From ("Across the Fandomension" website, last updated April 13, 2026
NOTE: I am always looking for corrections, additions and updates; if you spot errors and omissions below, please contact me at [email protected] so that I can update this page. – G.S.
Altered Reality Club: SFU's premiere gaming and nerd culture club. We serve as SFU's source for gaming and tabletop activities. We are dedicated to providing an environment where SFU students interested in video games, board games and tabletop RPG's (Dungeons&Dragons, Dark Heresy, Call of Cthulhu etc.) can meet and discuss such topics as well as gain new friends. Website: ( facebook.com/groups/39506421514/
Anime Club - SFU: To bring together like-minded students who wish to share their appreciation for anime and manga, and related interests/hobbies. Email: [email protected], or see website: ( https://u.sfuani.me/discord
Board Game Club - SFU: Play board games such as Coup, Deception, and Red Dragon Inn, among many other favorites. Also, for friendship. ( [email protected], Website: sfuboardgame.com
Game Developers Club - SFU: We're a safe haven for game developers at SFU. Our goal is to support and teach all aspects of game development, which we accomplish by hosting periodic meetings and tutorials for sharing skills. We also provide resources to those currently working on projects. ( https://discord.gg/7JJDDyX)
International Trading Card Games Club @ SFU: Trading card games are very popular all throughout the world, the International Trading Card Games Club is a club designed to support those who enjoy playing TCGs or want to give it a try. We support a wide variety of TCGs such as Magic: The Gathering and Weiss Schwarz. ( [email protected], or see website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/431248533591363/"> https://www.facebook.com/groups/431248533591363/)
The Kwantlen Creative Writing Guild (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) "is a literary community for writing students and prose/poetry enthusiasts at KPU. We seek to support students in their writing experiences, and advocate for a safe and inclusive space for writers on campus. "We welcome new and returning members! Feel free to drop in on any of our gathering dates, and participate as much or as little as your schedule allows. Visit the Guild page ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1496757887209960) to keep up to date on workshops, readings, field trips and other literary events, and join the Poetry Project group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1426837060926605) for poetry-specific updates!" ( [email protected], Poetry Project ( [email protected], Poetry Project Instagram: @kwantlenpoetryproject
The Kwantlen Tabletop Club (KTC) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University "is a group dedicated to bringing Kwantlen students together with a shared interest in tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu and more. We aim for bringing groups of open- and like-minded gamers to join us at a table to build fun and fulfilling games for everyone involved. You can find us on Facebook at ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/791101067907805/?epa=SEARCH_BOX) and Discord on ( https://discord.gg/MBTdEqD)."
The Montreal Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (MonSFFA) is "a nonprofit organization of fans interested in sharing their love of science fiction and fantasy." Former president Cathy Palmer-Lister writes, "Our meetings are in person/hybrid except for Jan and Feb which are zoom only. The schedule is on our website, including the book club (Book Wyrms) and special activities like the book sale in October which is becoming a big deal. Fans come out of the wood work for this. We think of it as a fund raiser, but some fans have thanked us for rending what they see as a public service. We have a facebook page, and a facebook group. The page mostly reproduces our posts, but the group is for anyone to join and enter the discussion." MonSFFA publishes two fanzines, Warp and Impulse. Contact MonSFFA, c/o 29 rue Harold, Kirkland, Québec H9J 1R7, via email to Keith Braithwaite at [email protected], or online at Website: https://www.monsffa.ca or Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MonSFFA.
Ottawa SF Society (OSFS) - a long-running SF club in Ottawa, known for a long-running SF newsletter and participating in Maplecon, once an Ottawa-area convention. See the Facebook group at ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/85897457856/).
Royal Manticoran Navy – fan association for the "Honor Harrington" novel series by David Weber. See https://medusa.trmn.org/ - a sign-in page.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookclub - SFU: To encourage students to enjoy reading beyond their assigned texts. SFF today is a diverse genre, and we hope to introduce more students to it and to foster understanding and enjoyment through discussion. ( [email protected] or see Website: ( https://www.instagram.com/sfusffbooks/.
SFU Aerospace: SFU Aerospace aims to create a bridge between different disciplines and fill in the gaps between entrepreneurship, educational outreach, and technological developments in the field of Aerospace. We are a group of space enthusiasts who believe in creating multidisciplinary space where everyone can get involved regardless of their major at school. ( [email protected] or see Website: ( https://go.sfss.ca/clubs/812/info.
SFU Astronautic Robotics: Astro Robotics strives to design autonomous robotic systems for use in space and other extreme environments. ( [email protected] or see Website: ( https://sfuastrorobotics.wixsite.com/astro.
SFU Rocketry: To research, design, and build rockets to compete in rocketry competitions and further the understanding and competency of SFU students in the field of engineering. ( [email protected] or see Website: ( https://www.facebook.com/SFURocketry/.
Principality of the Summits to the South (encompassing most of the US state of Oregon), and The Principality of Tir Righ to the North encompassing Northern Washington State, Western British Columbia, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories. / See also the Tir Righ newsletter, The Northern Sentinel. The Principality of Tir Righ is a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA), and a proud part of the Kingdom of An Tir ( The Kingdom of An Tir - https://www.antir.org/).
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international not-for-profit educational organization which studies the Middle Ages by recreating the pastimes and crafts of pre-seventeenth century western Europe." See https://www.sca.org/
STEM Fellowship – SFU: Non-profit organization at SFU that strives to engage future leaders and innovators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ( [email protected] or see Website: ( https://stemfellowship.org/)
Trumpeter Tabletop Games Society: "Founded in 1964, the Trumpeters Tabletop Games Society is North America’s oldest (if not in the world) continually running tabletop wargaming club and the largest tabletop gaming club in Canada. Today we are a registered non-profit society with over 120 members (with over 360 Facebook followers) offering a central meeting location for gamers and gaming groups from across the entire Vancouver lower mainland and beyond." Featuring Friday gaming nights, and a wide variety of military, fantasy and SF games." PO Box 83090, 4827 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4T0; [email protected]; ( https://www.trumpetersociety.com/en/)
UBC Sci-Fi & Fantasy Society (SFS) - 558 members – public Facebook group – ( [email protected]); Discord: ( https://discord.gg/4SnuVTh) (this is where the community is most active!) / The SFS is the happy home of anyone who loves science fiction and/or fantasy (and everything else even remotely, tangentially related and/or awesome!) in any form be it books, movies, fan fiction, comics, anime, games, or anything else you can think of. / Join us for weekly online movie nights, board/video game socials, writing circle, and other enjoyable shenanigans. All current event information is on our Discord server. / Our library and club space are located in the Nest in room 3206D. There is a sofa, microwave, table, friendly execs, and tons of books! Come by and hang out. / If you would like to check out a book, comic, or movie from our collection, message Sfs execs. Check out the library catalogue here: ( https://www.librarycat.org/lib/UBC_SFS) / To Signup for Monthly email Subscription: see http://eepurl.com/bBcknH) and check your email and 'opt in' to receive email.
Vancouver Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club – 341 members – see public Facebook group – message via the group. (Jayme B.) "This book club is for anyone passionate about the sci fi and fantasy genre and is yearning to have lengthy, detailed, nerdy discussions on the books we read. If you're like me and bored by real life and need dragons/spaceships/magic/aliens/deities in your novels, then please join us every five(ish) weeks for our discussions. …" See https://bookclubs.com/join-a-book-club/club/vancouver-science-fiction-and-fantasy-book-club
West Coast Speculative Fiction Association (WCSFA), an event organizing association in Vancouver, BC. Memberships $5/year. Organizes small one-day SF-centered and SF-adjacent events, with a view to building up to a regular convention. See [email protected]) or see ( https://wcsfa.org)
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