The Canadian Psychedelic Summit: All Parts Are Welcome

Reflections on my third year back on Cortes Island.

Hello friends,

I recently returned from the Canadian Psychedelic Summit and I am excited to share my personal experience with you here. It was a powerful journey facilitated primarily by Kim Haxton and I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to attend again for the third consecutive year.

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Alright, let’s dive in and explore what went down at the Canadian Psychedelic Summit.

Mixed Feelings Going In

The Canadian Psychedelic Summit started three years ago as a project by MAPS Canada in collaboration with Hollyhock. After the first year, the program switched primary hands over to Hollyhock with their team now spearheading the organizing for the past two years.

It has been beautiful for me to witness the evolution of the summit as I had actually come up with the name and helped to curate the first year’s programming back when I worked with MAPS Canada. The program was originally the idea-child of Scott Bernstein who was the Executive Director at the time after Mark Haden stepped down.

To be honest though, I was a bit reluctant to attend this year for three different reasons. Here they are…