[acc-cca-l] CFP 27th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association June 25th-28th, 2026 at The University of Winnipeg

[Matthew Flisfeder]

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Call for Papers
 The Twenty-Seventh Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association
The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
 June 25 to 28, 2026
 Crossing[out] Borders in our Global Village
The annual meeting of the Media Ecology Association provides an opportunity for scholars, artists, professionals, educators, and students to exchange experiences and ideas in a friendly environment. We invite proposals for papers and panels related to the field of media ecology.
Our conference theme — crossing[out] borders in our global village — is offered as a generative and open cue. Anyone attending the conference will have crossed some sort of border, and many of us do research that considers the power of relationality and purpose of differentiating. Figuratively, many of us cross borders by blending disciplinary interests or research methods. We chose our theme to suggest that all avenues are open, all topics welcome for review.
We look forward to hosting you and convening a vibrant MEA Conference in the hometown of Marshall McLuhan, a founding figure of the MEA. There will be an opportunity for you to join a pre-conference tour on June 24 (hosted by The Marshall McLuhan Initiative) to visit sites connected to McLuhan.
Marshall McLuhan often spoke of many ways borders were falling, of our world as increasingly "without walls" (in a reapplication of Andre Gide's original coining). Playing with the multiple divisions cutting through the country, he referred to Canada as “a borderline case.” He saw danger in a wide-open global village but would likely have considered current calls for actual walls and strengthening of national borders as "rear view mirror thinking": ineffective, change-resistant thinking.
Submit paper and session proposals (no longer than 250 words) by November 1, 2025 to MEA2026 at uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:MEA2026 at uwinnipeg.ca>. Include title, abstract and contact information for each participant. A maximum of two submissions per author will be accepted.
Submission guidelines for manuscripts for authors who wish to be considered for the Top Paper or the Linda Elson Top Student Paper award:
1.           Manuscripts should be 4,000–6,000 words (approximately 15 to 25 double-spaced pages)
2.           Include a cover page with your institutional affiliation and other contact information.
3.            Include an abstract (maximum 150 words).
4.           Submit abstract for November 1, 2025; submit full paper January 1, 2026  indicate the award you are seeking.

Registration details and information about awards (including student travel awards) are forthcoming.
Hotels and housing options will be announced closer to the convention.
For more information, contact convention organizer Jaqueline McLeod Rogers at j.mcleod-rogers at uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:j.mcleod-rogers at uwinnipeg.ca>. She and members of the Department of Rhetoric, Writing and Communications are hosting the convention.


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Matthew Flisfeder, PhD
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Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications

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The University of Winnipeg is located on Treaty One Territory and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis, in Wiiniibak, Manido Abi. We acknowledge these are the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Ininiwak/Nehethowuk, Oceti Sakowin/Dakota Oyate, and Michif (Métis) Peoples, that our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three Territory, and that most of our hydro-electricity comes from Treaty Five Territory in northern Manitoba.
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