Sociology of Education: Webinar Call for Proposals

The Canadian Association for the Sociology of Education (CASE-ACSE) and the Canadian Sociological Association’s Sociology of Education Research Cluster (CSA/SoE) invite proposals for our joint on-line webinar series for 2026-2027.

This series takes place over three webinars in the upcoming academic year, at 12pm EST on the schedule noted below. Sessions will consist of two 20-minute presentations (40 minutes total), followed by a 30-minute Q & A.

The deadline for proposals is Friday November 6, 2026, and you can submit your proposal following the guidelines below to Dr. Erica Fae Thomson at thomse7@mcmaster.ca.

Please circulate this call to students, colleagues, and non-academic practitioners who have engaged sociology and/or sociological methods in their work.

Past presentations include a wide array of topics. You can find recordings of these presentations and more on the CSA YouTube channel. Our aim is to foster dialogue across diverse sociological traditions and theoretical paradigms, aligning with each association's distinct mandate.

We welcome submissions that include but are not limited to topics such as:

• Early childhood education
• Child development, family relationships and schooling
• Theoretical and methodological considerations in educational research
• Challenges in public education, privatization and marketization in schooling
• Schooling in rural and remote communities
• Teachers, teacher’s formation, and the teaching profession
• School safety, discipline, and surveillance
• Health and sexual education
• Decolonization and anti-racist education
• Peer socialization, social media, and youth subcultures
• Indigenous language revitalization and education
• Official bilingualism, French as a second language teaching, French-language schools, and French immersion programs
• Accessibility, ableism, and disability in education
• Underserved, underrepresented and marginalized school and university populations’ educational trajectories
• Technology, digital education, and Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in schooling
• Academic attainment, higher education, and social mobility
• Social reproduction in schooling
• Transitions and postsecondary trajectories in higher education 

Submission Guidelines

We accept two types of submissions:

1. Single Presentation (20 minutes)

• Submit a 250-word proposal, including a working title that reflects your presentation's core theme.
• Summarize the presentation topic, outlining the central point/argument or research question, the theoretical and/or methodological approach (if applicable), and its relevance to education and broader equity or justice concerns.
• Please highlight key insights and contributions for participants.
• Established researchers and faculty members are encouraged to invite graduate students or non-academic affiliates to co-present.
• The committee will pair individual submissions with related presentations to form a session.

2. Joint Session Proposal (40 minutes, two presentations of 20 minutes each)

• Submit a 500-word proposal that includes:
  • The title of the session
  • A brief rationale for the session
  • Titles and summaries of each presentation, following the guidelines above.

We welcome and encourage sessions that bring together established scholars and emerging or non-academic practitioners.

Schedule

Three sessions will take place on the following dates (Second Thursday of the month):

○      January 14^th, 2027

○      February 11^th, 2027

○      March 11^th, 2027

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Eastern Standard Time
Structure: Chair introduction (5 min); Presentations (20 min each, total of 40 min); Q & A (30 min) 

Timeline

○      Friday, November 6^th, 2026 (midnight EST): Deadline for proposal submissions

○      Monday, November 23^rd, 2026 (midnight EST): Notification of acceptance
 

On behalf of the CSA Sociology of Education Research Cluster

Dr. Erica Fae Thomson, Department of Sociology, McMaster University

Dr. Alexandra Pulchny, Department of Sociology, St. Thomas University

On behalf of the CASE Executive

Dr. Beyhan Farhadi, OISE/University of Toronto

Dr. Gus Riveros, Western University

Dr. Alana Butler, Queen’s University

Dr. Katyn Chmielewski, OISE/University of Toronto

Dr. Max-Antony Newman, University of Glasgow

Dr. Christine Corso, Wilfrid Laurier University

Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad, Wilfrid Laurier University

Hodan Ismail, PhD student, OISE/ University of Toronto

Andrea Hill, PhD student, Queen’s University