Leadership

Gwen Armshaw has been a practising Pagan for over thirty years. Gwen has held executive roles in the Maritime Pagan Gathering and Festival Association, performed officiant services for the Universalist Unitarian and Pagan communities, provided pastoral care services in the HRM, facilitated educational events and currently serves as a Pagan Chaplain within the federal prison system. Balancing her personal practice and her commitment to her faith community has been the work of decades.

Karen has been a practising pagan for over twenty years. She is a member of the Grove of Nova Scotia Druids, an ADF grove. Karen works in Human Resources for a not for profit and in her spare time volunteers supporting member of the community with resume and interview preparations.

Margo arrived in Nova Scotia in 1988 and soon found her path in Paganism. She spent eight years at Little Mysteries Books, where she was deeply involved in the community. A longtime attendee and board member of the Avalon East Pagan Gathering, she also co-hosted The Witching Hour on CKDU. Though she later stepped back from public roles, she remained active in a longstanding women’s circle. Joining the Three Witches and a Druid podcast rekindled her commitment to community service, and she now brings her small business and accounting experience to her role as treasurer.

Giles has been a practicing Druid for a decade now and is a member of the NS Grove of Druids. He is a cultural/digital anthropologist and spent over 25 years leading marketing communications teams. Giles is district deputy Grand Chaplain with the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia Freemasons. An avid hiker and kayaker, he spends much of his free time exploring nature. Giles is originally from Wales and is currently learning to speak Welsh. He has lived in Canada for over 35 years. He’s regularly interviewed by news media on the intersection of culture and technology. Giles has been in WIRED, National Geographic, CBC and CTV News, Arab News, BBC Channel 4 and others.

Sarah, having always been drawn to nature, discovered the Wiccan path over 25 years ago. As a world traveler, trained educator, she brought her passion for community, crafting, life-long learning to the Nova Scotia Pagan community in 2021. Sarah is an active member in the Truro area, and can regularly be seen (with her fur-daughter, Allie Anne) working to support community events.

Ghewtor, Jennifer (she/her) is our resident Heathen, celebrant, and officiate of rituals, weddings and other celebrations.

Growing up with a passion for special events, she honed her craft at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies, and as a professional in the public relations and special events fields. Although she has helped plan and host A-list celebrity events, her specialty lies mainly in weddings, blots and sumbles.

Breathing traditional culture and spirituality into everything she does, Jennifer brings together her background in events, her native Scandinavian traditions and her love of research into a spiritual practice.

She loves connecting and nerding out over the history of Nordic paganism. Given past political issues, Jennifer ensures safety in inclusivity and diversity while connecting with others. She assures everyone that in this practice, there is “No Space for Hate,” and she loves the message the Pagan Assembly of Nova Scotia (PANS) shares, that everyone belongs.

In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys ocean and forest therapy, historic fencing, cavalier archery, reading/researching Nordic pagan history, blogging about it, and writing pagan children’s books to help her children feel better connected to the Swedish traditions she grew up with, while tying it back to pagan folklore and history of the area.