Meetings

The 61^st annual meeting of the

Western Canadian Philosophical Association

in conjunction with the 9^th annual meeting of the

Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy/ Société Canadienne de Philosophie Environnementale

will be held 17-19 October at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta

Keynote Speakers

Amy Kind, Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College

Amandine Catala, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal, ​Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency

Submission Details

Submissions of papers from all areas of philosophy are welcome. Papers should be no more than 4,000 words (excluding notes), presentable in 25-30 minutes to allow for commentary and discussion, and prepared for anonymous review. The submission deadline is EXTENDED TO AUGUST 15, 2025.

Please submit papers in electronic form (PDF) and a brief abstract (no more than 150 words) via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcpa2025

Proposals for panels or symposia are also welcome. Please submit the proposed title of the symposium as well as a collection of abstracts in electronic form (PDF), and a brief abstract (no more than 150 words) indicating that you are proposing a panel/symposium via EasyChair (in the same way as you would submit a paper). Symposia are allotted 2 hours.

Colloquium papers and panels/symposia on environmental topics may be submitted for presentation either on the WCPA main program or the program of the CSEP/SCPE but will automatically be considered for presentation on both programs. Please indicate if you are submitting with the CSEP/SPCE in mind at the top of your abstract.

Both the WCPA and CSEP will be awarding a Student Essay Prize, so if you are a student, please indicate this.

For more information, and a link to the EasyChair submission page, please visit: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcpa2025

Meeting on traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam people

WCPA & CSEP welcome you to a weekend of friendly, insightful and creative philosophical discussion! Buchanan Building, A, B and D blocks

Coffee room: Buchanan D324

No registration or fees – all are welcome. Name-tags for presenters can be found outside Friday keynote session/coffee room Saturday, or possibly earlier.

Organizing team: Sophie Au, Sylvia Berryman, Alex Bryant, Alexander Jewell, Michael Jimenez, Chris Stephens, Michelle Tobias, Jennifer Welchman, Jenna Yuzwa, Erika Yep

Special thanks for financial assistance: UBC Philosophy Department, Centre for Applied Ethics, Arts Workshop Grant

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