There are lots of user group events and free technical seminars around Vancouver. I attend about at least 3-4 events(.NetBC, VanPass, VanTUG, etc) every month.
This list originally I got from Google Groups(Vancouver Tech & Media Events group). I edited it and added some links. If you know other group is not listed or information(name, linky, etc.) is incorrect, please let me know and I will update this list.
Development
.NET User Group of British Columbia (netbc.ca) [Site]
Vancouver SharePoint User Group [Site]
Vancouver Silverlight User Group (VanSLUG.NET) [Site]
Vancouver Ajax/Web 2.0 (3.0) Developer Group (vanajax.com) [Site][Facebook][Forum][Jobs]
Vancouver Facebook/Social Network Developer Group (vansoc.com) [Site][Facebook][Forum][Jobs][Planet]
Vancouver PHP Developer Group [Site]
Vancouver League of Drupallers [Site][Facebook]
Vancouver Ruby/Rails Central,Ruby/Rails Meetup (vanrb.com) [Site][Meetup][Facebook][Forum][Jobs][Planet]
Vancouver Flash/Flex User Group (flashinvan.com) [Site][Meetup]
Vancouver C++ User Group (vancpp.org) [Site]
Vancouver Groovy/Grails User Group (groovyvan.com) [Site][Forum][Facebook][Jobs]
Vancouver Java User Group (VanJUG) [Site]
Vancouver Perl Mongers [Site]
Vancouver Python, Zope and Plone User Group (vanpyz.org) [Site]
Vancouver Lisp User Group (LispVan) [Site]
Northwest Mozilla Developer Group (NorthWestMozDev) [Forum]
Vancouver Android Developers Meetup Group [Site]
Design
Vancouver User Experience Group (vanue.com) [Site][Facebook]
Q&A
Software Quality Assurance Vancouver User Group (vanq.org) [Site]
Methodology
Vancouver GIS Users Group Site
Agile Vancouver (agilevancouver.ca) [Site]
Net Neutrality/Wireless
Vancouver Open Network Initiatives Cooperative (VONIC), FreeTheNet.ca [Site][Forum]
Computer
Vancouver Small Business User Server User Group [Site]
Vancouver PASS(Professional Association for SQL Server) Chapter [Site]
Vancouver Business Intelligence PASS Chapter[Site]
Vancouver Software Developers Network (vandev.org)[Site]
Vancouver Linux User Group (vanlug.bc.ca) [Site][Facebook]
IEEE Computer Society Vancouver Chapter [Site]
Wired Woman (WW) Vancouver Chapter [Site]
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) Vancouver Chapter [Site]
Vancouver Bioinformatics User Group (vanbug.org) [Site]
Vancouver High Performance Computing User Group (vanhpc.org) [Site]
Vancouver Geographic Information Systems (GIS) User Group (vancouvergis.org) [Site]
Vancouver SIGGRAPH Chapter (siggraph.ca) [Site]
Vancouver Technology User Group (vantug.com)[Site]
Recycling / Education / Empowerment
Free Geek Vancouver (freegeekvancouver<span>.org) [Site]
Communication
Third Tuesday (Vancouver's Social Media Meetup) [Site]
Society for Technical Communication (STC) Canada West Coast Chapter [Site]
Vancouver Blogger Meetup [Site][Facebook]
Vancouver DITA User Group (VanDITA) [Forum]
Northern Voice & MooseCamp (Canada's Blogging Conference) (northernvoice.ca) [Site][Facebook]
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