1RG is a container for experiments in re-imagining the relationships between people, technology, and the communities we live in.
1RG started in 2022 as a way to bring people back together after two long years of isolation. Yes, we have a flexible workspace, but what makes us unique is the community we’ve built around it.
We believe in the lost promise that technology exists to be in service of human flourishing, and that together, we can bring back that vision.
Curiosity > We wonder how complex systems work and explore how they could work better for people and places we care about.
Creativity > We’re re-imagining how we organize the workspace and how we engage in our communities. We make our vision tangible through events, projects and shared experiences – concrete realities you can touch, taste, and participate in.
Care > Many of our members are involved in mutual aid projects, activism, or civic tech groups. We recognize that how we treat each other shapes the world we’re building together.
The physical space that we call 1RG is built on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. This land is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Our 1RG community is made up of settlers, immigrants and descendants of immigrants and as such, we recognize the sustained intergenerational trauma and continued colonial violence against Indigenous peoples, including food insecurity, police brutality, residential school denialism and climate change. We recognize that we have ongoing work to continue to learn about our own colonial past and unlearn racist and oppressive behaviors, and to interrupt these behaviors by others whenever and however we can.
We recognize that our efforts are imperfect, and that we participate in and benefit from the ongoing harm of colonization and are committed to an ongoing process of learning.
We offer these words in humility, and welcome feedback and critique.
