Chris Pollitt

Hello and hahaha Laughter Friends,

Thank you so much for your interest in the North American Laughter Conference – Celebrating Community Through Laughter. We’re excited to share that a limited number of pre-sale tickets will be available very soon.

We will be releasing 20 pre-sale tickets on January 25 at 7:00 AM Mountain Standard Time at www.laughterconference.ca.

Ticket pricing is as follows (CAD):

The conference fee covers the entire program from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, including all speakers, sessions, events, and activities. It also includes two dinners (Friday and Saturday) and two lunches (Saturday and Sunday).

Accommodation, transportation to and from White Rock, and breakfasts are not included. You will book your own accommodation at the Ocean Promenade Hotel. To receive a preferred booking rate of $25 CAD off per night, please call 1-888-976-2326 and quote “Laughter Conference.”

For breakfast, you are welcome to self-cater in your hotel room or enjoy one of the many local cafés nearby. After registering, you will also be invited to join our private Facebook group (to be set up shortly), where attendees can connect to carpool or share accommodation if you wish.

All conference attendees are invited to be featured on our conference webpage.

If you have applied to present at the conference, we will begin working on the program schedule in mid-February and will be in touch by February 28. Conference presenters who are selected will be offered a discounted conference ticket, and details will be shared directly. (Apologies for the delay on this as I (Lora) am in New Zealand on a family holiday so we’ll be meeting after I get back to go over our amazing applications!)

FAQs and additional information can be found at www.laughterconference.ca. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

We can’t wait to welcome you to White Rock for a joyful and connective weekend of laughter and community.

With warm and hearty laughter,

Lora, Kelly, Alexa, Cynthia, Tracy, Carla, Tamar, Heidi and Nicole

North American Laughter Conference Team

Aggie will be sharing her passion of Laughter Yoga in-person at Marpole Oakridge Community Centre in January 2026!!
WINTER SCHEDULE:
Jan 22, 2026 to March 12, 2026.
THURSDAYS 6:30-7:30PM PST
Registration is now open!
You can register online, telephone (604-257-8180) or in-person!
-My understanding is that if someone has the Leisure Access Pass, it’s 50% Off.
*$80/8 classes OR WITH LEISURE ACCESS PASS, $40/8 classes only.

See link below. (go to page 18)

https://marpoleoakridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MOCC-Winter-2026-brochure.pdf

PLEASE JOIN IN-PERSON & ALSO SUPPORT BY SPREADING THE WORD!
Let’s start the New Year off, laughing together for health, happiness and world peace!!

Canadian Wins World Laughing Championship by Laughing Really Hard at Himself

Kelly Podlubny of Vancouver has been crowned the 2025 World Laughing Champion, earning top honours in a competition dedicated not to strength, but to contagious laughter.

Podlubny, who is also the Canadian Laughing Champion, survived nine gruelling and possibly hilarious laughter challenges, including The Best Diabolical Laugh, The Sexiest Laugh, and the Laugh at the State of the World category. He won narrowly over the Russian Laughing Champion, Anzhelika Ilechenko of Yakutsk, Russia. The Canadian Laughing Champion also edged out American Laughing Champion Bobbi Gould and South African Meagen Swain, who won in the Sexiest Laugh category.

Contenders advance based on the contagious effect their laugh has on the live Zoom audience.

The decisive moment came in the final face-off against the Russian contender in the Laugh at Yourself Challenge. Podlubny, who used laughter to help him recover from substance use, was inspired to laugh at himself.

“I’ve got a lot of material,” he said. “And I just went for it.”

Canadians are often known for self-deprecating humour.

This is the 5th World Laughing Championship, and the first win for Canada.

The World Laughing Championship was founded by Laughologist and filmmaker Albert Nerenberg, after he saw MMA fighters crack up during a fight.