in your daily life please join us. The goal of the meetings is to support and clarify the application and generalization of forgiveness in our daily lives. A Course in Miracles is a self-study book, it consists of Text, Workbook for S …

We invite you: you are part of the growing 'landscape' of conscious people who understand that your decision of what to eat today affects the landscape our children will inherit. You make that decision three times a day. There are hundreds of eager farmers and special food creators around Ottawa, who are putting seeds in the ground to serve that hunger.... one bite at a time. Join the likes of 11yr. old Birke Baehr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nndEZBQ9bdsIn Joel Salatin, best selling author of …

ADVAITA is an eclectic group of friends interested in meditation, yoga, enlightenment, self realization, non duality teachings (Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism). Francis Lucille, a long time friend and student of Jean Klein, is a spiritual teacher of the Advaita Vedanta tradition. There are 7 week long retreats every year and meetings every week at his home in Temecula, California. There are also retreats in Tampa (Florida), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Munich (Germany) and S …

This group has been put in place to embrace everyone as they are now, and to share many tools that may be beneficial to you on your own inner journey. Through experience, awareness, and open hearts, we are here to open ourselves to you and share tools to assist in the creation of yourselves. Certain topics that will be explored are meditation, energy healing, spiritual enlightenment, healing foods, positive thinking, book reviews etc. We are also open to hearing and discussing many other techniq …

IS THIS FOR YOU? Do you have a passion for 'green' living? Ever thought about building your own home according to natural principles? Interested in Permaculture? Tempted by the possibility of getting your power from renewable energy sources? Have you ever considered the idea of living off-grid? Or, are you simply in love with Earthships and want to know as much as you can? If any of these stir up a familiar longing, then this is for you. WHAT WILL WE DO? We'll put our heads together and learn ab …

Welcome to  'Ottawa International Connection' (OIC). Our motto is "Global thinkers in a global city." OIC facilitates safe connections with new coming internationals and established Canadians. The international community of Ottawa is full of brilliant and creative thinkers, academics and humanitarians. These folks are sometimes the closest thing one will ever meet to modern day heroes. Ironically, it is not uncommon that their initial plight is one of tremendous challenge, loneliness and even  d …

Happy New Year Ladies! Welcome to WomenzWhirl Ottawa, a social networking community for women. Women love to socialize, collaborate, and support each other, and WomenzWhirl provides exactly that for women.  Events organized would be great for the woman that loves to share, inspire, chitchat and make new friends; the woman that loves to read and acquire knowledge; the woman that loves to shop and budget; or the woman that is amazingly creative and want to connect with like-minded females. WomenzW …

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 dedicated to enjoying the teachings of Non-duality writers and presenters such as Adyashanti, Tony Parsons, Jeff Foster, Jed McKenna and many, many more. We can watch videos together, read and share from books or just hang out and share how we integrate this understanding in our daily life. Group will meet every other Sunday from 7-9 in my home at 141 Evelyn Ave. I do have cats and keep the house well vacuumed, but if you have a strong allergy this would not be the best place to …

CAN-CON 2012 is the tenth Conference of the Society, a not for profit corporation, scheduled for September 21-23, 2012 at Best Western Baron's Motor Hotel and Conference Centre, Richmond Road. Guests of Honour are Hayden Trenholm (Author), and Tom Fowler (Artist) . More information, including membership registration: http://www.can-con.org/ Or follow us on Facebook.com/CanConSF

We bring together entrepreneurs and others who are doing business on the internet, and seek to expand friendships and/or boost their connections with service providers from advertising sales to marketing to graphic designers and illustrators to book self-publishing via Meet-Up get togethers at cafés, restaurants and via Skype.

SolSeed: The SolSeed Movement is about understanding, celebrating and nurturing Life.  Our core principle is that all life is precious. Understanding Life Understanding Life means studying Life in all its aspects.  Lets get out in Nature and examine trees and flowers, birds and fish.  Lets talk about astronomy together.  Lets meditate together and think about better ways of living.  Lets pursue Wisdom. Celebrating Life Lets mark the seasons together by celebrating the grand evolutionary events …