The CASDW/ACR annual conference will be held on 26-28 May 2026 at Saint Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ontario. Our conference will overlap with the annual conference of RhetCanada, and the two conferences are being collaboratively organized to make for a vibrant 2026 conference experience!

Organizers are planning a sequence of shared CASDW & RhetCanada panels on the conference theme. Registered participants in our CASDW conference will be welcome to attend all RhetCanada sessions, and vice versa. Participants are welcome to submit proposals to both associations; just ensure that the proposals are for distinct presentations, to avoid duplication across the program.

We enthusiastically invite proposals for presentations, roundtables, or workshops, engaging all topics related to writing studies and discourse studies or on our conference theme: Rhetoric, Writing, and Discourse Today. Learn more about CASDW’s Call for Papers here.

In the coming months, watch for updates about early-bird registration, travel arrangements, and more.