SOLIRAISSUE 01VANCOUVERAPPLICATIONS OPENA LIFESTYLE CLUB FOR WOMENEST. 2026SOLIRAISSUE 01VANCOUVERAPPLICATIONS OPENA LIFESTYLE CLUB FOR WOMENEST. 2026
a long table, candles, everyone talking at once
Vancouver / 2026 / Issue 01 Fig. 01 — the room, 11:43 pm
SOLIRA
the most wanted table in town.
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20 founding member spots founded by Iris — a UBC cancer researcher
a lifestyle club — not a supper club members + the friends they vouch for our plans are a secret. our emails are not.
a lifestyle club forwomen who want it all.

big dreams. good people. a taste for everything life has to offer.

find your people · make the plan · live a little

for the girls who dance with life Vol. 01 — casting
dancing under a neon sign
01 — mount pleasant, 1:20 am

gets it wrong. gets it right. keeps going.

two friends laughing
02 — the third hour of dinner

currently obsessed with: saying yes before checking the calendar.

a red balloon on the last train home
03 — last train, still holding the balloon

collecting stories, strange hobbies, plane tickets, people, recipes, and decisions.

a party sign taped to the wall
04 — somebody's kitchen, taped up at 8

ambitious, curious, a little bit restless.

girls who dance with life. who work for their dreams — and still say yes to the last-minute plan.

say yes, often. ✦
the calendar four rooms, one house
hands passing dishes across a crowded table
N° 01 — monthly, sundays

Fat Girl Sundays vancouver edition

sunday, no plans, no shame. we eat the whole thing and stay until someone says "one more hour."

members + one · a long table · no dress code
three women cooking in one small kitchen
N° 02 — 14 seats, women only

Girl Dinner the potluck

bring one dish and one story. nobody's cooking to impress, everybody leaves with a number saved.

bring a dish · aprons optional
a garden table under string lights
N° 03 — the front door

Friends of Friends the on-ramp

how everyone gets in. someone vouches, you show up, and the room decides the rest.

vouched entry · open to guests
four girls mid-air on the tarmac
N° 04 — 12 seats, undisclosedcard 1 / 5

Wild Card by summons only

twelve members get a text with a time and nothing else. no theme, no dress code, no group chat, no address until the hour before.

a car, a two-hour drive, and dinner at the end of it.

the waitlist — developing

at 150, we throw the first friends of friends party.

small room, new faces, one very good night.

we're keeping the first one small on purpose — enough people to make it interesting, small enough that you might actually leave knowing someone.

112 / 150 on the waitlist 38 more and the picture's yours.
apply → join the waitlist for the first party →
the room, developing
Fig. 02 — every name uncovers more0% shown
so, how does this work? put the record on.
how it works

friendship, but with a little more intention.

Solira
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track listingtap a track

we already know everyone here is cool — so, what does your cool look like? tell us what you're into, what you're up to, and the kind of plans you'd actually say yes to.

applying isn't an automatic invite — and that's kind of the point. we're intentional about who we bring into the room. think of it like making friends in real life: you don't click with everyone, and you don't have to. we're looking for people who feel like a good fit, not trying to make everyone fit.

get vouched by someone you know, or fill out the questionnaire. if it feels like a fit, we'll invite you to a Friends of Friends night. come with someone. come alone. see what happens. if you like what you find, leave your name in the tip box — there might just be a whole new group waiting to meet you.

turns out, seeing someone more than once is pretty good for friendship. there's science behind it: repeated exposure builds familiarity, and familiarity helps connection grow. so if you're a fit for a cohort, you'll spend eight weeks with the same people — group hangouts, signature events, wildcard nights, and plans that happen along the way. because what's the point of meeting someone you really like once, only to never see them again?

somewhere along the way, we've lost a little spontaneity. the last-minute drink. the unplanned dinner. "wait, are you coming?" we want some of that back — because a real friend group isn't built entirely in a calendar.

eight weeks is just the beginning. your cohort becomes part of the wider Solira community — with access to the Marketplace, Townhall, member perks, and everyone who joins next.

the science of making friends

see someone. see them again. do something together. repeat.

see the research ↗
eight weeks is just the beginning

the world you graduate into.

finish your first cohort and the doors open — to the girls who came before you, and everything the club is becoming.

n° 01 — opens at week eight

The Newspaper

the internet, wellness, new places, a little money talk, and the girls' own recommendations. we sort through it so you don't have to.

n° 02 — members host

The Marketplace

the girls run their own rooms — dinners, classes, trips, tiny parties — and fill the seats with people they'd actually want there.

n° 03 — ask the room

Town Hall

the doctor, the neighbourhood, the number for the good one. answered by women who actually know the city.

three rooms open at week eight · more as we grow

GIRL NEWSPAPER Vol. 01 — a little more life, please.
currently

there's too much to keep up with. we got you.

the internet, trends, wellness, new releases, substacks, vlogs & everything in between. we sort through it so you don't have to.

rollers, red polish, and a red car hood
out & about

vancouver is a big maze. we know where to go.

new places, old favourites, pop-ups, events & september plans worth leaving the house for.

two girls reading a map in a convertible
money, honey

being financially responsible is the new hot.

finance trends, money diaries, sales worth knowing about & a little girl math.

a woman fanning out cash under neon
from the girls

solira girls have something to say.

stories, recommendations, shout-outs, vlogs & whatever else the girls feel like sharing.

a corps of dancers moving in formation
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granville street in the rain
the manifesto

we can do almost anything. so why is making friends still so hard?

the science, the founder, and the whole argument — on its own page.

read who we are →
applications are open · every name uncovers more of the picture
you might belong here.

no résumé, just three real questions. friendship is chosen again and again, and that's what we're here for.

our plans are a secret. our emails are not.

ready to tell us more? answer the three questions →

no algorithm · two real people read every application

everyone sitting on the steps at the end of the night
who we are

we can do almost anything. so why is making friends still so hard?

by Iris — I do cancer research at UBC. The most depressing thing I learned isn't about cancer. It's that loneliness is as bad for you as smoking. So I started a club.

Vol. 01 / the manifesto / Vancouver, BC

We live in a world where everything is one click away. We can work from anywhere, build careers, reinvent ourselves, and see a thousand different versions of the life we could be living.

And somehow, we're getting lonelier.

Especially in your twenties, building a social life can feel like another job. A workout class here. A networking event there. A new hobby. An Instagram follow. Trying to break into a friend group in a city that can feel impossible to break into.

it shouldn't be this hard. so we're doing something about it.

Solira is a science-backed lifestyle club for women in their twenties.

GIRL SCIENCE the research desk · n° 01
01show up again

seeing the same faces on repeat is what turns strangers into your people.

Zajonc, 1968 · J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. ↗
02leave room for chaos

the plans nobody scheduled are the ones people remember.

Back et al., 2008 · Psychological Science ↗
03eighty years of proof

Harvard tracked people for 80+ years. Close relationships keep us healthier and happier than money or fame.

Waldinger & Schulz, 2010 · Psychology and Aging ↗ Holt-Lunstad et al., 2010 · PLoS Medicine ↗
from the founder's desk

"I'm a bioinformatics master's student at UBC in cancer research. The more I learn about health, the more I see how much connection matters."

the founder · vancouver, bc
I know, because my friendships changed mine

I've lived in Vancouver for five years, and my female friendships have carried me through heartbreak, grief, uncertainty, moving, growing up, starting over — and all the beautiful moments in between. They've been my people when life was hard, and the first people I wanted to call when life was good.

And I kept thinking:

why do we leave something this important to chance?
a night with the girls
a night with the girls
a night with the girls
a night with the girls
a night with the girls
a night with the girls
my people, five years in
a table to come back to.
people to call.
a little piece of home.
let's dance with life. together.
apply to Solira →
the application
friendship is choosing each other.
nobody drifts into a group of friends at 24. you have to pick up the phone, make the plan, and say yes. so before we ask you anything, here are my answers to the same three questions.
women at the water
a summer afternoon
flowers and friends
the club, as we intend it. ✦
Iris, founder
iris, founder
my answers, first
i'm not going to ask you something i wouldn't answer.
i came here for undergrad, stayed for grad school, and i do cancer research at ubc. solira is the thing i kept waiting to be invited to.
question 01
what does your cool look like?
i'm a science nerd who loves girlie clothes, new cocktails and staying out too late. i'll party all night and still be at the gym the next morning doing a workout that feels vaguely military. very emotional, very rational, somehow both at once. i like that i don't really fit into one box.
question 02
what have you been wanting to do but haven't found the right people for?
go to a supermarket with a group of friends, close our eyes, pick completely random ingredients and then somehow turn them into dinner. winner gets bragging rights. i've wanted to do this forever but apparently i need someone else to have the organizational energy.
question 03
what's a green flag that makes you click with someone instantly?
someone who lets people be human. no unnecessary judgment, no keeping score, no worrying about how you look while you're having fun. life is already serious enough — i want people who know how to let loose.
your turn. ✦
by iris — i do cancer research at ubc
if you read those and thought yes, obviously — answer them yourself below. if you didn't, no hard feelings; this probably isn't your club.
first name *
age *
email *
neighbourhood *
how did you find us? (and who, if someone sent you)
instagram *
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question 01
we already know everyone here is cool — so, what does your cool look like?
question 02
what's something you've been wanting to do but haven't found the right people for?
question 03
what's a green flag that makes you click with someone instantly?
two people read every answer. no algorithm, no forms after this one. we email once, when there's a seat.
applying gets you a shot, not a seat. if it's a match, you'll hear from us.
made with ♥ in vancouver
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