1. 2026 CPSA – Conference’s Format

   The 2026 CPSA Annual Conference will be held in person from Tuesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 4 at the University of Ottawa.

   All conference participants, paper-givers, poster and three minute thesis contestants must be prepared to attend the events and to make their presentations in person.

   The 2026 CPSA Conference at the University of Ottawa will not be held in conjunction with the Congress of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. This follows the Federation’s announcement that Congress 2026 will not proceed due to challenges in securing a host institution. Read more HERE.

2. Presentations can be made in either English or French.
3. Papers for the Conference – Deadline: May 22, 2026
• Papers should be SINGLE SPACED, not exceeding the word count of 12,000 and should not have been previously published.
• Complete your paper and email it to the relevant section head and the chair, discussant and participants in your session by May 22, 2026. E-mail addresses will be available in the on-line programme (right-click on their names in your session description to copy/paste their e-mail addresses).
• Authors are reminded to include a note on their on-line paper indicating that their paper not be cited without permission from the author.
• Failure to comply with the above mentioned deadline can result in the chair excluding the presentation from the session.
• Further, discussants will be under no obligation to comment on the papers if they are not given a reasonable amount of time to read them. Such an action would be a loss to all attending the session.
4. Discussing or Chairing a Panel

   Presenters will be considered as possible chairs or discussants. Given that a successful conference depends on having, not only paper-givers, but chairs and discussants, the CPSA strongly encourages participants to proactively offer their services in either/both of these roles to any of our 22 section heads and/or be willing if a request is made.

   If you check the box “I am willing to serve as chair or discussant,” you will be appointed in either or both of these roles in a panel of your preferred section.

5. Grants: CPSA Travel Grants - Deadline: February 15, 2026
   
   • The CPSA will provide travel grants to assist members to come to the annual meeting from distant places. These funds are intended to especially facilitate participation by junior members.
   • Read the Travel Grant Policy [ download pdf ↓ ] carefully before submitting your proposal to check your eligibility.
   • Travel Grant Application Form [ download pdf ↓ ].
6. International Attendees - Request a Letter of Invitation
   International attendees must
   • read the the following websites “Letter of invitation for visitors to Canada” and “Visitor visa (temporary resident visa)”;
   • contact the CPSA Office cpsa-acsp@cpsa-acsp.ca to request a letter of invitation.
7. CPSA Annual Membership Fees

• PAPERS’ AUTHORS AND CO-AUTHORS - POSTER AND 3MT CONTESTANTS

  EACH paper’s author, co-author*, poster and three-minute thesis (3MT) competitions contestant must be a member in good standing of the CPSA (i.e., pay the 2025 CPSA annual membership fees) by March 31, 2026, or see their name removed from the programme by Friday, April 10, 2026.
  

  * Note that co-authors must be members in good standing of the CPSA (i.e., pay the 2026 membership fees) by March 31, 2026, whether they are attending the conference or not.
  

  The CPSA Office will contact non-compliant papers’ authors, co-authors, poster or 3MT contestants regarding their membership status after March 31, 2026.

  For more information and exemptions read the Membership Guidelines [ download pdf ↓ ].

• CHAIRS, DISCUSSANTS AND ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
  

  Colleagues attending ONLY as chairs, discussants and roundtable participants are not required to become CPSA members but are warmly invited to join the CPSA.

  Colleagues who choose not to join the CPSA, must register to the conference paying the NON-MEMBER fee.

  CPSA Membership Fees can be found HERE. CPSA Annual Membership Fees are INDEPENDENT from the conference registration fees.
  
• Paper presenters, poster and 3MT contestants must register by the early bird registration deadline of March 31, 2026, or see their name removed from the programme by Friday, April 10, 2026.
8. Each conference participant is responsible for travel arrangements.

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