Uncategorized
Hacky Halloween: Mad Science Experiment!
by Ahron Train on Oct.27, 2023, under Uncategorized
Come show off your best costume! It’s time to bring out the LEDs and electronic masterpieces, or maybe just your best mad scientist hair. What better way to party than with whatever imaginative science and tech ideas we can create.
October 28, 2023, 6pm-11pm
Hangout and food 6pm-8pm, BYOB. Music 8pm-11pm.
No tickets, $10 PWYC (pay what you can) donation to support Hacklab.
1677 St Clair Ave West (nearest transit stop is St Clair West at Laughton Ave).
See you there!
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hacky-halloween-mad-science-experiment-tickets-735173161717
Junk Independence Day
by Maniac Inventor on Sep.24, 2023, under Uncategorized
- Sunday October 15th
- 2PM – 7PM
Got some old electronics hiding away at home? Looking for a source of spare parts for a project? Junk Independence Days where people bring in and swap old electronics and e-waste.
Typical / past items included:
- iPods / Mp3 Players / camcorders
- Computers, laptops and parts
- Printers / Scanners
- Stereo amps, speakers
- Traffic walk/don’t walk streetlights!
- Hobby Electronics parts + kits
Not to be forgotten, there are always lots of little chips and bytes for random hacking too. Anything left at the end will be picked up on Monday and responsibly recycled!
House Rules: Items brought in for the Junk Day are not to be disassembled on site. If you want only part of an item, take it home, and bring the rest back next junk day.
Weekend Open House – Sun. July 16th
by Scott Sullivan on Jul.11, 2023, under Uncategorized
Weekend Open House – Sunday July 16, 2-6PM
In addition to our well know Tuesday_Pattern. Join us the also this coming Sunday!
Please join us!
Junk Independence Day!
by Harry Braviner on Apr.16, 2023, under Uncategorized
- Sunday April 30th
- 2PM – 7PM
Got some old electronics hiding away at home? Looking for a source of spare parts for a project? Junk Independence Days where people bring in and swap old electronics and e-waste.
Typical / past items included:
- iPods / Mp3 Players / camcorders
- Computers, laptops and parts
- Printers / Scanners
- Stereo amps, speakers
- Traffic walk/don’t walk streetlights!
- Hobby Electronics parts + kits
Not to be forgotten, there are always lots of little chips and bytes for random hacking too. Anything left at the end will be picked up on Monday and responsibly recycled!
House Rules: Items brought in for the Junk Day are not to be disassembled on site. If you want only part of an item, take it home, and bring the rest back next junk day.
Junk Independence Day!
by Scott Sullivan on Nov.15, 2022, under Uncategorized
- November 27th
- 2PM – 7PM
Got some old electronics hiding away at home? Looking for a source of spare parts for a project? Junk Independence Days where people bring in and swap old electronics and e-waste.
Items likes:
- iPods / Mp3 Players / camcorders
- Computers, laptops and parts
- Printers / Scanners
- Stereo amps, speakers
- Traffic walk/don’t walk streetlights!
- Hobby Electronics parts + kits
Not to be forgotten, there are always lots of little chips and bytes for random hacking too. Anything left at the end will be picked up on the following Monday and responsibly recycled!
House Rules: Items brought in for the Junk Day are not to be disassembled on site. If you want only part of an item, take it home, and bring the rest back next junk day.
Return of the Open Houses
by Scott Sullivan on Aug.03, 2021, under Uncategorized
With Ontario re-opening efforts well into Step 3, Hacklab is also making steps towards re-opening to the public. As of Tuesday Aug 3rd, we running a limited form of our usual weekly open houses.
To maintain a safe space, masks and social distancing will still be required while inside the Hacklab Toronto space. But we look forward seeing folks out and being social once more.
Where We Stand
by Joseph Ellsworth on Jun.07, 2020, under Uncategorized
Like many Canadians, Hacklab’s membership has been watching the events that have led to the ongoing protests in the United States and the world, including here in Toronto. We acknowledge and denounce the ongoing systemic racism, white supremacy and police brutality that many Black, Indigneous and racialized communities face everyday that have led to these protests. We acknowledge that these problems exist in Toronto, including in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) community. Hacklab stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the fight against all forms of racism.
As a maker collective in Toronto, Hacklab is committed to helping build a community where everyone can live with dignity and freedom from fear. While we strive to be a welcoming makerspace in Toronto, we admittedly have fallen short in many areas that have led to gaps in representation of individuals from Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities.
We acknowledge that as a maker collective we need to do more to be an inclusive community. We understand that we need to centre the voices of the many Black, Indigenous and racialized makers of Toronto and the surrounding areas. As part of our actions, we are actively working to ensure these voices are heard. Our commitments include:
- Expand our outreach to Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities (e.g., by forging closer ties with groups led by and represented by those community members);
- Identify and reduce barriers for Black, Indigenous and racialized members of the STEAM community to participate in Hacklab as guests, members, and board members; and,
- Ensure that Black, Indigenous and racialized members of the STEAM community guide Hacklab to actively improve our diversity and inclusion efforts and support ongoing decision-making that considers diverse perspectives through our new Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
We all have to take ownership and responsibility to actively oppose racism within our organizations as well as ourselves as individuals in order to break down systems of oppression and exclusion. We recognize as Hacklab that we draw strength from the diversity of ideas and perspectives. As a community space that encourages people to socialize, share knowledge and collaborate, we recognize that making our own space more inclusive will strengthen our ability to “make things, repurpose things, program things, invent things and make lights blink” for the betterment of our members and our broader community.
Hack The Planet!
– HackLab.to
Public Events Suspended; Use of Space Discouraged
by Sonia Serba on Apr.06, 2020, under Uncategorized
The Ontario Government is ordering all businesses not covered by the updated essential business list to remain closed until at least June 30th, 2020, with the possibility of an extension as the situation evolves. This is to confirm that HackLab.TO remains officially closed until further notice. This means, our public events continue to be suspended, and members should not be entering the space.
We will continue to update you as we receive updates, and we look forward to further growing our online community with all of you via email and other channels until such time as the doors of HackLab.TO are able to be reopened. We encourage you to be supportive and understanding of one another as we continue to get through this novel situation together.
COVID-19 Toronto Public Health Advice: https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/
~From your board @ HackLab.TO
Ontario Makerspace Muxer
by Scott Sullivan on Feb.02, 2020, under Uncategorized
This is expected to rotate through various spaces over the year, with Hacklab taking the first opportunity to host.
Open Houses continue through the Holidays!
by Scott Sullivan on Dec.24, 2019, under Uncategorized
We’re Open! With our Tuesday Open Houses falling on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, it’s a time to be with Friends and Family. And the community at hacklab certainly feels like the best of friends and family. So we’re open, and will be hanging out and celebrating. Your welcome to join us!