Every year, CASCA offers small travel grants to doctoral and master's students presenting at our annual conference.
Award Details
Conferences
CASCA hosts conferences annually, and our members are the first to receive invitations to attend and present.
CASCA 2027, University of Victoria, (Victoria, BC)
Serendipity
19-22 May, 2027
TBD
Conference registration: fee structure
| Early Bird (Before March 13) | Regular (March 13 – April 10) | On Site (After April 10) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | $185.00 | $210.00 | $220.00 |
| Reduced (LDC / grad / post-doc / precarious) | $100.00 | $120.00 | $130.00 |
| Undergraduate | $45.00 | $65.00 | $75.00 |
| Non-Member (non-anthros / foreign visitors) | $200.00 | $230.00 | $250.00 |
Conference Classifieds
Constellating Care: Resurgent Solidarities and Kinships
Amy Cran (Dalhousie University) invites you to join the following panel for CASCA 2026.
Canada is a settler colonial nation currently experiencing a widening of wealth inequalities under a neoliberal regime. Within this system and the fractures that run through it — social marginalization, structural inequalities, racial injustices — individuals continue to find new ways to care for themselves and their loved ones. This affiliated panel asks about the constellations of care maintained in this simultaneously colonial and reconciliatory milieu.
Those interested are invited to contact Amy directly: a.cran@dal.ca.
Private Lands, Indigenous Rights, and the Future of Property in Canada
Dr Brian Thom (University of Victoria) is organizing a panel for CASCA 2026 in Halifax (from May 20 to 23, 2026).
Recent court decisions have taken divergent positions on the coexistence of Indigenous title and private fee simple property (e.g., Cowichan Tribes et al. v. Canada in B.C.) and on the idea that title remedies on private lands should be limited to compensation rather than restitution (e.g., Wolastoqey Nation v. New Brunswick). Contributions from all sub-disciplines are welcome (social, political, economic, and legal anthropology).
Those interested in contributing are invited to contact Dr Brian Thom at bthom@uvic.ca as soon as possible (no later than February 15).
Anthropology of Disability — Panel / Roundtable
Pamela Block (Western University) is organizing a panel for CASCA 2026 on the anthropology of disability and invites paper proposals.
To submit, please send the title and abstract of your presentation to pblock@uwo.ca by February 16, 2026. Pamela will draft the session abstract from the submitted abstracts (and is open to co-organization — please indicate if you are interested).
AI, academic precarity and anthropological research in Canada — Roundtable proposal
How is artificial intelligence reconfiguring teaching and scholarly work in anthropology in a context of academic precarity in Canada? Do contract instructors, graduate students, and independent researchers turn to AI tools — large language models, transcription software, analysis platforms? The session invites a dialogic reflection on how anthropologists can collectively negotiate responsible and fair uses of AI in contexts of precarity.
To participate, contact Deidre Rose (derose@uoguelph.ca).
Past Conferences
CASCA 2026, Saint Mary's University in Mi'kma'ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Resurgence | Résurgence | Minowawsowakən
May 20 to 23, 2026
CASCA 2025 — McGill, Montreal
Confluences
May 7–10, 2025
The 2025 conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society.
Promising Uncertainties: Unsettling the Future of Anthropological Terrain
2016
University of Regina.
2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting
Transitions
November 15–19, 2023
Transitions may be the most constant feature of everyday life.
CASCA 2024 — UBC Okanagan
Sedimented Histories | Vital Trajectories
May 15–18, 2024
UBC Okanagan on Syilx territory and online.
Engagements and Entanglements
2021
University of Guelph (online).
Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020
Western University.
Changing Climates
2019
Vancouver, BC.
Contrapunteo
2018
Universidad de Oriente.
Mo(u)vment
2017
University of Ottawa.
Solidarities
2016
Dalhousie University.
Landscapes of Knowledges
2015
Université Laval.
Promising Uncertainties: Unsettling the Future of Anthropological Terrain
2014
York University.
Unsettling Records: Re-working Anthropology's Role in Turbulent Times
2013
University of Victoria.
The Unexpected
2012
University of Alberta.
The Greening of Anthropology: Reconfiguring our Work for the 21st Century
2011
St. Thomas University & University of New Brunswick.
Anthropological Connections
2010
Concordia University.
Transnational Anthropologies: Convergences and Divergences in Globalized Disciplinary Networks
2009
University of British Columbia.
Membership
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