The inaugural Cascadia Men’s Conference is a mythopoetic gathering set where the forest meets the river in the Squamish Valley, in service to tending culture through spirit, soul, and embodiment. Over four days it weaves together keynote lectures, embodied workshops, ritual, poetry, nature-based practice, and myth-telling.

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This year’s theme is Courting the Divine Spark. The conference gathers a community of men around the shared labour of responsibility, emotional depth, mythic imagination, and generative leadership, drawing on the mythopoetic lineage of Robert Bly, Michael Meade, James Hillman, and others.

What to expect

• Morning lectures from speakers exploring masculinity, myth, and culture
• Afternoon workshops focused on embodiment and nature-based skills
• Hearty meals prepared on-site and shared at common tables
• Evening gatherings of myth-telling, communal ritual, and song

Location

Cheakamus Centre, deep in the Squamish Valley, where glacial melt meets ancient forest. This gathering is held on the traditional territories of the Chi’yakmesh people of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, in the Átl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region.

Getting there

The Cheakamus Centre is roughly a 90 to 120 minute drive from Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Check-in is Thursday, August 6 between 12:00 and 3:00 PM, and the conference concludes around 4:00 PM on Sunday, August 9.

Learn more and register at cascadiamensconference.com.