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Call for Papers: The 9th Meeting of the Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy/ Société Canadienne de Philosophie Environnementale

Call for Papers:  The 9th Meeting of the Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy/ Société Canadienne de  Philosophie Environnementale

 

Call for Papers: The 9th Meeting of the Canadian Society for Environmental Philosophy/ Société Canadienne de  Philosophie Environnementale

17-19 October at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

in conjunction with the 61st annual meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association

 

 

With WCPA 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

Submissions requested on Canadian and global environmental issues in all their philosophical dimensions; including (but not limited to) aesthetic, ethical, metaphysical, ontological, phenomenological, social/political, scientific, and spiritual 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 30 July 2025.

Please submit papers in electronic form (PDF) and a brief abstract (no more than 150 words) via

EasyChair. Please indicate if you are submitting for the CSEP/SPCE at the top of your abstract. Please note: papers and panels/symposia submitted to the CSEP/SCPE will also be considered for presentation on the WCPA program.

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.

The 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