Events

A Monthly online conversation group for Autistic adults, 18+ years Many autistic people have spent much of their lives feeling “different”. This group is an evening to share our past experiences & present realities – similar or different, and to celebrate our uniqueness together as we build strength & resilience for our futures. Our host, Sara Leschasin, is a community support worker, a K-12 educator, and an autistic adult. She is inspired by the accomplishments of her fellow autistics –…

Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023 7:15pm PT This month’s movie is:  Bullet Train Watch in advance on Amazon Prime Unlucky assassin Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs has gone off the rails. Fate has other plans, however: Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe--all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives--on the world's fastest train. The end of the line is just the beginning in…

This month’s movie is: Everything, Everywhere All At Once Watch in advance on AMAZON PRIME With her laundromat teetering on the brink of failure, and her marriage to wimpy husband, Waymond, on the rocks, overworked Evelyn Wang struggles to cope with everything, including tattered relationships with her judgmental father, Gong Gong, and Joy, her daughter. As if facing a gloomy midlife crisis wasn’t enough, Evelyn must brace herself for an unpleasant meeting with an impersonal IRS auditor, Deirdre. As the…

This month’s movie is: Tick, Tick…Boom! Watch in advance on Netflix   Our last movie for 2922 is a musical set in the early 1990’s. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and staring Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom! chronicles the personal and professional life of aspiring playwright Jonathan Larson. The real-life Larson went on to produce the hit Broadway musical Rent. See trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJXFRshQfw Hosted by: Casey Primus, B.Com, CGA, working for an organization supporting 300 people with diverse abilities & Aaron…

Do you feel that the real you is being missed in the quick swipe through photos on meetup & dating apps? Christie Faye Collins, is a Victoria-based entrepreneur & web developer, and the creator of NOMI Connect, an app for neurodivergent people to connect, meet & date. She feels that mainstream dating apps are superficial, and don’t cater to people with disabilities or neurodivergent people like her. Christie designed NOMI to fill the need for an online space in which…

This month’s movie is:  The Pianist  Watch in advance – this movie is available on Netflix & YouTube  The Pianist is a 2002 film directed by Roman Polanski. Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Spielmann, it stars Adrien Brody as Spielmann, a Polish Jew living in Warsaw at the outbreak of World War II. As the Spielmann family sees their freedoms eroded by the Nazi invasion, Wladyslaw looks to escape the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. Will he survive the war?…

We’re trying something different! This month’s movie is: I Lost My Body (English title)  We are going to watch this movie together, in real time… “I Lost My Body” is available on Netflix, dubbed and sub-titled, in both English & French. (Which version you would like to watch?) “I Lost My Body” In a Parisian laboratory, a severed hand escapes its unhappy fate and sets out to reconnect with its body. During a hair-raising escapade across the city, the extremity fends…