April 2007
Greetings Gentle Reader!
Happy Springtime! And Happy 7th Birthday ParaResearchers Of Ontario! Also Happy 1 year birthday to The Paranormal Blog!
I am very excited to be writing this annual report to you our readers as we have had a lot of very positive things happen over the course of the past
year, and a lot more good stuff coming up in our very near future!
Firstly I would like to welcome aboard Sarah Due who will be working closely with both Ian Harper and myself as a UFO investigator. From the very
beginning Sarah impressed me with her investigative, and research skills, and is already a valued asset of our team! Sarah will be following up on UFO reports in the Hamilton, and Niagara regions.
We would also like to take this opportunity to
introduce you to Chris Laursen who has been appointed our media liaison. Chris brings a wealth of experience and professionalism to this often demanding role. His bio set for our official press release is as follows:
A historian and
writer, Chris Laursen is currently planning graduate work looking at how people have related to the paranormal over the centuries. He joined PSICAN in August 2006 and has been actively involved as an investigator and weekly contributor to Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog.
He brings to our groups 18 years of work in the media. He works with the a non-profit organization, the North American Broadcasters Association, which represents TV and radio
interests in technological standards and protecting broadcasters' rights globally. Before moving to Toronto in 2004, he was the Program Director at CKCU Radio at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he created and produced a
radio comedy series, Remote Planet, currently in its eighth season. He has also produced some material for CBC Radio, was the publicist for the Ottawa Fringe Theatre Festival, and was a newspaper reporter in small town British
Columbia. It all began when listening to late night CBC Radio programming inspired Chris to publish an underground music and fiction 'zine as a teenager from his rural Alberta bedroom. The 'zine had contributors and readers
from around the world.
Chris recently completed his B.A. History from Carleton and will commence full-time work on an M.A. this fall. He plans to be a university professor researching and writing about the outer margins
of social history.
All paranormal media inquiries, and requests are to be handled by Chris effective immediately.
And finally we would like to announce the appointment of two new Ontario spirit mediums to act as consultants to our group. Lynn Tucker, and Nancy Eckert have decades of experience, Lynn through a pastorship with the Spiritualist Church of Canada, and as a consultant on exorcism to the Anglican Church Of Canada. Welcome aboard ladies!!!
We are currently looking for a new Ontario Director Of Cryptozoology. This is a strictly a non-paying volunteer position. You must have a keen interest in the topics we cover and a good working knowledge of them, be willing to answer email,
and possibly follow-up on reports on-site at your own expense. Webmastering skills are not necessary, but a strong desire to write up reports, and/or articles for the website is necessary. We are based in Ontario so it would be
favorable if you are as well. If interested please contact Sue Darroch, and lets talk ... :)
Also new this year is the launching of our newest sister site ParaResearchers Of Quebec! Under the Directorship of Stuart Finlay it is as far aswe know the first bilingual French/English paranormal website in Canada! Stu brings us reports of UFOs, Ghosts, Hauntings, and Cryptozoology from around La Belle Province!
In other exciting news our sister site the TGHRS or The Toronto Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society is one of the TOP 700,000 websites IN THE WORLD (meaning we're in the TOP six per-cent of ALL websites EVERYWHERE!) and climbing according to Alexa Rankings and the NUMBER ONE website for ghosts and hauntings in Canada!
CONGRATULATIONS TGHRS!!!!!
New experiments that we are actively participating and or conducting this year include:
The Psychometery Experiment Toronto May - July 2007. This experiment is open to members of the general public. Please follow through the link for further details, and information on how you can become involved.
We will
be conducting our third online interactive Remote Viewing experiment in Fall 2007. This will also be open to members of the public world wide. Please check our Updates page for details
in September/October.
We are also fresh from completing two in-depth Ontario ghost investigations that will be online in the next couple of months.
As mentioned above the Paranormal Blog is
almost one year old now, and showing no signs of slowing down! Updated almost daily .. it covers all paranormal topics on an international scale, and will be home to The Paranormal Podcast set to debut with exciting guests from around the globe next month!
Interested in some really cool looking stuff, and helping us out???? ParaResearchers "swag" (merchandise) is now available at our Cafe Press store. Matthew has made up some really fun designs, and ALL profits from these articles go
towards our servers and our equipment. Get the hottest in Paranormal Clothing for yourself or that Paranormal, Sci-Fi or Goth enthusiast on your gift list!
Whew! Told you we were busy!
For ongoing information, and an interactive approach please join us in our Canadian
Paranormal discussion forum.
The above forum is heavily moderated for the comfort of all users, however is quite lively, and full of interesting
discussions. Posts to date are over 18, 797 with 820 registered users. We also use the forum to announce any upcoming events and public information meetings!
If you would like to contact us or share what you may believe
is a paranormal experience we would love to hear from you! Instructions on how to do so are available by clicking our Feedback page. Your privacy is protected, and your confidentiality assured.
Once again thank you very much to all of those who have written to us expressing your support for our organization and our parent PSICAN. Keep those emails coming in! All of our successes are owed directly to those who have courageously come forward to share their own experiences with us, and to you gentle readers.
THANK YOU!
Sue
Sue Darroch
We sincerely hope that you the reader have enjoyed your visit to our website. Constructive criticism to all aspects of this website is always welcomed and appreciated!
