That is unfortunate. Luckily America is such a great and glorious country we invite all!!! In fact, I have quite a few NSA friends from Canada. This year the conference is actually in Chicago, so not to far from the border. Hopefully you don't live too far from it but even if you do, I really hope you do what you can to make it. The NSA conference is the single best resource and the #1 advice I give people who don't have this huge network of friends and community in the stuttering world. It's where my journey really got started. Canada has http://www.stutter.ca/ but the NSA conference is really the biggest event there is for people who stutter. Come on out man, I dont like to cheerlead but it is that important and just about every person I know who's gone would agree.