Community-driven Public Makerspaces
The community driven makers have been the driving force behind the maker-movement. Growing out of the early hackerspaces, these communal design and fabrication spaces brought together people who not only wanted to make things, but also share ideas and collaborate with other makers. Community driven makerspaces are generally non-for-profit makerspaces, which can take many forms, including libraries, community centers and the popular Maker Faire events.
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Edmonton New Technology Society – Edmonton, AB
Since 2009, the Edmonton New Technology Society (ENTS) has catered to tech enthusiasts and hobbyists as a non-profit, member-driven group open to anyone to create, build, repair and work on projects. ENTS started life in 2009 after the Edmonton hacker community and a group of tech enthusiasts got together to open the Edmonton Hackerspace, first known as YEGSpace. The collective first met in pubs throughout the city and the group quickly grew large enough to need an established meeting space. This need for a space drove the group to formalize as the Edmonton New Technology Society.
Calgary Protospace: An Introduction - 1 minute
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Protospace - Calgary, AB
The community-based, member-driven organization offers access to workshop space, education on tools and introductions to the maker community. As a non-profit, Protospace is dedicated to technical innovation and collaborative projects and the only prerequisite for members is curiosity, according to their website. The space occupies 6500 square feet, including two 2000 square foot warehouse bays, with with general work space, offices and support areas. Although they’re admittedly not in a pedestrian-friendly area, they’ve organized a loose car pool system and encourage members to give others a lift home in addition to providing transit information on their website. |
Vancouver Hackspace – Vancouver, BC Built as “the community garage for a community without garages”, the VHS began in 2008 with a back-alley entrance where members were thrown a key on the string from a window to enter. Some projects to come out of the VHS include remote-controlled helicopters, a vintage arcade game cabinet that runs 100 vintage games and a robot that can draw. Members are now working on plans to build a near space balloon to ascend between 20 and 100 kilometre above the earth. |
Vancouver Hackspace (VHS) Walkthrough 2015 - 3.50 minutes
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Currently, Canada has 36 public (non-commercial and non-academic) makerspaces:
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