CASCADIA MEN'S CONFERENCE
A mythopoetic gathering in service to tending culture through spirit, soul, and embodiment.
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NEW DATE & LOCATION
August 6-9, 2026 | Squamish, Canada
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The Cascadia Men’s Conference is an inaugural four-day gathering devoted to generative masculinity.
Set where the forest meets the river, this event will feature keynote speakers, guest lectures, embodied workshops, ritual, poetry, nature-based practice, and myth-telling.
Our focus is not on personal growth but on the shared work of maturing masculinity - cultivating responsibility, emotional depth, mythic imagination, and cultural leadership.
Drawing from the rich mythopoetic lineage, the conference offers a chance to join a community of men devoted to the flourishing of life.
Location: Cheakamus Centre, Squamish
Deep within the Squamish Valley, the Cheakamus Centre sits where the glacial melt meets the ancient standing-people. This is Skwxwú7mesh territory—a landscape of granite peaks and rushing water that demands a different kind of listening. Here, under the canopy of the rainforest, we gather to untangle the knots of the modern masculine, tending the fires of shared wisdom and apprentice ourselves to the heavy work of culture-making.
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Price includes tax & all meals & accommodation.
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USD - Early Bird Regular Participant $995 (Save $100)YOUTH/ELDERÂ TICKET
USD - Youth (Under 25) Elder (Over 65) Participant $895We have a limited number of presenter slots available. Fill out the form below:Â
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Core Production Team
This gathering is curated by the following (with more collaborators to come):Â
Ian MacKenzieÂ
Ian MacKenzie is a mythosomatic guide, filmmaker, and founder of The Mythic Masculine, a platform devoted to aligning masculinity with thriving life. For over 15 years he has tracked the emergence of imaginal culture—from the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall Street. His films include The Village of Lovers, Lost Nation Road, Amplify Her, and Sacred Economics. Ian brings myth, story, and embodied presence to his work, inviting groups into deeper coherence, creativity, and collective attunement.
Trevor Mervyn
Trevor is a father, ritualist, storyteller, and vision fast guide whose midlife descent at 39 opened him to a deeper life shaped by ritual, myth, grief, and reverence. Since 2021 he has been hosting culture-tending gatherings in the qathet, BC region—from Medicine Story nights and Grief Rituals to Ancestor Feasts and welcoming visiting storytellers. Trained through the School of Lost Borders, Orphan Wisdom School, and multiple mentors in ritual leadership, dreamwork, and council, he completed an 18-month initiation culminating in a four-day vision fast. Guided by a devotion to the mysteries and the more-than-human world, Trevor’s lineage threads back through Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany.
Simon Yugler
Simon Yugler is an internationally experienced psychedelic therapist, educator, and author of the book, Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair. With a master’s in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, he has taught for some of the leading five psychedelic facilitator training programs in the US. With a background in anthropology and experiential education, Simon has traveled extensively, learning from Indigenous traditions throughout the world. Integrating Jungian psychology, masculinity, mythology, and animism, Simon is passionate about helping his clients and students explore the liminal wilds of the soul.
