Unlike a traditional academic conference, where attendees mostly listen to panels with a defined speaker-audience relationship, this gathering is designed for connection and learning. Instead of selecting panels, you will be part of an intimate learning community (cohort) where Elders and Bridgers will rotate among groups, guiding meaningful conversations and exchanges. 

You’ll have the opportunity to choose a learning community that aligns with your interests, whether a mixed cohort, affinity group, or career-specific cohort. These small groups create space for relationship-building, trust, and mutual learning. In addition to your learning community, you’ll also have the opportunity to connect with participants from other cohorts during plenaries, integration sessions, open conference sessions, and lunches.

Cohort Options

1. Community & Spiritual Work-Based Healing Practitioners & Indigenous Medicine Keepers
   Traditional healers, herbalists, ceremonial guides, chaplains, spiritual guides and teachers from all traditions and those engaged in community-based healing practices.

2. Researchers, Academics, and Emerging Scholars
   For scholars, graduate students, and professors working to integrate Indigenous knowledge, decolonial research methods, and sacred medicine studies into their academic and professional work.

3. Aspiring or Established Mental Health & Psychedelic Care Professionals
   For therapists, social workers, and public health practitioners engaging with sacred medicines, mental health, and healing justice – as well as undergraduate and graduate students seeking to enter this field.

4. Artists, Storytellers & Media Creators
   For filmmakers, writers, musicians, and visual artists working on preserving and sharing Indigenous knowledge, psychedelic healing, and cultural narratives.

5.  Grassroots Organizers & Policy Advocates
   For activists, Indigenous land and medicine sovereignty advocates, harm reduction workers, and community organizers focused on equitable psychedelic policy and Indigenous rights.

6. BIPOC-Only: Cross-Disciplinary & Intergenerational Learning Cohort: For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color seeking a space for shared experiences, cultural reconnection, and healing across disciplines, professions, and generations.

7. Mixed Cohort: For those who prefer an interdisciplinary group with diverse perspectives across professions, backgrounds, and experiences. (Includes all of the cohort categories)

8. Other (Describe your ideal cohort, and we will try to create it if enough responses align): [Text Field]