CANCELLED 20th Annual Graduate Student Conference: 20 Years of ENGAGE(ment)

Join the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for their 20th annual Graduate Student Conference. This conference celebrates the diversity and vitality of student research by encouraging students from various social science backgrounds to come together and engage with peers over critical issues and cultural debates.

The theme for this year’s conference is 20 Years of ENGAGE(ment): Collaborators, Publics, and Researchers. The keynote speakers for the event are Elizabeth Jackson, CESI Director, and Kendra Schnarr, CESI Research Projects Assistant. They will discuss CESI's work and the principles and practices of critical community engaged scholarship. The conference will also include research presentations on a variety of topics, which may include:

• Environment, food, and communities
• Work and organization in local and global contexts
• Urban and rural studies
• Community and development studies
• Identities and social inclusion
• Gender, diversity and social (in)equality
• Race, ethnicity, and identity politics
• Criminology and social control
• Social justice and criminal justice
• Family development, aging, and the life course

Attendance is open to the general public. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please email soanconf@uoguelph.ca to register.