Many a startup has been launched out of someone’s garage.
The Garage is an intimate space with a small stage located on the ground floor of CSI Annex (Bloor and Bathurst). It’s a perfect venue for lectures, book launches, smaller socials, team meetings, AGMs, storytelling, brainstorm sessions… almost anything!
Your event booking comes with audiovisual equipment. You’ll also have access to gender neutral washrooms and an open-concept non-commercial kitchen within the event space.
We are committed to ensuring all members and their guests are able to use our services. Information on our buildings’ accessibility is available here.
We require 10 business days to cancel your booking without any financial consequence, otherwise the full amount of the booking will be charged.
We require a three-hour minimum rental for event spaces.
These are some of our more frequently asked frequently asked questions. For the full FAQ, please click here.
Meeting Rooms are smaller enclosed rooms typically used for board meetings, team meetings, and smaller activities.
Event Spaces are larger open-concept spaces, or a combination of open-concept space with meeting rooms.
The time of your booking with us should include time that you need to set up and clean up your event. This will be coordinated between your team and ours.
CSI will send you an electronic invoice for the amount of the rental which will include payment instructions. Any questions about invoicing can be directed to events@socialinnovation.ca.
Events may not run past 11pm, though your team can stay on site past that time to clean up. Most Event Spaces also function as Member Lounges during business hours, and are unavailable until 5pm on weekdays – the exception is The Garage at CSI Annex and Suite 101 at CSI Spadina.
We require a three-hour minimum rental for event spaces.
