The year was 2015, and I was visiting Berlin with my friend Lyn. She would go on to move there, but at the time we were both job searching after our batch at the Recurse Centre and visiting the city for fun. She had probably done more solo travel than
It's July! June was a busy month for us, concluding with our Incubator Demo Day last week. We'll be writing more about how the Incubator went soon, but for now, we have an unconference to announce and give you a run down of what's
1RG is a container for experiments. Some of them are smaller in scope and self contained, like the Summer Fellowship, and others become mainstays, like Community Dinner. Regardless of what happens to them in the long term, they always teach us something, and often evolve with us – for example, Community
June is here, which means it's time for the 1RG community to engage in a ritual debate: does summer start on June 1st or June 20th? What's the difference? Meteorological season are defined by the temperature and last exactly 3 months each – June 1st for summer.
Next week at 1RG Community Dinner #70 Join us for our next monthly Community Dinner! We’ll be serving a home-cooked vegetarian dinner. All you have to bring is yourself, and any alcoholic beverages you may wish to have with dinner. We only have 20 spots for dinner, so if
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We just wrapped up week 1 - here's a reflection on the first week, and the month leading up to it.
The snow is finally melting 🌱 the birds are chirping 🐥 the sun is shining ☀️ and we're here for it! Next week at 1RG 👥 Salon #1: Attention Starting this Sunday, Ellen will be hosting monthly small-group (~10 people) gatherings to... 1. Collectively explore life topics that affect us all, and
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The theme for the first batch of the 1RG incubator is Toronto the Good. I LOVE a good call back to history so here's a tiny digression. I've been vaguely aware of the nickname Toronto The Good for some time, but I didn't know
On February 2nd we hosted a work session in collaboration with some friends at Civic Tech Toronto. Civic Tech Toronto is a community of Torontonians that meets every Tuesday, working on understanding and solving civic challenges with technology. They have been meeting consistently for the last 10 years and leading
Max and I got nerd sniped into hosting an "Unnamed good podcast" with our friend Boris, where we talk about tech, community, and resiliency. In the first episode we'll touch on: - building a scene in Canada 🍁 - the 1RG incubator - AT protocol and why
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This Spring, we're launching a new program to support ambitious technology projects focused on community impact in Toronto.
Happy new year! We're back with our usual programming and some exciting additions. 💫 Improv Potluck Social Zoe from Holistic Improv is hosting an improv class paired with a social and a potluck. This event is perfect for beginners who want to dip their toes into improv, improve their