Regular Sessions and Roundtables (Paper Presentations)
The list of approved sessions will be posted on the Conference website as part of the Call for Abstracts beginning December 5, 2022.
- All abstracts must be submitted through our online system between December 5, 2022 and January 31, 2023
- Exceptions to the online submission requirement may apply to interdisciplinary sessions, please contact us for further information
- Abstracts submitted by a session organizer to his or her own session must also be submitted online by January 31, 2023 and reviewed by a co-organizer, a session organizer within the Research Cluster, or a member of the Conference Program Committee
- Session organizers are responsible for judging whether the academic quality of proposed papers is acceptable
- Papers should be original unpublished contributions to sociological research, of defensible conceptual and methodological merit
- Effort should be made to include presentations from a variety of academic and applied sociology sources rather from the organizer’s own institution
- Abstracts should be based on completed work rather than research proposals or work in progress (the exception could be round-tables or sessions which are seeking input on current research being conducted)
- Submissions must be reviewed and authors notified of the results by February 15, 2023
- We will provide instructions and support to organizers with respect to utilizing the system to review submissions
- We ask that you advise the author and our office if you were unable to accept an abstract that could be considered for another session
- The requirement to submit a full paper or presentation prior to the Conference is at the discretion of the session organizer
- It is strongly recommended that organizers request a completed paper and/or presentation by May 1, 2023 to ensure authors are prepared and committed to presenting at the Conference
- Please communicate your expectations to the presenters and note that these submissions are to be emailed to you directly
- Initially approved sessions may be sub-divided after the Call for Abstracts to accommodate multiple presentations depending on time and space availability in the conference program
- The Conference planning committee will advise organizers as to the format of sub-divided sessions
- Sessions with less than three presentations may be cancelled or merged with similarly themed sessions
- A session chair and discussant (if applicable) must be submitted to the association by April 1, 2023 (name, email address, and affiliation)
- The session organizer can assume the role of chair or discussant if not presenting in the session
- Organizers must check the session information in the online program for accuracy and advise the association on the order of presentations by April 1, 2023
- We suggest that the session description be revised from the original version used in the Call for Abstracts to better reflect the papers being presented
- Canadian Sociological Association membership requirement and Congress delegate policies are applicable if the session organizer is attending the Conference
- Session organizers are asked to support the Association office’s efforts to communicate conference information and registration policies with presenters, chairs, and discussants
Panel and Workshop Sessions
- Panelists must be confirmed by February 15, 2023
- Canadian Sociological Association membership requirement and Congress delegate policies are applicable if the session organizer is attending the Conference
- Session organizers are asked to support the Association office’s efforts to communicate conference information and registration policies with panelists