Call for papers

GSRC – Graduate Student Research Conference at York

Website:
http://gsrc.info.yorku.ca/

Graduate students are cordially invited to submit a proposal for Visions, Collaborations, & Transformations: The First Annual York University Graduate Student Research Conference in the Social Sciences & Humanities. This conference is a special multidisciplinary event that aims to connect participants within the social science communities at York University and beyond.

We welcome proposals for panel presentations (approx. 15 mins/presentation).

Themes for the conference align with Canada 150:

• Diversity & Inclusion;
• Indigenous Peoples;
• Environment(s);
• Youth

Some ideas/topics for consideration in drafting proposals:

• Canada’s past, present, future;
• Social justice, diversity & equity;
• Experiential learning, participatory methods, community-situated learning;
• (De)colonizing theory and practices;
• Urban education;
• Disability studies;
• Early childhood;
• Childhood studies;
• K-12 and post-secondary education;
• Psychoanalysis, sexualities, feminist studies, queer theory;
• Cultural studies;
• Philosophy;
• Arts;
• Ethnographic research
• Literacy and linguistics;
• Global and international relations and perspectives;
• Sustainability and environment;
• Mathematics, science, technology;
• Media and communications;
• Alternative education;
• Other

 

Submission Guidelines:

You will need the following information to submit your proposal online:

• Full Name
• Email Address
• Working Title for Proposal
• Graduate Program
• Affiliated Institution
• Keywords (3-5)
• Canada150 or ‘Other’ Theme
• Abstract (max 200 words)

For more details or to submit a proposal, please visit: http://gsrc.info.yorku.ca/

Deadline: January 18, 2017