I am Jean-Marc AKA Pagan Owl and I will be your guide through the Peers Network.

First a bit of History about the idea of Pagan Peers.

Some years back Lee Bruce had this brilliant idea. She presented this at the first Ottawa Pagan Conference.

Her idea was this. For some people it is very easy to walk up to 30 strangers at a Pub Moot and introduce themselves but for other even walking up to 5 could be extremely intimidating.

The idea of the Pagan Peer Group was simple.

1. Volunteer Peers that are willing to meet people for a coffee add their names to a list.

2. The New people to the community would look at the list of peers and their information. Find a matching one and make first contact.

3. The Peers would make arrangements to meet one on one (sometimes two on one) with the New person in the Community. They can be told of classes, groups, activities and all kind of other things going on in the community.

4. The Peer can also make arrangements to introduce the New person to individuals in the Community that follow the same path etc. This makes it easier for the New person for example being Druid to meet other druids etc.

5. Eventually the Pagan Peer & the New person can meet at one of the Pub Moots, Brunches, Coffee Moots etc where they could be introduced to the others there by their Peer.

Lee pitched the idea to the Ottawa Community at the OPC and some people volunteered to be Peers right away. It took about a year for it to go into full swing.

For example I have met 5 New people in the Community and helped them integrate easier. I do not know how many the other Peers have met but I know it as been quite a few.

Because the Ottawa Pagan Peer Group as been such a success some other cities have been thinking about reproducing this project in their own area.

Now I have decided to take this idea one step further. I am connecting all those interested in being Peers and creating their own Peer Group in their cities to Network through the Canadian Pagan Peer Network.

This will have three effects.

1. Some people that are moving from one city to another can look at the Peer list in their new city and make arrangements to meet Peers there.

2. Those that are living in Rural Communities can get in contact with Peers in their Rural area for coffee.

3. Those that are volunteering to be List Moderators and Pagan Peers can share tips and information through the Canadian Pagan Peer Network.

Pagan Owl.

I invite you now to have a look at the following links to learn more about the Pagan Peers and Moderators.