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Mayor’s Message

It is my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to everyone attending Pemmi-con, the 15th North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), July 19 – 23, 2023 in Winnipeg. It is an honour to welcome you to our incredible city and to Canada, as the first host city outside of the United States. Concurrent with Worldcon […]

Guests of Honour

We are very excited to announce our Toastmaster and honoured guests! Julie E. Czerneda is a Canadian, a biologist, and an award-winning author/editor, who for the past 25 years has shared her curiosity about living things and optimism about life through her science fiction and fantasy. Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. […]

Winnipeg Wins!

Thank you for entrusting us with the task of delivering a NASFiC to remember, the first hosted outside of the U.S. We are proud to welcome you to Canada’s heart: Winnipeg. Science Fiction has always been a mosaic of styles and types: alternate history, mystery, future worlds, apocalyptic, fantastic, military… and Canada has always been […]

Exploring a NASFiC

Given the strong show of support with the at-con vote at DisCon III, and the encouragement we have received from a plethora of fans, the WInnipeg in 2023 Worldcon Bid Committee has decided to look into bidding for the first ever Canadian NASFiC in Winnipeg, MB. Leading this exploratory effort will be Robbie Bourget and […]

Spot the Krampus

We”re adding Second Life as an online social space during DisCon III, particularly for our Wednesday night “soft” opening at DisCon III where in person party guests have the chance to interact with those online. The party starts December 15, 2021 at 9pm EST/ 8pm CST/ 6pm PST. Say hello to our Master Archivist and […]

Second Life social space

We”re adding Second Life as a social space, particularly for our Wednesday night “soft” opening at DisCon III.For those unfamilar with Second Life, accounts are free but you need to sign in and go through short introduction ( some people it takes only 5 minutes, it depends on how much gawking you want to do […]

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