The Canadian Sociological Association conference highlights current issues from a sociological perspective. Expect scholarly debates on a variety of topics ranging from the theoretical to the political. The following list of plenaries are scheduled for Congress 2022.
Additional plenaries such as “Big Thinking” lectures will also be held during Congress. See the Congress website for further details.
Upcoming Events
“It Changed Every Part of My Life”: Harassment and Violence in Canadian Workplaces
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryNotwithstanding decades of research and advocacy, changes in federal and provincial legislation across Canada, and social movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp catapulting workplace harassment and violence into the media … Read more “It Changed Every Part of My Life”: Harassment and Violence in Canadian Workplaces
10 years after the ‘Maple Spring’: Legacies, strikes, and movements for change in the education system and beyond
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryTen years ago, the province of Quebec witnessed the ‘Maple Spring’, a general unlimited student strike that emerged in March 2012 and transformed into a citizen movement with broad mobilizations … Read more 10 years after the ‘Maple Spring’: Legacies, strikes, and movements for change in the education system and beyond
A roundtable discussion – Northern Blood: The Politics of Menstruation in Canada
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryThere is a long history of menstrual activism in Canada, that is connected to more recent efforts to end period poverty and raise the profile of menstrual equity. In Canada, … Read more A roundtable discussion – Northern Blood: The Politics of Menstruation in Canada
Building a Political Sociology of Race in Canada
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryWomen of colour in political science in Canada have commented on the discipline’s neglect of race as a fundamental variable in the ordering and functioning of politics (Nath, Tungohan, and … Read more Building a Political Sociology of Race in Canada
Challenges and Opportunities: Perspectives on Indigenizing and Decolonizing the Social Sciences in Higher Education
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryThis panel will bring together academics and administrators working towards Indigenization and/or decolonization across their varied fields and units as well as sociopolitical contexts. Panelists will speak to both the challenges and opportunities associated with effecting meaningful systemic change within their … Read more Challenges and Opportunities: Perspectives on Indigenizing and Decolonizing the Social Sciences in Higher Education