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Canadian Association of Magicians

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The Canadian Association of Magicians is dedicated to the promotion and encouragement of magic and magicians in Canada and the world. It was founded on March 15, 1997 by Joan Caesar. The current president is Shawn Farquhar. It publishes 4 Northern Peeks magazines and several Northern Sleights e-zines for its members annually. Members of the organization nominate and vote for the Canadian Magician of the Year.

Purpose[edit]

When the organization began on March 15, 1997, its goal was to provide a means for Canada to join the FISM so that Canadian magicians could compete under the Canadian banner at FISM's World Championship of Magic. CAM, as the Canadian representative of magic, was accepted as a FISM member in July 2000.

Presidents[edit]

  • Joan Caesar 1997-2012
  • Shawn Farquhar 2012-2014
  • Scott Hood 2014 - resigned
  • Ron Keller 2015 -

Convention[edit]

CAM hosts CAMaraderie, a Canadian national magic convention. This convention includes the announcement of awards, results of stage and close-up competitions, plus magic lectures, workshops, and performances. The stage competition and some magic performances are available to the general public.

The first 5 conventions were scheduled to take place every second year, and the first 4 took place in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario. At the 2009 convention in Montreal, it was announced that the convention would take place on a yearly basis starting in 2010, alternating between locations in Canada. In 2013, a modified single-day convention styled "CAM Jam" took place in two different locations on different days: in Niagara Falls in April, and in Port Coquitlam (near Vancouver) in June.

The CAM convention frequently takes place shortly after an invitational conference held in New York state, Fechter's Finger-Flicking Frolic, as known as FFFF and 4-F (see Magic conventions).

Competitive Awards[edit]

Eric Leclerc was the first magician to win both the stage award and close-up award at this convention. Michael Dardant was the first magician to win both awards in the same year.

Stage Awards[edit]

Year First Second People's Choice Junior
2016 Nicolas Dutel
2012 Michael Dardant
2011 Alex Seaman
2010 Neil Croswell
2009 Patrick Reymond

Magicien Patrick Reymond

Neil Croswell Neil Croswell
2007 Marc Trudel Mario Choinard Neil Croswell
2005 Danny Alan Michael Bairefoot Danny Alan Nathaniel Rankin
2003 Eric Leclerc Dakota Rose Dakota Rose
2001 Derek Selinger Ryan Joyce

Close-up Awards[edit]

Year First Second People's Choice Junior
2016 Jim Vines
2012 Michael Dardant
2011 Henry Tom
2010 Nick Wallace
2009 Marc-Andre Rayle Scott Strange Spencer Peterson
2007 Eric Leclerc Nicholas Wallace Luke Murray
2005 Michael Bairefoot / Patrick Drake (tie) Patrick Drake Ben Proudfoot
2003 Rod Chow Kelvin Kwong Rod Chow
2001 Dustin Crispo Patrick Drake
Junior (Mike Gillis Most Promising Junior)[edit]
Year First Second
2007 Luke Murray
2005 Ben Proudfoot
2003 Dakota Rose Neil Croswell

Charlier (One Hand) Cut Competition[edit]

Year Winner
2012 Sébastien Dagenais
2011 Zach Daniel
2009 Trent Tinney
2007 Marc Trudel
2005 Eric Bedard
2003 no competition
2001 no competition

Non-competitive Awards[edit]

Canadian Magician of the Year[edit]

Awarded for the recipient's contribution to magic in Canada.

  • 2001 – Greg Frewin
  • 2003 – Shawn Farquhar
  • 2005 – Murray Hatfield & Teresa
  • 2007 – James Dimmare
  • 2009 – David Acer
  • 2010 – Shawn Farquhar
  • 2011 – Richard Forget
  • 2012 – Bill Abbott
  • 2013 – Mike Segal

Sid Lorraine Achievement[edit]

  • 2001 – no award
  • 2003 – Ray Bedard
  • 2005 – Mike Segal
  • 2007 – Jeff Pinsky
  • 2009 – Phil Matlin
  • 2010 – Sandy Hobson
  • 2011 – no award
  • 2012 – Nick Sacco

Lifetime Achievement[edit]

Awarded for the recipient's contribution to magic in Canada and around the world.

  • 2001 – Herb Morrissey
  • 2003 – R. J. "Obie" O'Brien
  • 2005 – Martin Nash
  • 2007 – Guy Camirand
  • 2009 – Joan Caesar
  • 2010 – Roman Szydlowski
  • 2011 – no award
  • 2012 – Micky Hades

External links[edit]


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