In 2025, 1RG turned 3 and had its best year so far. Before we wind down for some well deserved rest, I want to celebrate some of our experiments, and the people that made them possible! After spending a solid year in the trough of sorrow, something clicked in the
Community Dinners are at the core of the 1RG origin story. I might go as far as saying that 1RG would not exist if it wasn't for this tradition. Back in February 2022 Max and I were on a phone call rambling about the state of the world
Have you wondered what the difference is between a 1RG Member and a Friend of 1RG? We have too, and we finally have an answer: there isn’t one.
It's fall. It's Halloween. It's Game Six of the World Series. It's your monthly update on what we're up to at 1RG. Public Events 🗣️ System 3: How conversation changes our minds and what they can do What if intelligence isn&
Someone asked me the other day if they should wear a halloween costume for the next community dinner, and I was forced to begrudgingly confront the fact that Spooky season is upon us. 🎃👻🎃 We have our usual events, a community dinner, a movie screening, and we're hosting a
I walked into 1RG this morning wearing one of my favourite cozy sweaters paired with shorts. A small taste of fall as summer winds down. September is upon us. Here's what's going on at 1RG: Movie Night for Gaza Sunbirds 🍉 🚲 Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine
August is upon us. We're in the swing of summer, and we hope you're having a good Civic Holiday! We've got a new event coming up, the first in a series where we'll explore the history of Palestine and Israel through documentary
We're continuing our member spotlights with Ilya! Ilya Kreynin describes himself as a systems engineer by training and a cheerleader at heart who believes deeply in Toronto and its people, and loves seeing people work on Toronto! He's very involved with the Civic Dashboard project and
We're continuing our experimental pivot to video with a spotlight of 1RG member Ellen. When I see Ellen around 1RG I know that I'll find myself in a deep conversation about how to be in this world. It was a joy to watch a conversation about
1RG is a container for experiments in reimagining the relationship between community and technology. In the first half of this year we dipped our toes into the world of incubators. Here’s how it went – in the form of experimental design. Because it was fun the first time. Background Traditional
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
Today is the summer solstice! We're celebrating by having a week jam-packed with events! The incubator demo day is coming up next week and we really hope you'll join us. Read more below! What's happening next week 🍽️ Community Dinner # 72 Join us for our
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We're trying another experiment here at 1RG, this one is our "pivot to video." It can be hard to describe in words what being at 1RG is about, and while we've tried to capture our vibe, we normally just tell people to come experience
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.
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On March 28th we kicked off the 1RG Incubator. We brought together the six participants in the incubator, a sizeable contingent of our mentors, and just one of the 1RG co-founders. I was nowhere to be seen. Instead I was in Florida. For work, no less! 1RG encompasses three ventures:
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
Spring is not quite here, but as I started writing this post I thought to myself: "boy-howdy do we have a lot of events coming up this month" and it put a spring in my step. 🏛️ Civic Space is back Civic Space was a hit and we'
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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