Victoria Chinese (Mandarin) Playgroup is a non-profit organization created by a Chinese educator and teacher, Nicole Nie Bowden, who has rich experience in Montessori early childhood education and language teaching. The purpose of this playgroup is to create a friendly multicultural environment for young children to learn Chinese language and culture and to connect with other children. We provide with FREE activities such as Chinese story time, traditional poems, games, music and dance, arts and …

A group for Victoria area 40+ mature singles interested in meeting other like-minded singles for regular get-togethers and other activities. We have causal cocktail style events for and personal professional networking. Life expectancy is generally somewhere behind 80- 100, so 'Third Quarter' refers to ages somewhere between 40 and 75, not a football game, but we all age differently, so this is just a guideline. Online dating is one way to meet a possible future partner and new friends, but in t …

I would like to encourage young children to develop a love for the outdoors, and create an environment that encourages children to bond with their parents by doing some fun outdoors activities. I also hope to create an environment that will help them learn the value of friendship and of being part of a community. Some of the activities I have in mind are hiking, cross country skiing, canoeing, camping, tobogganing, cycling, swimming in lakes or rivers, and whatever else we can come up with.

HOST is the Home Office Support Team. We promote and support local home based businesses, small businesses and entrepreneurs in their personal and business growth. We meet monthly on the second Friday of every month and have an active program of guest speakers, events and networking. The first and last 1/2 hr of our meetings is dedicated to open networking. Come out and meet our growing, vibrant group of professionals who, like you, are facing the many challenges and opportunities of business ow …

Inspire and be inspired. Get together once a month to show off your work and check out others. If you have been an artist for a while, you've probably heard of artists block. One of the many ways to help overcome that is to be around other active artists. So come out and share your work! Art can take time and we all have busy lives. I do technical art for work, which comes from my head. Doing that made me reassess the expressive art I do for fun that comes from my heart. And I came to the conclu …

This group was started to bring the Muslims of Victoria BC together to enjoy the beauty of this charming city. Connecting with our community in fun, clean, enjoyable events/picnics is exactly what we are missing here in Victoria! Women, men, families are all welcome to join and meet up, connect, and meet new Muslims in a relaxing, casual way. All suggestions welcome! Take part in building a friendly active community- create events that everyone can enjoy!

Why? We need an online and real live forum to share the values and visions of a livable, walkable, bike-able, scooter-able, AND drive-able Shelbourne Valley. Purpose? To educate ourselves. To share information. To welcome dialog and diverse views. To see change happen thoughtfully. Who? Anyone who lives in the Shelbourne Valley, and/or anyone who wants to be involved and learn.

… One of the big things is that though our group list hit 100 members this morning only twenty of you are active. So as of October 15th the members that have been inactive for the past 4 months will be deleted, culled, chopped off. We promise this is not to hurt anyone....though again you may write voraciously about the axing, KA-THUNK...it is to clear up the board and allow the annoying leadership to control their world! Another note of business is that we are looking for someone who would be …

The purpose of this group is to bring together like-minded people in their 30's and 40's who believe in integrity, warmth, and character for any sort of fun activity that we can dream up. (Note: The average age range of this group will be 30s & 40s, but if you are outside this age range and would really like to be part of the group, please feel free to do so and know that you will be welcomed :)  This is a friendly and welcoming group.)  

** Due to a lot of spamming from fake members I have set it so I must approve of new members. Don't let this deter you from joining its just to keep the marketing away!** This group is all about the best of girlfriends! Having great girlfriends is important, if you are new in town or want to meet new friends with whom you can laugh and chat, RSVP to one of our social events! There are many activity options for this group: going for coffee, cocktails, volunteering/fundraising (e.g. Run for the …

… We will cover varying topics through presentations, discussions, activities, interactive experiences, and occasional guest speakers.  Requests for topics are always welcome.  With this group, we hope to help create a more open dialogue about such subjects and perhaps even help some people come out of the shadows where there might currently be fear or embarrassment holding them back from speaking out. Here we hope you might find people with similar experiences, beliefs and perhaps, some peace- …

Are you ready to make new friends and explore? If you are energetic, fun spirited and up for discovering new sites and taking on challenges through activities such as climbing, snowboarding / skiing, hiking, camping, surfing, sea kayaking, kite-boarding, bungee jumping, scuba diving, skydiving... Join today! Footprint Adventures is the main sponser of this group making it possible for the events to take place.  For insurance, risk managment and liability reasons, the events are run under Foot …

Welcome to Vancouver Island's largest social group. Our goal is to make new and lasting friendships and to provide social events in the Victoria area. We welcome adults of all ages. We are not only the largest social group on Vancouver Island, we are also the most active! We do a wide variety of social events from dancing, dining out, walks, hikes, pub nights, bowling, coffee, movies, potlucks, pool nights, karaoke, picnics, and anything else our members dream up. Many people have told us …

… This meetup is people to people.

We've got a lot of Scooters in Victoria cuz they're practical and fun to drive. Plus, Victoria is scenically awesome. So, if you've got one (a Scooter that is), join us for some fun and great scenery.

Join us for random acts of yoga throughout Victoria and the Greater Victoria Area. Most sessions will be held in the outdoors.  All sessions will be by karmic donation except for events where there are associated costs (i.e.) weekly Stand Up Paddle Board classes.