Deadline: October 2, 2025 Location: Palais des congrès de Montréal Date: February 26 – March 1, 2026 Organizers: Cheryl Lousley and Zishad Lak Abstract: Building on a stimulating seminar at ACLA 2024, and amidst dramatically shifting geopolitical contexts, this seminar will probe methods of reading that illuminate and disrupt escalating climate change and ecological loss by…

In this blog post, Zahra and David explore the complexities of interdisciplinary research within the context of the Anthropocene, drawing on their experiences in the SGSAH EARTH Scholarship Programme. They reflect on the challenges of foregrounding difference without falling into generalization, romanticisation, or appropriation. Zahra discusses shelter-making practices among the Bakhtiari people of Iran, while…

Join featured writer Renae Watchman on Thursday, July 17 at 6:00 p.m. Alaska Time for Live from Storyknife, along with five other incredible writers from this July’s cohort of writers-in-residence. The session will be live on Zoom, and a recording will be posted on the Storyknife page after the event. Renae Watchman (Diné or Navajo) is originally from…

Deadline: August 15, 2025 (Pacific Time) Submission length: 7,000-8,000 words (including works cited and notes) in either English or French Guest Editors: Zishad Lak (Trent University), Cheryl Lousley (Lakehead University), Paul Barrett (University of Guelph), Cheryl Cowdy (York University) Canadian fiction, film, and television increasingly abound with representations of suburban life, such as Sort Of, co-created by and starring…