Imagination has no boundaries
A Makerspace is a collaborative area where people can come together to imagine, invent and learn from each other. Each space has its own flavour. Some are based on electronics, others on textile media, digital storytelling, woodworking or combinations of these types as well as many others. A Makerspace may have a defined membership or be open to the public or offer times for both. Some Makerspaces will take part in Maker faires or publish their projects on the web or through magazines such as Maker.
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Algonquin's DARE MakerspaceFind out more about the College's Makerspace.
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Artengine - Opens in a new windowArtengine is an Ottawa-based collective of artists, technologists and interested members of the general public with strong ties to the local, national and international community of technologically-based artists.
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FabOutaouais - Opens in a new window“…being launched by Cégep de l'Outaouais with support from AgoraLab as a new platform for developing innovation capabilities and potential in the Outaouais region.”
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Fabrications - Opens in a new windowFor makers wishing to create with textiles.
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ImagineSpace –Ottawa Public Library - Opens in a new windowDid you realize that the Centrepointe Branch of the Ottawa Public Library has a makerspace!
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Ottawa's Makerspace-CommunityA community of makers from beginner to experts in the Ottawa area.
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Ottawa City WoodshopThe founders wish to promote and support a vibrant woodworking community in this former booming lumber area. They offer courses and custom work.
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Hacklab.TO - Opens in a new windowA not-for-profit community space in Toronto's west end. They offer electronic, biology and amateur radio tools.
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Diyode - Opens in a new windowA Guelph not-for-profit space with woodworking, metalworking, electronic tools. They also showcase some of their projects.
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SparQ - Opens in a new windowQueen's University's Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Makerspace in Kingston.
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Thode Makerspace-McMaster University - Opens in a new windowThis site lists equipment and hours for this lab.
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Red Deer College Makerspace - Opens in a new windowCheck out their link to Maker Culture.
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M Lab at the School of the Humanities U of Victoria - Opens in a new windowView some of their projects.
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KwartzLab Makerspace - Opens in a new windowThis space in Kitchener hosts a repair café and Sew a thon among its workshops.
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Kent State University_ Tuscarawas - Opens in a new windowThis guide includes some of the projects created in the lab as well as entrepreneurial resources and a tab called: Thinking outside the box.
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MakerNurse powered by MakerHealth - Opens in a new windowFeatures projects and links to blogs.
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Mark R. Hatch - Opens in a new windowHomepage for the author of The Maker Movement Manifesto.
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Sew Electric - Opens in a new windowThis is a site for a book licensed under a Creative Commons Non Commercial ShareAlike License. They also feature a page of projects.
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Surprising exercises to get you thinking outside the box - Opens in a new windowMike Byster's blog post on Pyschology Today.
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Renovated Learning - Opens in a new windowDiana Rendina is a Media Specialist/Teacher Librarian in Tampa Florida. She has collected research, describes setting up a Makerspace in her school and lists projects and resources.
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Instructables - Opens in a new windowThis site is a repository for instructions on all sorts of projects from low to high tech. You can sign up for classes (some have a cost) or post projects.
Algonquin College's MakerSpace
5 Maker projects of 2019
Web Resources for projects and supplies
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Digital Public Library of America - Opens in a new windowEach image from this library is licensed and some can be used for digital works.
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InstructablesA website for the community of makers. Includes projects and directions for a variety of areas: circuits, cooking, outdoors, ways to reuse or rejuvenate older items.
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Make - Opens in a new windowThis website offers DIY news, step by step project ideas, and tips for tinkering, building and modifying technology.
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MakerBot Thingiverse-Digital DesignAn open resource of 3-D items and directions. Many projects are under a Creative Commons license. There is an education section with ideas for specific subjects or age groups. Some ads.
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Open education database-all-in-one guide to Maker Culture - Opens in a new windowThis site explains Maker Culture, offers "getting started" guides and information about 3D printers.
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Sparkfun Electronics - Opens in a new windowThis site has tutorials for electronics projects as well as an electronic shop.