The Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing / l’Association canadienne de rédactologie (CASDW-ACR)

Call for Proposals

The Canadian Association for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Association canadienne de rédactologie (CASDW-ACR) enthusiastically invites proposals for presentations, roundtables, or workshops for its 2024 conference (CASDW24). Call for proposals are now available:

2024 Call for Proposals (English) / Appel de communications (en français).

Proposals are due by  January 15, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM PT

Please download a PDF of the call for papers (in English or en français) to see more details about the types of proposal we welcome, the options for participating in person and virtually, and for a link to the submission form.

CASDW-ACR 2024

For CASDW24, we invite proposals engaging all topics related to writing studies and discourse studies, and other fields that are relevant to the study of discourse and writing that fits within CASDW-ACR’s areas of focus. We are especially interested in receiving submissions that address this year’s conference theme: Sustaining Writing in a Time of Crisis.  Inspired by Congress 2024’s focus on Sustaining Shared Futures, we invite you to explore how the act and study of writing might thrive in a time of great change.

With all the technological, environmental, geopolitical, and economic emergencies on the horizon, how can writing and discourse studies remain vital? And what role might they play in helping us navigate these challenges?

As a starting point, we offer the following questions for consideration:

• What role can writing and writing studies play in local and global sustainability movements?
• How does writing sustain individuals and communities in times of crisis and uncertainty?
• What value does the rhetoric of “sustainability” have for confronting current global crises?
• How are Indigenous authors using writing to sustain cultural and linguistic knowledge?
• How can we create a sustainable future for writing and discourse studies?
• How can our fields adapt to and/or incorporate technological advances?
• What is the value of (teaching) writing when generative AI can execute many writing tasks?
• How can prioritizing diversity in our field help to sustain writing studies?
• How do we sustain organizations like CASDW in times of increasing austerity?
• How can students develop sustainable writing practices that persist beyond the semester?
• How can writing instructors sustain energy in the face of job conditions that lead to burnout?
• What does sustainable writing instruction look like for exploited international students?
• How can we sustain students who are neurodivergent or living with disabilities?

Writing the Proposals

Proposals should be 300 words max, and can be written in English or French. Your proposal must describe:

• the scholarly or teaching context surrounding your work,
• the study or argument you plan to discuss,
• the type of evidence or examples you will show, and
• why the ideas you will present are significant and of interest to this association.

Additional details:

• If you are proposing to showcase an approach to teaching or assessment, please show how you plan to contextualize your approach in current research.
• If you are proposing a roundtable discussion, please indicate what specific expertise and perspective each presenter will bring.
• If you are proposing a workshop, please outline the activities you will lead and explain why the topic is likely to be significant for our members.

More information is available in the CASDW24 CFP (English and en français).

Submitting Proposals

To submit your proposal, complete proposal submission form and paste the text of your proposal into the form. They are due on January 15, 2024 by 11:59:59 PM (PT).

The submission form will request the following information: 

• Your name, preferred pronouns, and contact information, and those of any co-presenters The title of your proposal
• Your status as student, faculty member, or independent scholar, and any university you are affiliated with
• Whether you plan to present in person or remotely
• (Optional) Whether you are a student who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or as a person of colour, so that we may plan to waive your conference registration fee
• (Optional) Whether you will require certain accommodations in order to present and participate in the Q&A discussion