Sustainable Futures National Gathering 2024

Nation­al Gathering/Forum Cancellation

It is with great sad­ness that we must announce the can­cel­la­tion of our nation­al gath­er­ing, sched­uled to take place in Toron­to from May 31 to June 3, 2024. 

We have learned that a con­sid­er­able por­tion of the fund­ing for this event has been denied, pre­vent­ing us from pro­ceed­ing as planned.

The pos­si­bil­i­ty of pre­sent­ing a small­er ver­sion of the event was explored. After care­ful con­sid­er­a­tion, we col­lec­tive­ly con­clud­ed that, with­out this cru­cial fund­ing, we would be unable to guar­an­tee ade­quate work­ing con­di­tions and fair par­tic­i­pa­tion. Mov­ing for­ward in these cir­cum­stances runs counter to CNMN’s val­ues and man­date.

The entire CNMN team apol­o­gizes for any incon­ve­nience caused by this sit­u­a­tion. Stay tuned as we look for­ward to see­ing you again soon for more excit­ing activ­i­ties relat­ed to sound creation.

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To ensure a sus­tain­able event for all involved — CNMN has post­poned the dates of its next nation­al gath­er­ing, which will take place in Tkaronto/Toronto. The event will now take place between Fri­day, May 31 and Mon­day, June 3, 2023. The Sus­tain­able Futures Nation­al Gath­er­ing fol­lows in the foot­steps of CNMN’s Forums, and marks our 15th nation­al event.

Sus­tain­able Futures aims to reflect col­lec­tive­ly on what lies ahead for cre­ative music and sound cre­ators, and pre­sen­ters and sup­port­ers. Togeth­er we explore how to  respond to the cli­mate emer­gency and fos­ter resilience in the face of increas­ing eco­nom­ic insta­bil­i­ty and pre­car­i­ty. The Nation­al Gath­er­ing fol­lows up on CNMN’s Sus­tain­able Futures Region­al Meet­ings, dig­ging deep­er into the ques­tions , con­cerns, knowl­edge and vision that par­tic­i­pants have shared. The two Sus­tain­able Futures themes are Ecol­o­gy & Econ­o­my. Both have their roots in the Greek work oikos (home/earth/dwelling). What does it mean to cul­ti­vate good house­keep­ing, rela­tion­ships and stew­ard­ship in the cre­ative music and sound sector?

The Gath­er­ing offers par­tic­i­pants three and a half days of pre­sen­ta­tions, pan­el and group dis­cus­sions, work­shops, impro­vi­sa­tion ses­sions and concerts. 

Fea­tured pre­sen­ters include Tanya Kalmanovitch, Casey Koy­czan, Rory McLeod & Pao­lo Grif­fin (Xenia Con­certs), jake moore and the Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Cre­ative Music Hub. The full list of activ­i­ties will be announced mid-March. At that time, we will also announce the Sus­tain­able Futures Gath­er­ing Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sup­port fund and how to apply for those inter­est­ed in com­ing to expe­ri­ence this event.