Drones Toronto

Hokm & Shlem Night - Toronto

**Join us for a relaxed evening of Hokm and Shelem card games in Toronto.** Come alone or with friends — we’ll help organize players and tables when you arrive. All experience levels are welcome. If you already know Hokm or Shelem, great. If you’re still learning, you’re welcome to join too. The goal is simple: play cards, meet new people, and enjoy a fun social evening.

History of Aviation: Air Wars (LECTURE ON THE GO)

**The Toronto History Walks Explorer Pass is available. Get it now for $125.00 for 1 year of unlimited tours, email** **torontohistorywalks@gmail.com** **for more information or for signing up!** We have an amazing "Lecture on the Go" series for 2026. New topics and fascinating stories abound! Join us and learn about the world and keep active and warm and cool during the winter and summer months! I started this walking classroom when we were under that horrible cloud called Covid. This series was popular and helped people get back into society and life. **This is part two of the Aviation series that will debut in August 2026 with the Lecture on the disaster at Tenerife**! The "Lecture on the Go" Series is open to members who have purchased the YEARLY MEMBERSHIP PASS, it's free for those members. If you wish to attend a lecture and you are not a yearly pass member then the price **per** lecture is $20.00. In this second part of *History of Aviation: Lecture on the Go* series, we move from the daring pioneers of early flight into the era when aviation truly changed North America forever. By the 1920s and 1930s, airplanes were no longer just fragile machines flown by adventurers. Air mail routes connected distant cities, passenger airlines began appearing across the continent, and aircraft designers pushed technology forward at a breathtaking pace. The skies over North America became a laboratory of innovation, where speed, distance, and reliability improved year after year. It was an exciting time filled with record-breaking flights, famous pilots, and the growing belief that aviation would shape the future. The Second World War transformed aviation more dramatically than anyone could have imagined. Aircraft became central to modern warfare, leading to what many historians call the first true “air wars.” Massive bomber fleets crossed oceans, fighter aircraft battled for control of the skies, and radar and engine technology advanced at incredible speed. Companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin grew alongside the military demand for aircraft production. Air power became a decisive force, changing military strategy forever. Yet even during wartime, aviation inspired people with stories of courage, skill, and technological achievement that captured the imagination of the public across North America. Canada also played a remarkably important role in the growth of aviation during this era. The Canadian aviation industry expanded rapidly during the war years, building training schools, manufacturing aircraft, and supporting Allied operations across the Atlantic. Programs such as the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan turned Canada into one of the world’s great pilot-training countries. Canadian companies like de Havilland Canada became known for designing rugged aircraft capable of operating in harsh northern conditions. Bush planes and bush pilots like Max Ward (Wardair) opened remote regions of the country, connecting isolated communities and supporting exploration, mining, and medical transport. Aviation helped shape modern Canada in ways that many people today rarely stop to consider. After the war, aviation entered the jet age and North America became the focus of global aerospace innovation. Commercial air travel exploded in popularity as families could suddenly cross the continent in hours rather than days. Airports expanded into enormous transportation hubs, while military aviation evolved into the era of supersonic fighters, strategic bombers, and space exploration. The story of aviation in North America is ultimately a story of ambition, and invention, a reminder that humanity has always looked toward the sky and imagined what might come next. But this story has plenty of mystery and thrills, so come aboard and take to the skies. So if you love to fly then this is your boarding pass! In this lecture on the Go, Upcoming topics in the 2026 series: \*Philosophy 1: Great Minds of the Western World: Goethe to Kant! - (August 2026) \*Philosophy 2: Great Minds of the Eastern World: Chuang Tzu to Dalai Lama - (July 2026) The 1977 Disaster at Tenerife - (August 2026) Legacy of Triangle: How a New York Factory Scandal changed North America - (September 2026) History of Aviation (September 2026) So book your plans now! This event is for all levels and walkers, there are a few steps here and there to navigate, but mostly on one level. This event in a non-walking event. The lecture begins on the steps of Old City Hall at the northeast corner of Bay Street and Queen Street West, and has a ticket price of $20.00 per person, but **free with the yearly membership pass**. **Please note: Please e-transfer the ticket amount when booking your space for this tour! You can e-transfer to the following email at:** **torontohistorywalks@gmail.com**

Green Drinks Toronto

Hosted by [Green Drinks Toronto](http://www.greendrinks.org/ON/Toronto): *We will have a lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, students, government and business. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always... a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.* *These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.* *GLOBAL: Now active in over 350 cities worldwide!*

ULTIMATE FRISBEE All Genders Welcome! No Experience Necessary!

Language Exchange & Social Event @ Madison Ave Pub by Toronto Babel

We’re back for another night of great conversation, community, and global connections. Whether you want to practice English, learn a new language, or simply make new friends from around the world, this is the place to be! ✨ **What to Expect:** ✅ Language Exchange 💬 – chat in French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and more! ✅ Live Music & Resident DJ 🎵 – groove while you mingle ✅ Fun Board Games 🎲 – challenge a new friend ✅ Arts & Crafts 🎨 – get creative ✅ Make New Friends 🗣️ – the more, the merrier! 📍 14 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 2S1 🕖 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Come solo or bring a friend—either way, you’ll leave with new connections, good laughs, and even better vibes 💬✨🫶 💵 $5 Entry Fee at the Door This helps cover meetup essentials like games, name tags, stickers, and all the little things that make our events magical ✨ **CONTACT:** Terry (Organizer) 📲 E-transfer also available: tmg8@wealthsimple.me 🔗 Meetup: [https://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel](https://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel) 📘 Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/torontobabel](https://www.facebook.com/groups/torontobabel) 💬 WhatsApp: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/EYMdUw8XaxE5irFSNg5bt7](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EYMdUw8XaxE5irFSNg5bt7) 📸 Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/t.o.babel](https://www.instagram.com/t.o.babel) 👉 Check out our calendar to see what other events we have coming up and to RSVP: [https://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel/#calendar](https://www.meetup.com/TorontoBabel/#calendar) **Note:** Toronto Babel is a friendly, welcoming, and safe space for all attendees. This is a language-focused event and not a dating or matchmaking event. Any form of harassment or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. If you experience or witness any issues, please inform one of the organizers. #TorontoBabel #LanguageExchange #TorontoEvents #ToDoToronto #LearnEnglish

Birds of Prey and Eagle Watch

**Bald Eagles over the Scarborough Bluffs!** Fall raptor (hawk) migration is underway, and Friday's conditions are shaping up beautifully for a potentially exciting movement of hawks and other birds of prey. We'll be watching the skies for **Bald Eagles**, along with Ospreys, hawks, falcons and whatever other surprises migration sends our way! Join me for a relaxed three-hour raptor watch at beautiful **Rosetta McClain Gardens**, one of Toronto's best locations for watching migrating birds of prey as they move along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The forecast conditions for Friday look very promising for raptor movement, and we'll be watching the skies for **Bald Eagles, hawks, falcons, Ospreys and other birds of prey**. You never quite know what will appear during a hawk watch, and that's a big part of the excitement. One moment the sky can seem quiet and the next we're watching several raptors moving past us. And it won't just be about hawks! Rosetta McClain Gardens is a beautiful park and an excellent place for **songbirds and butterflies** during fall migration. We'll spend some time exploring the gardens and surrounding areas looking for warblers and other migrating songbirds, while keeping an eye out for Monarchs and other butterflies. One of the nice things about raptor watching is that **we don't have to start at the crack of dawn!** As the morning warms up and conditions improve, raptors begin taking advantage of rising air and favourable winds, making late morning an excellent time to watch the skies. This will be a casual and friendly outing. **You don't need to be an experienced birder.** If you're interested in birds, wildlife, photography or simply spending a few hours outside with other nature lovers, you're very welcome to join us. **When:** Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. **Where:** Rosetta McClain Gardens, Scarborough Bluffs **Cost:** **FREE!** Bring binoculars if you have them, a camera if you enjoy photography. Come out for a few hours and let's see what migration brings us. **Hawks, Bald Eagles, Ospreys, warblers, butterflies and hopefully a few surprises!** I look forward to meeting you!

2026.05 - TrueNorthCTO (Toronto)

Sunset Paddle (Kayak or SUP) & Social @ Keating Channel Pub

Practical Building Agents - The Science Behind and a Snowflake Use-Case

**Location:** OneEleven, 325 Front St. W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Y1 **4th floor**, left of the elevators ## Snowflake Toronto User Group: Practical Building Agents - The Science Behind and a Snowflake Use-Case We are excited to invite you to the next Snowflake Toronto User Group meeting on **Thursday, September 24th, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM**. Talks will start promptly at 6:00 PM. **On the Agenda:** A working session on how AI agents are actually built, taught as a class rather than a guided lab. Most agent tutorials hand you a framework and a happy path. This one goes underneath. We cover what a language model actually is and what that means for system design, why context is the whole game, how tool use differs from classic RAG, how semantic search and chunking really work, and what separates a true agent from a chatbot with tools. If you have used Cortex Agents or ADK without knowing what a skill is under the hood or what the framework is doing on your behalf, this session is for you. The second half applies it. We design a pipeline failure triage agent live, on the board, in the room. The nightly load ran green, the row counts are wrong, and nobody is awake. That last constraint breaks the usual human-in-the-loop pattern and forces some genuinely interesting decisions about approval, memory and trust. We close with two concrete deployment paths: schedule it in Snowflake CoWork, or run your own orchestration loop on Snowpark Container Services when you need full control. Ryan and Augusto then walk through a working end-to-end version they built. Bring questions. The flow is meant to shift with the room. **Networking & Community:** A light meal and refreshments will be served, and attendees will receive exclusive items from the Snowflake community. Don't miss out on this opportunity to network with fellow Snowflake users and gain valuable insights. RSVP now to secure your spot and join our growing community. Please register to participate in this exciting event! **Agenda 🗓️** 5:00 - 5:20pm - Arrival 5:20 - 5:45pm - Light Meal and Drinks 5:45 - 6:10pm - Intro 6:10 - 7:10pm - Presentation and Demo 7:10 - 8:00pm - Networking and happy hour

THUG Equinox-kickoff edition!

As a **special-edition\* THUG event**, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting a Houdini Usergroup event on Monday September 21, to kick off the week of Equinox! Stick around Tuesday and Wednesday for workshops, presentations and physical interaction of the like-minded! We will of course be having presentations Monday night as well -- covering RBDs and COPs -- AND there will be a special giveaway! Pick up an H22 tshirt and your very own FLIP plushy :)) Please RSVP so we get enough food+drink for everyone. Else... we'll see you there! For Tuesday and Wednesday registration, click [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/houdini-hive-equinox-tickets-1996727885857?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=181bf58c2b) to register. \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- *\*we will return to Thursday default setting; Monday only for this occasion!* \*\*presentation schedule of speakers will be posted in due time :)

Pub Night + Stargazing

Let's get together, drink beers and shoot the shit about space! And then also, do some star-gazing through a telescope on the nearby Kew-Balmy Beach! First bit of the evening, a blast from the past, we'll drink beers at Gabby's! Just like old times, though this is not the same location. They serve pub food, so you can come hungry too or whatever. We can talk about the feasibility of AI Data Centers in space, LOL. Also, some show and tell for recent stuff Space Club has been doing - we'll have a glider & control electronics on hand. Then around 8:30 or 9pm, if the weather is good (clear skies, etc), we'll walk south to the beach (600m, \~10 minute walk), we will setup a telescope, and we'll do some stargazing. The moon will be close to full (97%, waxing), and well in the sky, and Saturn rise in the sky around 9:30pm (it's a spectacular site though a telescope, you can see the rings). No other planets will be visible, but stars, galaxies, etc, plus there is some view of downtown though a gap created by the boardwalk. We'll pack up around 11pm. **\*\*\*Come with extra layers of clothing available\*\*\***, it can be amazingly cold to stand around on a beach, even if it seems warm on the street. Do not say I didn't warn you! Also you're welcome to bring any star gazing stuff you have, the more the merrier! If the weather is not good, we'll probably stay a bit longer at the pub, but it will be shorter evening. Hope to see you all out again!

AI-Powered QE: Building Reliable & Resilient Digital Platforms | TTT Meetup

***The Test Tribe 16th Toronto Meetup – AI-Powered Quality Engineering: Building Reliable and Resilient Digital Platforms in Financial Services*** AI is changing how software quality is engineered from generating tests and identifying risks to detecting defects and understanding failures in production. For financial services, where reliability, security, scalability, and customer trust are critical, the opportunity is not just to automate testing but to make quality more intelligent and proactive. Join The Test Tribe's 16th Toronto Meetup to explore how AI-powered Quality Engineering is helping teams build resilient digital platforms, improve engineering productivity, and move from reactive testing toward proactive quality assurance. **Event Details** * Date: 23 September 2026 * Time: 06:00 PM – 08:00 PM ET * Venue: 20 Toronto St, Toronto, ON M5C 2B8, Canada * Map:[ Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/wnzYGSohqax1MydHA?utm_source=luma) ***Session – AI-Powered Quality Engineering: Building Reliable and Resilient Digital Platforms in Financial Services*** ***Speaker: Harish Srivastava*** ***Why This Session Matters*** Traditional test automation can help teams validate software, but modern digital platforms require quality practices that can identify risks earlier, adapt to changing systems, and provide insights throughout the software delivery lifecycle. In this session, Harish Srivastava will explore how AI-powered Quality Engineering is enabling teams to move beyond traditional automation through smart test generation, predictive defect detection, risk-based testing, production monitoring, and automated root cause analysis. Drawing from real-world experiences in financial services, the session will explore how organizations can build digital platforms that are reliable, resilient, secure, and capable of scaling while meeting customer expectations and regulatory requirements. It will also examine how Generative AI can accelerate developer and QA productivity and help teams shift from reactive testing to proactive quality assurance. ***How This Meetup Solves Your Problem*** As software systems become more complex, teams need quality practices that can keep pace with faster development and increasing business expectations. This meetup will help you: * Understand how AI is transforming modern Quality Engineering and changing the way teams approach software quality. * Explore how AI can support smart test generation, predictive defect detection, and risk-based testing. * Learn how AI-powered practices can improve software reliability, performance, and resilience. * Discover ways to use Generative AI to enhance developer and QA productivity. * Understand how production monitoring and automated root cause analysis can help teams move toward proactive quality assurance. * Gain insights into building resilient digital platforms while balancing scalability, security, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. ***Why Show Up on 23 September?*** * Because AI is changing Quality Engineering from a reactive testing function into a more proactive, data-driven discipline. * Because you'll learn how organizations in financial services are approaching AI-powered quality and platform resilience. * Because you'll discover practical ways to use AI to improve testing, reliability, and engineering productivity. * Because you'll connect with QA professionals, Quality Engineers, developers, engineering leaders, and technology practitioners from the Toronto community. * Because your perspective belongs in the conversation. ***Become a Speaker at The Test Tribe Events*** Wish to share your insights with the community at a future event? Submit your talk idea[ ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8xebmOBD2WYXwGKWj7GteY-tMLaj-aZzQk88MAsE0LUiMUQ/viewform?utm_source=luma)[here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8xebmOBD2WYXwGKWj7GteY-tMLaj-aZzQk88MAsE0LUiMUQ/viewform), and if it resonates with the perspective we are trying to build at our events, our team will connect with you. ***About The Test Tribe*** The Test Tribe is the world's largest software testing community, empowering testers globally since 2018. With 925+ events and 170K+ members across 130+ countries, we bring software professionals together to learn, grow, and connect through meetups, conferences, cohorts, masterclasses, and more. By RSVPing, you agree to our[ Terms & Conditions](https://www.thetesttribe.com/website-terms-conditions/)[ and](https://www.thetesttribe.com/privacy-policy/?utm_source=luma)[ Privacy Policy](https://www.thetesttribe.com/our-privacy-policy/) and consent to be contacted by The Test Tribe and our event partners.