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Gaia Gathering is now officially one week away. Incredible! There’s still so much to do and it’s going to be awesome.

As you may know, Saturday night we are featuring a concert with the Dragon Ritual Drummers and Triskalia as the opening act. Have you heard about this? You can read more about it here, and on Facebook.

We have some flyers and posters available, so if you’d be willing to print up some of them and distribute them this weekend, we would be so grateful for your support. You can download the file (which is a ZIP file of PDF documents, so no viruses, we promise) that contains the English and French versions of the flyer and poster.

Let us know where you intend to put these up and thanks again for your support.

Where has the time gone?! Gaia Gathering 2011 is just around the corner! In less than four short weeks, Montreal will be hosting Pagans from all over North America who will be sharing their knowledge, their opinions, and their talents in what is shaping up to be the finest edition of the Canadian National Pagan Conference to date!

Over the past few weeks, people have been writing to us and letting us know what they would like to see and discuss and Gaia Gathering. But there’s still time to get your two-cents worth in!

You can review the current list of topics that are currently being considered by visiting this link:

http://gaiagathering.blogspot.com/2011/04/gaia-gathering-2011-panel-discussion.html

Please email us at gaiagathering2011@gmail.com to let us know which panel topic you would like to see in the conference, and if you think you’d like to be a panelist on one of them, please let us know! Please return your feedback to us BEFORE May 1st 2011 so we can start putting the final program together ASAP.

Have you registered yet? If not, please visit http://www.gaiagathering.ca/ right now where you can register online quickly and easily!
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Hobbes
Gaia Gathering 2011 Organizing Committee

About Gaia Gathering
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http://www.gaiagathering.ca/

The Canadian National Pagan Conference (CNPC), Gaia Gathering, is held every year over the long Victoria Day weekend in May. Each year, the event is hosted by a different city, which is determined through a bid and vote process. Gaia Gathering is a place where people from across Canada and from across the spectrum of this country’s Pagan religions an come together to talk about who we are, where we’ve come from, and where we might be going as a religious community in Canada.

Past host cities include Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Vancouver. The conference features three days of discussion and workshops about Canadian contemporary Paganism – our Asatru, our Druidry, our Wicca and so on — and brings together Canadian elders, community leaders, and interested Pagans or Pagan-curious for networking, discussion, and community. Legally, we are incorporated federally as a non-profit organization and operate with a national Board of Directors as well as a local host committee.

Please join us to find out how the planning is going, and to provide your input into the planning process. And, of course, if you want to help, we’d be delighted!

Time: Monday, April 4 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Concordia Multifaith Chaplaincy

The main focus of the discussion at this meeting will be on programming. What panels do Montrealers want to see? What panels can we put together as a community to share our skills and knowledge with he rest of Canada?

We will be upstairs in the lovely lounge area with the kitchen.

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The Canadian National Pagan Conference (CNPC), Gaia Gathering, is held every year over the long Victoria Day weekend in May. Each year, the event is hosted by a different city, which is determined through a bid and vote process. Gaia Gathering is a place where people from across Canada and from across the spectrum of this country’s Pagan religions an come together to talk about who we are, where we’ve come from, and where we might be going as a religious community in Canada.

Past host cities include Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Vancouver. The conference features three days of discussion and workshops about Canadian contemporary Paganisms – our Asatru, our Druidry, our Wicca and so on — and brings together Canadian elders, community leaders, and interested Pagans or Pagan-curious for networking, discussion, and community. Legally, we are incorporated federally as a non-profit organization and operate with a national Board of Directors as well as a local host committee.

Registration is now open for Gaia Gathering 2011 conference which will be held in the beautiful, bilingual and metropolitan Montreal from May 20th to 23rd, 2011. Our conference venue is Concordia University and the theme is “Language to Liturgy.”

The Gaia Gathering Planning Committee invites you to join us for a night of live music, fantastical tales, and witchy company!

Beat the Winter Blues 2011
Date/Time: Friday, February 4 · 8:00pm – 11:00pmClydes
286, Chemin Du Bord-du-Lac
Pointe-Claire, QC
Tickets: $7/$10 at the door
Facebook Event Page

The evening’s entertainment includes:

Kanaska Carter of Ottawa (http://kanaska.webs.com/) who blew us all away with her surprise performance during the Gaia’s Bardic event in October, so make sure you don’t miss her full performance in Montreal’s West Island!

Hobbes and Shayne Gryn of TaelStrum will also spin a few tales and music during the evening.

Loran (http://www.loranillusion.com/) will entertain us with music and magic!

You can buy tickets to this event at the following places:

Melange Magique (1928 Ste. Catherine Street)
Avalon Naturel (Dorval, Quebec): http://www.avalonnaturel.com/
Treasure Chest (60A Donegani, Pointe-Claire)

All the proceeds go to funding our national Pagan Conference, Gaia Gathering, taking place in May 2011 in Montreal.

For more information about Gaia Gathering or to sign-up for updates:
● www.gaiagathering.ca   ● info@gaiagathering.ca
● gaiagathering.blogspot.ca   ● facebook.com/Gaia.Gathering

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Gaia Gathering: Canadian National Pagan Conference

Theme: Language to Liturgy

www.gaiagathering.ca

CALL FOR PAPERS

Gaia Gathering was founded in 2004 and had its first conference in 2005. Each year the conference is hosted over the Victoria Day long weekend in a different Canadian city through a bidding process similar to the Olympics. Past host cities include Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Vancouver. Legally, we are incorporated federally as a non-profit organization and operate with a national Board of Directors as well as a local host committee.

The conference is organized collaboratively by Canadian Pagans and includes three-days of discussion and workshops about Canadian Paganisms. After six years of traveling across the country, the conference is finally coming to Montreal’s Concordia University! The proposed theme for 2011 will be “Language to Liturgy”, which reflects the cultural diversity of Montreal and how language itself can affect our practices and beliefs.

Our keynote speakers are Lucie Dufresne, Professor at the University of Ottawa, speaking on Language, and Arin Murphy-Hiscock, published author and Priestess, speaking on Liturgy. We are also planning an opening multifaith panel on the Friday night and live entertainment on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Conference will be held Spring 2011 (May 20-23)

SUBMISSION CRITERIA

We invite papers and proposals from all faculties within the humanities who touch into the realm of alternate spirituality, Paganism, New Religious Movements and related subjects. We hope to see students rise to the challenge and welcome them to this opportunity to present here in Montreal with like-minded individuals.

Submissions may be sent via mail or e-mail and are to be no more than one page. They must include a publication-ready, titled abstract of 150-200 words. The name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, college or university affiliation and level of study of the presenter(s) must also be included. Any special requests or needs for audio-visual equipment must also be indicated. We will be accepting submissions for peer and academic review between December 21st (Yule 2010) and March 20^th (Ostara 2011). Abstracts and proposals (and thus presentations) may be in English or in French. All received submissions will be acknowledged, with notification of acceptance, by mid-April 2011.

Email to: scarletcougar@gmail.com

Mail to: ATTN Scarlet (Gaia Gathering)

Department of Religion, Concordia University

1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montréal (Québec)
H3G 1M8

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Gaia Gathering : conférence nationale et annuelle rassemblant les païens canadiens

Thème : de la langue à la liturgie

www.gaiagathering.ca

APPEL DE COMMUNICATION

Gaia Gathering fut fondée en 2004 et sa première conférence se déroula en 2005. Chaque année, la conférence se tient durant la longue fin de semaine de mai, se déplaçant chaque fois dans une nouvelle ville canadienne, en suivant un processus similaire à celui des jeux Olympiques. Dans le passé, Gaia Gathering s’est déroulée à Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa et Vancouver. Du point de vue légal, nous sommes incorporés au fédéral comme un organisme à but non lucratif et nous gérons un comité national de directeur ainsi qu’un comité local organisateur.

Cette conférence est organisée en collaboration avec des païens canadiens et présente trois journées de discussions et ateliers ayant pour thème central le paganisme au Canada. Après avoir voyagé pendant six ans d’un bout à l’autre de pays, Gaia Gathering se déroulera enfin à l’Université Concordia de Montréal! Le thème proposé pour la conférence de 2011 sera « de la langue à la liturgie », thème qui reflète la diversité culturelle de Montréal et la façon dont la langue influence nos pratiques et croyances.

Nos principaux orateurs seront Lucie Dufresne, professeure à l’Université d’Ottawa, qui s’entretiendra sur la langue et Arin Murphy-Hiscock, auteure publiée et prêtresse, qui parlera de liturgie. Nous planifions également présenter le vendredi soir une discussion portant sur la diversité de la foi ainsi que des spectacles de divertissement les samedis et dimanches soirs.

La conférence se tiendra au printemps 2011, du 20 au 23 mai.
CRITÈRES DE SOUMISSION

Nous vous invitons à soumettre vos articles académiques, tant que votre faculté d’étude touche les spiritualités alternatives, le paganisme, les nouveaux mouvements religieux et tout autre sujet connexe. De plus, si vous êtes un académicien retiré, solitaire, de salon ou aspirant et non-affilié à une institution, vous pouvez également soumettre votre article. Nous espérons voir de nombreuses personnes relever ce défi et nous vous invitons à saisir cette opportunité de présenter à Montréal vos recherches à des gens dont la pensée est similaire à la vôtre.

Les soumissions doivent être transmises par la poste ou courriel et ne doivent excéder une page. Ils doivent comprendre une description de 150 à 200 mots ainsi qu’un titre. La description doit pouvoir être publiée. N’oubliez pas non plus d’inscrire les coordonnées (nom, adresse, numéro de téléphone et adresse courriel) de votre affiliation académique (collégiale ou universitaire) ainsi que votre niveau scolaire actuel. Toute demande spéciale, par exemple pour du matérial audio-visuel, doit également être indiquée. Nous accepterons les soumissions du 21 décembre (Yule 2010) au 20 mars (Ostara 2010). Votre résumé ou article peut être en français ou en anglais. Nous accuserons réception de votre soumission d’ici la mi-avril 2011, sans toutefois vous faire connaître notre décision.

Courriel : scarletcougar@gmail.com

Par la poste :

À l’attention de Scarlet (Gaia Gathering)

Département de religion, Université Concordia

1455, boulevard Maisonneuve Ouest

Montréal (Québec) H3G 1M8

Files/Fichiers:

GG2011-Call for Papers.pdf
GG2011-Call for Papers.doc

GG2011-AppelAcademique.pdf
GG2011-AppelAcademique.doc

The members of our community are so generous and talented, and they are ready to share their talents with you! During the annual Yule Fair (sponsored by Le Melange Magique and the MPRC), the CNPC Gaia Gathering fund-raising committee are proud to present the Service/Product Auction Fundraiser for the CNPC Gaia Gathering conference.

This unique fund-raising event gives you the opportunity to connect directly with artists and other resourceful people. They have generously offered their work, their time, and their services, putting them up for the highest bidder.

This bilingual event will be hosted by the larger-than-life personalities of Taras Stasiuk and Francois Champagne. It will be their job to promote the products, as well as entertain the bidders during this once-in-a-lifetime event!

All the proceeds from this event go to help fund the CNPC Gaia Gathering that is to take place in May 2011 in Montreal. If you have a product, service, or talent you would like to auction off, please let us know.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, December 4th (8pm) in the Auditorium at Atwater Library and may the highest bid win!

Visit the Facebook Event page.

This past Saturday night, Atwater Library was host to an evening of music, storytelling, and more than a few surprises! If you missed it, you really denied yourself a rare treat. You shouldn’t deny yourself such pleasures… you deserve better!

We had over 50 people in the audience that night, and thanks to their generosity and mathematical formulas that I’ve never been very good at, we raised over $600 for the Gaia Gathering conference. Amazing!

As with all pagan events, we started the evening about 15 minutes late (logistics and waiting for certain people), but once we got going, we found it difficult to stop! The evening’s entertainment included:

• Hobbes and Shayne Gryn (storytelling and music)
• Triskelia (music)
• Alex and the Goddesses (music)
• Kanaska (music)

All the performances were amazing and the audience were very appreciative and responsive.

As for surprises, well here’s one that caught everyone by surprise. One of the performers couldn’t make it that night, so when we were approached by Kanaska offering to sing a couple of songs, we found room in the evening for her.

She. was. amazing. The beautiful passion and raw power that came from this woman and her guitar floored the room. After each song, the audience went crazy with applause and cheers. She added something to that evening that we were hoping for, but not to that degree: magic.

From that evening, we already have 4 people signed up for the conference and many more people interested in finding out more about it. It was a great kick-off event to lead into and help promote the Montreal edition of Gaia Gathering.

A few people recorded the evening with their cameras and have posted them on YouTube:

• Scarlet’s YouTube channel
• Gaia Gathering’s YouTube channel
• Triskelia’s Videos: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4, Video 5
• Kanaska’s videos: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3,Video 4,Video 5

The next big event for Gaia Gathering is the Service/Product auction to take place the first weekend of December. Stay tuned for more information about it!

Gaia Gathering Montreal – Open Meeting
Location: Concordia University Multifaith Chaplaincy 2090 Mackay, Montreal
Time: 7:00PM Monday, October 18th

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Hi everyone

The time has come to coax you all out of the woodwork, vine-work, and gyp-rock! Gaia Gathering is seeking volunteers to help with local fundraising events and the Conference as a whole. This is a great way to both get involved with the community and plant something special onto a CV.

If you want to help out, and you’re in the Montreal area, come out to our next Open Meeting on:

Monday October 18th at 7pm
Concordia University’s Multifaith Chaplaincy
2090 Mackay, Montreal

If you can’t make the meeting (or if you’re outside of Montreal), please email Scarlet, our volunteer coordinator, at scarletcougar@gmail.com and include what
you can offer, your email and phone contact information.

We look forward to seeing you on the 18th!
Amanda, Hobbes, Melanie and Scarlet

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Bonjour à tous,

Le temps est venu de vous inciter à sortir des bois, des murs, etc.. La conférence Rassemblement Gaia a besoin de bénévoles pour aider à l’organisation
de divers événements en plus de la conférence elle-même. Voici une excellente occasion de vous impliquer au sein de la communauté, tout en ayant l’occasion
d’ajouter un petit quelque chose de spécial à votre C.V. Si vous désirez nous donner un coup de main, n’hésitez pas à nous joindre à notre deuxième réunion
ouverte, qui se tiendra:

le lundi 18 octobre, à 19 h
Concordia University Multifaith Chaplaincy
2090 Mackay, Montréal

Si vous n’être pas capable to venir au réunion, SVP envoyer un courriel à Scarlet, notre coordinatrice es bénévoles, à scarletcougar@gmail.com. N’oubliez
pas d’y inclure ce que vous pouvez nous offrir ainsi que vos coordonnées (nom, numéros de téléphone, courriel)

Merci! On espère de vous voir à Concordia University Multifaith Chaplaincy!
Amanda, Hobbes, Melanie, Scarlet

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We’re very encouraged to hear that people have been asking about tickets for the Gaia Gathering Bardic and the Montreal Witches Masquerade Ball. We apologize that we were not able to make the tickets available for purchase.

However, we just dropped the tickets for both events at Melange Magique and some of the tickets should be available at Charme & Sortilege by early next week.

• Gaia Gathering Bardic: October 23rd 2010, $10
• Montreal Witches Masquerade Ball: October 29th, $10

An evening of music, song, storytelling, and magic to raise funds and awareness for the Gaia Gathering pagan conference in May 2011.

Time:   October 23 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:    Atwater Library
1200 Atwater
Montreal, QC
Facebook Event page

Featuring: Hobbes • Alex Del Busso • Shayne Gryn • LC • Triskalia • and much more!

Tickets sold @ / Billets en vente @:
Melange Magique (1928 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal)
Charme et Sortilège (4933, Rue De Grand-Pre, Montreal)
$10 advanced purchase
$15 at the door