About | Presentation streams | Program committee
About
Thank you to all who submitted to the Call for proposals. We are delighted by the breadth of ideas put forward by scholars and leaders from across the academy and beyond. Together, they reflect both a shared vision and the calibre of impact that defines the HSS community.
Following the extended submission period ending on November 24, the Program Committee will be hard at work assessing all entries with care. We expect to share their selection by the end of February.
Evaluation
Proposals will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary program committee representing diverse fields, sectors, and perspectives. Committee membership will reflect disciplinary diversity across the humanities and social sciences. Submissions will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- Relevance: Alignment with a thematic stream and the overall goals of the Summit.
- Impact: Demonstrated or potential contribution to advancing understanding, practice, or policy across disciplinary, sectoral, or institutional boundaries.
- Reach: Inclusivity and accessibility of approaches to knowledge sharing for a diverse audience.
- Collaboration: Involvement of diverse voices, including cross-sector, community, or practitioner partners.
The committee will reserve space for:
- Research by equity-denied group members
- Research and collaborations conducted in French and/or in francophone contexts
- Disciplinary diversity
- Different organizational roles and affiliations
How can creative partnerships across disciplines, sectors, and communities result in responsive and impactful research? This theme highlights interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral partnerships that expand the reach and urgency of the HSS.
How are scholars rethinking the ways they teach, research, and share knowledge to expand the horizons of the HSS? This theme explores bold methodological and pedagogical innovations that shape how knowledge is created, disseminated, and valued.
What role can the HSS play in rebuilding trust, navigating mis/disinformation, and strengthening democracy? This theme invites work that addresses historical and contemporary challenges to knowledge, legitimacy, and public discourse.
- Enoch Teye Kwao Ametepey – Extension Evaluation and Data Specialist, Kentucky State University
- Yann Audin – PhD Candidate in Digital Humanities, Université de Montréal; Vice President, VocUM Colloquium
- John Boakye-Danquah – Social Research Planner, City of Calgary; Adjunct Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
- Peter Dorrington – Professeur agrégé, Faculté des arts, Université de Saint-Boniface
- Kathryn Graham – Professor of Research and Innovation Impact Assessment, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
- Stéphane Grenier – Professor and researcher, Social Work, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Halia Valladares Montemayor – Instructor, Simon Fraser University
- Louis-Philippe Lampron – Professeur titulaire, Faculté de droit, l’Université Laval; co-directeur de l’axe 2 du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ); chercheur affilié au Centre for Free Expression (CFE) et à l’Observatoire de la liberté d’expression
- Etienna Moostoos-Lafferty (wapikihewiskwew) – Assistant Professor, Human Services and Early Learning/kihew waciston, MacEwan University
- Joanna Ochocka – Board Chair, Executive Director, and Co-founder, Community-Based Research Canada
- François Savard – Praticien-chercheur en Études du jeu; président, Fondation des Gardiens virtuels
- Shirley Anne Tate – Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Feminism and Intersectionality, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
- Barhet Woldemariam – Executive Director, Centre for Race and Culture