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62nd Annual CAGS Conference

 

Graduate Education in an Age of Uncertainty: Challenges and Opportunities
  
29 October – 1 November 2024

Toronto
Sheraton Centre Hotel

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The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) will host its 62nd Annual Conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, from 29 October to 1 November 2024. The title of this year’s conference is Graduate Education in an Age of Uncertainty: Challenges and Opportunities.

High quality, affordable, and accessible graduate education plays an essential role in better understanding and tackling the complex problems that confront all Canadians. Having a well-educated population is a particularly important goal for this country, which is largely based on the “ideas economy.” In this moment of rapid technological and social change, it is absolutely critical that graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty researchers are well-supported and equipped.

For more than six decades deans, associate/vice deans, administrators, faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students have met at our annual conference to learn and share ideas about the future of graduate education in Canada.

The conference will be a primarily in-person event with selected sessions being live-streamed on Zoom. Presentations will be delivered in both English and French, with the goal of creating a truly bilingual environment. The conference hotel and event spaces are fully accessible and CAGS staff will be on site to assist with any accessibility requests. All necessary measures will be taken to ensure the health and safety of conference attendees.

The conference will feature a variety of practical, results-driven panel discussions, roundtables, lightning presentations, and workshops, as well as daily plenary sessions dedicated to exploring the pressing challenges and unique opportunities that confront the graduate studies ecosystem in Canada. The conference will feature CAGS’ annual general meeting (AGM) and the 2024 National 3MT Showcase. A pre-conference workshop for deans, associate deans, and directors will be held in afternoon on Tuesday, 29 October (separate registration required), followed by the conference opening ceremony. The annual CAGS Awards Banquet will be held in the evening on Wednesday, 30 October. Opportunities for networking and reconnecting with colleagues will be a feature of the conference experience.