EIO is an international, collaborative organization developed by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.  Our aim is to flip the 96% failure rate of startup businesses upside-down on its head by providing emerging and established entrepreneurs with the know-how, training and development in a community of like-minded, high-performing peers. Free For Guests - Our Meetups are every Thursday! At ING Direct 466 Howe Street Vancouver from 7-9 PM.  Learn practical business take-aways while networking with ot …

Fair Trade Vancouver is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase awareness, availability, and sales of Fair Trade products in Metro Vancouver. By purchasing goods with the Fair Trade Certified logo, you support equality and contribute to empowering hardworking individuals and their families to build sustainable futures. Check our website: www.fairtradevancouver.ca

Run to End Poverty (R2EP) is a Canada-wide team of compassionate runners taking strides to end extreme poverty in Africa. With every dollar raised and kilometre logged, our runners are helping to connect the skills and ambition of our African Partners to real opportunity. http://runtoendpoverty.ca/

The IIBA is an international not-for-profit professional association for Business Analysis professionals with a vision to be the leading world-wide professional association that develops and maintains standards for the practice of business analysis and for the certification of practitioners. For more information on what the IIBA is doing at the International level please visit http://www.theiiba.org The objectives of the Vancouver BC Chapter are to: Advance the role of the Business Analys …

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 …

The Vancouver International Group serves as a forum for Vancouver professionals and academics involved internationally in humanitarianism, development work and industry to network, train, and share their ideas. Many of the events we attend are not hosted by us, but rather by various like-minded groups and organizations throughout Metro Vancouver. If you have an event you think our membership would be interested to attend, please let us know. Please visit our website: www.vancouverinternationalgr …

… We do mostly one-on-one partner work in the form of sparring and drills that we try to base on one's own personal level of development. We also do "solo" practices of "forms" and of the many traditional skill development exercises as well.   But clearly, free-form fighting/sparring skills are the core of our practice  - as a result this group is probably not suitable for those who want to focus more on "forms,"  qi-gong, choreographed fight sequences, or on pre-planned self-defence drills. Detai …

… Performance technologists, trainers, facilitators, coaches, human resources managers, instructional designers, consultants, human factors practitioners, project managers, and organizational development consultants are members of ISPI. The ISPI Vancouver Chapter offers the following membership types: Full Member: $120 per year Student Member: $50 per year ISPI International Member: $50 per year Corporate Member: $100 per year (5+ people from the same company) Specific benefits of membership …

BNI (Business Network International) is a business and professional networking organisation that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly to gain new business by the passing and receiving of referrals. With chapters throughout Canada and over 5,800 chapters worldwide, BNI is the largest professional business networking organisation. By becoming a member of BNI you will be able to; - Expand your business network - Develop your confidence - Meet new suppliers - …

BNI (Business Network International) is a business and professional networking organisation that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly to gain new business by the passing and receiving of referrals. With chapters throughout Canada and over 5,800 chapters worldwide, BNI is the largest professional business networking organisation. By becoming a member of BNI you will be able to; - Expand your business network - Develop your confidence - Meet new suppliers - …

Clearmind International is a counsellors training and personal development school. They teach in a modality that marries psychololy and spirituality that is based on the premise of A Course in Miracles. Founders, Duane and Catherine O'Kane give a once monthly, fantastic, heartwarming and insightful lecture that is free to the general public with the request of advance tickets. $15 at the door.This group is to let you know the topic and date of the lectures so you may come and be inspired and sta …

We meet regularly to critically discuss political issues at a municipal level in Vancouver as well as provincially, nationally and internationally.  Using a reading, documentary or current event as our base for discussion, we seek to understand various viewpoints while having lively debate and conversation. We have lots of questions on our minds, like, how should Canada deal with rising healthcare costs?  What should the world do about debt crises in Europe and the US?  How should we respond to …

Bible Study Fellowship (BSF International) is a Christian organization dedicated to the eradication of Bible poverty, increasing everyone's Bible knowledge and growing everyone spiritually for the cause of Christ. Our approach to Bible Study has been developed over 50 years. It is a highly effective and efficient model which is why only through the use of busy volunteers, many of whom are busy professionals, BSF has been able to hold in-depth bible study classes and grow our global presence to o …

MISSION AND GOALS OF LEAP Welcome to the official Canadian branch of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition! LEAP is an international non-profit organization focused on drug policy reform. It was founded in 2002 by a group of five retired police officers. It has grown substantially and we now have thousands of members in over eighty countries. The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of harms resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and ad …