[acc-cca-l] Call for abstracts - CMF Graduate Conference
Erika Livingstone
erika.livingstone at ucalgary.ca
Thu Feb 26 04:07:07 MST 2026
Hello colleagues,
Kindly note that the deadline for the University of Calgary graduate conference call for abstracts has been extended to Friday, March 6th, 11:59PM MT. Please circulate widely amongst your networks and listservs!
An updated CFA is pasted below.
Thank you,
Erika Livingstone (she/her)
Graduate Conference 2026 Co-Chair
President of the CMF Graduate Association
Department of Communication, Media and Film
erika.livingstone at ucalgary.ca<mailto:full.name at ucalgary.ca>
SS250, Social Science
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary AB, Canada
T2N 1N4
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DEADLINE EXTENSION - MARCH 6th, 2026, 11:59PM MST
Department of Communication, Media and Film
2026 Graduate Conference
University of Calgary
Shifting Ground
The Department of Communication, Media and Film (CMF) Graduate Conference organizing committee invites submissions for its annual multidisciplinary graduate conference held at the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB).
Rapid change, resistance, and disruption shape how knowledge is produced, circulated, and understood. Whether encountered at the level of theory, practice, within institutions, or in everyday life, scholars and citizens alike face obstacles that demand adaptation. Shifting Ground invites participants to reflect on how academic research and media responds and reflects when familiar infrastructures fall into disarray. To (re)see current, past, or future problems in a new light, scholars employ a wide range of methodologies and innovations, inviting connection to the collective memory.
The CMF Annual Graduate Conference welcomes papers and media submissions that explore adaptation, recalibration, and reorientation across communication, media, film, journalism, social science, and the humanities. We encourage submissions that examine how meaning is negotiated under pressure, how progress can be reimagined, and how new possibilities emerge by shining a light where it’s most needed.
Our conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue that unites rather than divides, while supporting critical, reflexive, and imaginative scholarship. We are committed to decolonizing knowledge creation and sharing, and to grounding our work in a feminist ethic of care, accessibility, and inclusivity.
We welcome:
* Traditional paper presentations
* Visual and media-based submissions
* Research-creation projects
* Community-based research
Location: This in-person conference will be held at Mohkinstsis (Calgary), within the traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina, and the Stoney Nakoda Nations (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations– and the Métis Nation within Alberta (Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6).
Dates: April 30 and May 1, 2026
Cost: The conference is free to attend. Participants are responsible for travel, accommodation, transportation, breakfast, and evening meals.
Included: Coffee/tea/water and lunch on both days
Open to:
* All active graduate students
* Undergraduate honours students considering graduate school
* Graduate students who have graduated within the past year
Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 6th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST
Submissions (your project’s title and 250-word maximum abstract explaining the project’s connection to the conference theme) will be accepted through the CMF Conference Submission Portal<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsMi1PNtOtm6pl8Qrb311dJTycYw2pNQSNpmILp8uRglMCKQ/viewform?usp=preview>.
If you would like to receive conference updates, including a link to the conference website when it is live and a reminder one week before the submission deadline, please sign up here: Mailing List<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0bEHtj-KBAHos5br6Nh_RoSyVm4PaFSxXT12mydIDdjcGVQ/viewform?usp=preview>
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From: Erika Livingstone
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 3:34 AM
Subject: Call for abstracts - CMF Graduate Conference
Apologies for any cross-posting!
Hello,
I am writing to let you know of an opportunity for your graduate students. The Communication, Media, and Film department at the University of Calgary is hosting their annual graduate conference this coming spring. The conference runs from April 30th-May 1, and this year's theme is SHIFTING GROUND.
As a transdisclipinary conference, graduate and honours undergrad students from all disciplines are welcome to submit an abstract. I wish to welcome submissions from your university. The full call for abstracts is pasted below and attached in PDF format. Please be advised that the deadline is February 27th.
Please share widely amongst your networks!
Erika Livingstone (she/her)
Co-chair, CMF Graduate Conference, 2026
Master's Candidate, Teaching Assistant
President of the CMF Graduate Association
Department of Communication, Media and Film
erika.livingstone at ucalgary.ca<mailto:full.name at ucalgary.ca>
SS250, Social Science
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary AB, Canada
T2N 1N4
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Department of Communication, Media and Film
2026 Graduate Conference
University of Calgary
Shifting Ground
The Department of Communication, Media and Film (CMF) Graduate Conference organizing committee invites submissions for its annual multidisciplinary graduate conference held at the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB).
Rapid change, resistance, and disruption shape how knowledge is produced, circulated, and understood. Whether encountered at the level of theory, practice, within institutions, or in everyday life, scholars and citizens alike face obstacles that demand adaptation. Shifting Ground invites participants to reflect on how academic research and media responds and reflects when familiar infrastructures fall into disarray. To (re)see current, past, or future problems in a new light, scholars employ a wide range of methodologies and innovations, inviting connection to the collective memory.
The CMF Annual Graduate Conference welcomes papers and media submissions that explore adaptation, recalibration, and reorientation across communication, media, film, journalism, social science, and the humanities. We encourage submissions that examine how meaning is negotiated under pressure, how progress can be reimagined, and how new possibilities emerge by shining a light where it’s most needed.
Our conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue that unites rather than divides, while supporting critical, reflexive, and imaginative scholarship. We are committed to decolonizing knowledge creation and sharing, and to grounding our work in a feminist ethic of care, accessibility, and inclusivity.
We welcome:
* Traditional paper presentations
* Visual and media-based submissions
* Research-creation projects
* Community-based research
Location: This in-person conference will be held at Mohkinstsis (Calgary), within the traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina, and the Stoney Nakoda Nations (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations– and the Métis Nation within Alberta (Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6).
Dates: April 30 and May 1, 2026
Cost: The conference is free to attend. Participants are responsible for travel, accommodation, transportation, breakfast, and evening meals.
Included: Coffee/tea/water and lunch on both days
Open to:
* All active graduate students
* Undergraduate honours students considering graduate school
* Graduate students who have graduated within the past year
Deadline for submissions: Friday, February 27, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST.
Submissions (your project’s title and 250-word maximum abstract explaining the project’s connection to the conference theme) will be accepted through the CMF Conference Submission Portal<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsMi1PNtOtm6pl8Qrb311dJTycYw2pNQSNpmILp8uRglMCKQ/viewform?usp=preview>.
If you would like to receive conference updates, including a link to the conference website when it is live and a reminder one week before the submission deadline, please sign up here: Mailing List<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0bEHtj-KBAHos5br6Nh_RoSyVm4PaFSxXT12mydIDdjcGVQ/viewform?usp=preview>
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