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🇨🇦🌴 **TORONTO BABEL x EVENT SPACE PRESENTS: CANADA DAY ISLAND PICNIC** 🌴🇨🇦 📍 BBQ Lot #17, Toronto Island Park (Olympic Island) 📅 Wednesday, July 1 🕐 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM Toronto Babel, in collaboration with Event Space, invites you to celebrate Canada Day on Toronto Island Park with a full day of sunshine, music, food, games, and community vibes. We’re taking over the island for a full summer experience—expect music all day, a BBQ social, sports and outdoor games, arts & crafts, and a relaxing yoga & meditation session. Come connect with new people, share food, and enjoy a laid-back island atmosphere surrounded by nature and good energy. As the sun sets, we’ll gather to watch fireworks light up the sky over Toronto, visible right from the island—a perfect end to the day 🎆 *** 🎟️ **Tickets (online purchase):** **https://www.event-space.net/event-details/canada-day-island-festival** • $10 Presale with our discount code: ‘CS-05’ *** ✔️ **Activities & Schedule:** 🔥 BBQ social — bring your own meat to grill (grill & charcoal provided) 🧘 Yoga & Meditation Session 🎶 Music & Dance Party with DJ FLŸ and DJ STXN 🎨 Arts & Crafts Table ⚽ Sports, board games & outdoor fun 🎆 Fireworks at dusk (visible from the island) *** 🎒 **What to Bring:** • Blanket or beach towel to sit on • Water bottle • Hat, sunscreen & bug spray • Picnic snacks or food to share • Reusable utensils/cups (optional) • Light sweater or jacket for the evening • Your best summer island vibe ☀️ *** ⛴️ **Ferry Info:** • Take the Centre Island Ferry • First ferry: 8:00 AM • Last return: 11:45 PM • Look for Toronto Babel signs on Olympic Island • Ferry tickets: [https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-recreation/places-spaces/beaches-gardens-attractions/toronto-island-park/all-ferry-schedules/](https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-recreation/places-spaces/beaches-gardens-attractions/toronto-island-park/all-ferry-schedules/) *** Let’s make this Canada Day one for the books 🍁✨

Cha Cha with Rosalie Wednesdays | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Teens & Adults | All Levels Welcome Step into the rhythm with this fun and energetic International Style Cha Cha class (Social Amalgamation). Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some experience, this class is designed to get everyone moving and smiling! Taught by a highly certified dance teacher in a spacious studio, it’s the perfect midweek boost. Come learn for fun, improve your skills, and enjoy the music! Happy Dancing Dance to the Rhythm (647) 202-6236

**Why Salsa?** (Because it's better than the Gym) :) Staring at a treadmill wall? No thanks! 🥱 Salsa is the ultimate health hack—a high-energy, full-body workout disguised as a massive dance party that burns calories and tones muscles without you ever checking the clock. Plus, it’s the ultimate after-work pick-me-up; the vibrant music and infectious energy make it physically impossible to leave the studio without a massive smile on your face! **Your Community:** We aren't just a studio; we’re a supportive, lively community! Salsa is deeply social, making it the absolute best way to shake up your routine, expand your social circle, and laugh through a brand-new experience. Absolutely everyone of all ages and fitness levels is welcome—you don't need a partner, zero experience is required, and you definitely don't need "rhythm" to start the fun with us! **What to Expect:** The Fundamentals: We are breaking down the absolute basics so you feel confident and comfortable on the floor. Your Instructor: You'll be learning from Dani, who makes every step easy to follow, low-pressure, and incredibly fun. The Vibe: Casual, supportive, energetic, and completely judgment-free. **The Details:** 📅 When: TODAY! ⏰ Time: 7:00 PM 📍 Where: Abanico Academy - 3473 Lake Shore Blvd West 💰 Cost: FREE! (selected dates - stay tuned) There is no better way to bring some movement into your summer than trying something brand new. Space is limited, so grab your comfy shoes, bring your positive energy, and let's dance!

Come out to our monthly meetups if you are: •New to lockpicking and want to learn. •Experienced with locks and lockpicking and excited to teach and exchange knowledge. We have lots of loaner locks and picks for people to try without needing any supplies of their own. Join the Toool Toronto discord https://discord.gg/fuamRhuAdD We are now going back to primarily an in-person meeting. If you would like to join online, its best to bring this up in the #meeting-night-discussion channel beforehand and then find us in our Meeting Room voice channel on Wednesday night. This event is hosted at a volunteer run makerspace: Site 3 coLaboratory 718R Ossington Ave Toronto, ON M6G 3T7

**This event is SOLD OUT! Please don't show up as you will be turned away. The permit only allowed for a certain number on people at the firepite. We will have another Bonfire before the summer ends.** 🔥 **Bonfire Night: The Ultimate Canada Day Hangout** 🇨🇦 Celebrate Canada Day the *right* way—with fire, food, and music under the stars! Join us at **Etienne Brulé Park** for an unforgettable evening of good vibes, marshmallow roasting, and laid-back fun right in the heart of Toronto. As the sun sets and the bonfire crackles, connect with great people and kick off summer in the best way possible. Whether you’re new to the city or a longtime local, this is *the* place to be on July 1st. 🎶🔥 Let’s make some warm memories this Canada Day! 📲 **Join Our WhatsApp Group:**[ Click here to join](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DRFTkxRlHS4B3IL1lMleUd) **Celebrate with Fire, Food & Friends in the Heart of Toronto!** **Date:** Canada Day – **July 1st** **Time:** Meet at 6:30 PM **Location:** Etienne Brulé Park (Close to the parking lot and washrooms) 👉 [CLICK HERE FOR MAP!](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Etienne+Brul%C3%A9+Park/@43.6519009,-79.5013104,15.75z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x882b36f396180ca1:0xa14c3a98a738e615!8m2!3d43.6517494!4d-79.4903289!16zL20vMGRka3hi?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) **Organizer:** Mathew (look for the Moose Hat!) **Event ends at 10:30 PM** *** ### 🎟 **How to Join** To attend, please send a **$10 e-transfer** to **mathewmaclean@hotmail.com** **within 24 hours of signing up**. If payment is not received, your RSVP will be removed. 💡 **No refunds** unless the event is cancelled. We go rain or shine! Not sure if you can make it? You can check for open spots and sign up the day of—or just show up (if there's space). **PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE ON THE WAITING LIST, DON'T NOT SEND MONEY UNTIL I REACH OUT TO YOU THROUGH TEXT.** 💰 **What Your $10 Covers** ✅ City permit ✅ Firewood ✅ Hot dogs (beef, pork, and veggie) with buns & sauces ✅ Marshmallows ✅ Music ✅ Shared roasting sticks (bring your own if you have one!) *** ### 📍 **Meeting Info** * 🧢 **Mathew will be wearing a Moose Hat for the first hour.** * 🔥 At the fire pit (Close to the parking lot and washrooms) * 🚇 **TTC Meetup:** Outside of Mills Subway Station and I will be wearing my Moose Hat at 6:00 PM (Mathew will wait 10 minutes before walking over) * 🚗 **Parking:** Some free, some paid spots nearby *** ### 📦 **What to Bring** * 🥤 **Your own drinks** (NO drinks provided) * 🍪 Something to share with the group (snacks or games) * 🍻 BYOB (Yes, you can drink in the park!) * 🪑 Folding chair or blanket * 🧥 Sweater or something warm * 🐶 Dogs welcome! (and well-behaved kids) * 🎲 Group games encouraged! *** ### ❌ Please Note 🚭 **No smoking, vaping, or drug use near the fire pit.** Anyone found breaking this rule will be asked to leave. *** ### 🎉 Who This Is For This event is for *anyone looking to make friends, be social, and enjoy the summer*. Whether you're single or not, new to Toronto or a local—**everyone’s welcome**. We also host movie nights, walks, hikes, restaurant outings, and more! 📩 Questions? Message Mathew on the group wall or email: **torontomoviesandoutings@hotmail.com**

MS Build 2026 Summary \*\*Please note that this event requires your name and email address for QR code to get access to the building on the event day, you must register or else you will not receive a QR code for access\*\* [Link ](https://forms.office.com/r/8uPQJ7987M)to Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/8uPQJ7987M Speakers (sort by first name): Cihan Cinar Ehsan Eskandari Kaan Turgut Max Yermakhanov Shahrad Alerasoul

MS Build 2026 Summary \*\*Please note that this event requires your name and email address for QR code to get access to the building on the event day, you must register or else you will not receive a QR code for access\*\* [Link ](https://forms.office.com/r/8uPQJ7987M)to Registration: [https://forms.office.com/r/8uPQJ7987M](https://forms.office.com/r/8uPQJ7987M) More details Coming soon with details

Let’s do some coding together at a cafe! No more working alone in the weekend. Here, we write code together. And I mean together together. Not occupying-the-same-space-but-separate together. Here’s how it works: Jennifer brings her mobile app project, tells everyone that it is like Pinterest for recipes and she’d like to work on the nav bar. Paul and Chloe think Jennifer's project is fascinating, and they join the group. They gather around Jennifer’s laptop and work on the nav bar for 2 hours. Jennifer is the one typing out the code while Paul and Chloe research, brainstorm, and offer suggestions. If you’re feeling stuck on your own project or need a motivation boost, bring it to mob programming! Want to learn by watching how others code and solve problems? Join someone else’s project at this event! Oh and we love your half-done projects that you are a bit embarrassed to share. Absolutely bring those to the event! **Discord**: We use Discord to share screen & code snippets during the event. Also feel free to share your projects here before the event! https://discord.gg/xwjDdVSw3E **Event policy**: * We have 0 tolerance for harassment. * We don’t allow the projects that are not meant to be shared in public such as school assignments, interview tasks, or trade secrets. * The goal is to write code. We discourage you from pitching business ideas here, doing code reviews, or spending the whole event on planning what to do. * Please buy a drink, and tip the barista well.

**\*\*ALERT--UPDATE—CHANGE\*\*** We have decided to change plans for Saturday, July 4th to make it a FIFA watch party instead of a philosophy meetup The 2 reasons are as follows … we might be rained out & Canada plays its biggest game in its Footballing history (the whole nation might be watching). So we decided to have a “viewing-party” meetup at The Maddy for 1pm on July 4th. We’ll be on the patio on the second floor just outside where the pool table & the washrooms are located. I’ll get there early to claim our space — it’d be great to have a few of you there to help me do the same (let’s say around 12 noon). This will be a special moment no matter the result of the game — come on over to The Maddy & let’s create a beautiful memory with our friends from Practical Philosophy. This is what our community is about — we’ll make it a moment to remember. Letttsss gooooo, CANADA!!!

This group is for badminton enthusiasts who are passionate about exploring the connections between metabolism, energy, and exercise. We are welcome beginner plus, intermediate and advance level players looking to improve your skill or a seasoned player seeking to optimize your performance on the court, this group is for you! Join us for friendly games. This badminton session is a weekly event and it is followed with dinner together but it is optional. ATTENTION: Due to many first timers signed up the event but no show, I have no choice to charge the first timers $10 per person as deposit via etransfer to me no later then Friday night. There is no refund for no show. If you show up, then I will etransfer the balance back to you at the end of the badminton event. My email address is: lingseilau@yahoo.com Birdies: Please bring one birdie with you. However, if you are intermediate plus or advanced level, bring two birdies with you. Court fee: It will be informed at the comment section by 4pm. Cost per person is either $216 (for 4 courts), $162 (for 3 courts) or $108 (for 2 courts) divided by the number of players attended. My email address for etransfer is: lingseilau@yahoo.com

[Summary] This meetup is for those who are interested in code, web development, design, cloud, or AI. All levels are welcome, so feel free to bring your laptop and discuss what you are working on or what you are learning. You can share your projects and ideas with other participants freely. There are outlets and WiFi, drinks are about $5 for tea, they take card only. [Price] Attendance is FREE. But you need to buy something from the venue. [Policies] \- We do not tolerate harassment of our members \- We remind users that that this meetup is intended for networking and hobby development\, and any attempts at using this meetup event as a dating platform will not be not be tolerated Further information: https://torontostack.exchange/

7.30pm-10.30pm Social Dance Usually more than 50 people join us for a fun Salsa/Bachata night. The best way to end the weekend! You don't need to have a partner or be an experienced dancer. We provide two classes for beginner level and intermediate level. ◾When You Arrive ◾ - Sanitize your hands before entering the dance studio & in between dances, please - Do not come to dance if you show any symptoms of cold/flu ◾ Drop in : $15 ◾ * Every Sunday * 📍39 Glen Cameron Road, unit #1 Thornhill, Ontario From: 7.30 - 10.30 pm Cover fee: $15 at the door We will also be hosting two free salsa lessons and a bachata lesson: (it's included) *6.30pm-7.30pm Bachata L1 by Estephan [small room] *6.30pm-7.30pm Salsa by David [large dance studio] *7.30pm-10.30pm Sunday Social Dancing [large dance studio] * Music: Mostly Salsa & Bachata, some Merengue and a few Cha Cha and Kizomba. Come out and enjoy the night away! * Usually, more than 50 people are attending this social, and people switch partners, so you don't need to bring a partner. 647-504-9876

Highlights and Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2025 With so much emphasis on cloud data platforms and AI these days, SQL people can feel left behind by all the marketing hype. SQL Server 2025 was officially released in November of 2025, though, and contains a ton of improvements that will make our SQL Server deployments a bit faster, better, and more secure. There are even more improvements tucked into the release that never made a marketing blog or press release that you'll likely be learning about for the first time in this session! Join this session to learn about what makes your high availability a little more available, your performance a bit more performant, and your database more developer and app-friendly. Come spend an hour with SQL people talking SQL Server 2025 – the good, the "not quite ready for prime time", and the hidden awesomeness.

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

These meetings will be a building block approach to learning photographic mastery over three disciplines: Completely Mechanical (CM) - A 13-week series Completely Exposed (CE) - A 26-week series Completely Composed (CC) - A 52-week series All three series will run concurrently and will dovetail as follows: Q3/26 - CM (Iter 1), CE (Iter 1, Pt 1), CC (Iter 1, Pt1) Q4/26 - CM (Iter 2), CE (Iter 1, Pt 2), CC (Iter 1, Pt2) Q1/27 - CM (Iter 3), CE (Iter 2, Pt 1), CC (Iter 1, Pt3) Q2/27 - CM (Iter 4), CE (Iter 2, Pt 2), CC (Iter 1, Pt4) That's likely confusing, but essentially, CM offered 4 times in that period, CE offered 2 times, and CC offered 1 time. **TO BE CLEAR - THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THESE CLASSES.** This is an aggressive series, with presentations, homework, group shoots to be added in, likely at LEAST twice a month, image critiques, and an expectation that you are willing to put in the work to elevate your photography significantly. Open to all levels and all equipment levels. Don't let hesitation about your skillset and/or gear keep you from a one-time opportunity. The group will meet every Tuesday, with periodic exceptions, and we will try to keep as close as possible to the original plan. Obviously, more data is coming and will be published as this is further developed, but now is the time to decide if you want to be a part of this.

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This will be our regular monthly meeting, with a new topic picked each month. Topics to be determined and posted soon.

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.