The Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) will hold a second section of the Conference outside of Congress with fully virtual sessions from Monday, June 9 through Friday, June 13.

Everyone is welcome to attend our virtual conference sessions. However, space is limited and we cannot guarantee your admission if the session reaches capacity.

The CSA will be using the Zoom platform. A summary of virtual sessions and access links can be found below (deactivated)

Sign-up for each virtual session you plan to attend by clicking on the Virtual Room link (this includes session presenters and chairs). A confirmation email with a link to join the session on the specified date and time will be sent along with a calendar invitation.

Review the Conference Schedule (June 9 - 13) for session and presentation details.

See also:

Virtual Conference Information

Complete Guide for Virtual Session Chairs and Presenters

Monday, June 9

11:00am EDT

(FDS2) Food, culture, and theory  

(SCL10) Social Theories and Cultural Analysis   

(WPO5a) Professional Work: Challenges and Opportunities 

1:00pm EDT

(ANS3) Animals in Society Open Session  

(SON1a) Multi-Sited Belonging in Contemporary De/Post-Colonial Societies I: Possibilities and Challenges 

(TEA-RC) Teaching and Learning Research Cluster  

(WPO5b) Barriers at Work and Strategies for Change  

3:00pm EDT

(CND-RC) Canadian Network of Durkheimian Studies Research Cluster Meeting  

(SON1b) Multi-Sited Belonging in Contemporary De/Post-Colonial Societies II: Possibilities and Challenges  

(WPO-RC) Work, Professions and Occupations Research Cluster Meeting  Cancelled

5:00pm EDT

(ANS-RC) Animals in Society Research Cluster Meeting  

(INE-RC) Institutional Ethnography Research Cluster Meeting 

(VLS-RC2) Violence and Society Research Cluster Meeting 

Tuesday, June 10

10:00am EDT

(RES1) Conceptualizing and Applying Relational Sociology 

11:00am EDT

(ITD4b) Apps and AI in Higher Education  

(SAS3) Bridging the Gap in Equity Challenges: Fostering Open Science Practices in Developing Countries

(VLS1) The Continuum of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 

1:00pm EDT

(ITD8d) Technology & Society: General Topics  

(SAS-RC) South Asia Research Cluster Meeting  

(VLS7a) Violence as a Cultural Process: Advancing Theory and Methods   

3:00pm EDT

(MIG1) Breaking Barriers: Newcomer Struggles and Solutions in Canadian Society 

(VLS8) Violence and Society - Friendly Paper and Emerging Research Feedback Session  

5:00pm EDT

(SCS1) Exploring Your Options: A Workshop On Alt-Ac & Non-Academic Careers  

Wednesday, June 11

11:00am EDT

(APS7) Taking Knowledge to the Stage and the Board Room   

(GAS4b) Reckoning with Gender 

(IND4d) Indigenous-Settler Relations and Decolonization IV  

(THE10a) Virtual Open Theory Session I  

1:00pm EDT

(APS1a) The Highlights and Challenges of Community Engaged Sociology I  

(FEM2d) Margins, Intersections and The Politics of Silencing  

(HOU-RC) Sociology of Housing Research Cluster Meeting

(THE10b) Virtual Open Theory Session II  

3:00pm EDT

(APS1b) The Highlights and Challenges of Community Engaged Sociology II  

(FEM8) Watching contemporary female sexualities: understanding transformations/variations and their impacts on society in the MeToo era  

(HEA7b) Political Sociology of Health II 

(OMN2a) Decolonial Research and Methodologies

5:00pm EDT

(APS-RC) Applied and Community Engaged Sociology Cluster Meeting  CANCELLED

(RAE-RC) Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster Meeting  

(THE-RC) Social Theory Cluster Meeting 

6:30pm EDT

(FEM1b) Women's Caucus 

Thursday, June 12

11:00am EDT

(CSF3a) A feminist care scholar retrospective I  

(ENV5a) Evaluating Solutions to Climate Change  

1:00pm EDT

(CSF3b) A feminist care scholar retrospective II  

(DIS5) Sociology of Disability I  

(FAS1) Des effets contrastés de la peur sur l’engagement des féministes selon la place qu’elles occupent dans les rapports sociaux de classe   

(SOA-RC) Sociology of Africa Research Cluster Meeting  

3:00pm EDT

(CSF1) Social Impact Research on Canadian Care/Work Policies  

(ENV5b) Structure and Positionality in Local Environments

(OMN2b) Broad Perspectives in Mental Health Research  

(PSM2) Political Sociology and Social Movements - Virtual Session  

5:00pm EDT

(DIS-RC) Sociology of Disability Research Cluster Meeting  

(PSM-RC) Political Sociology and Social Movements Research Cluster Meeting  

Friday, June 13

11:00am EDT

(DEV3) Sociology of Development Open Session - Virtual Session 

(FTS1) Committing Fat Sociology! The benefits  

1:00pm EDT

(DEV-RC) Sociology of Development Research Cluster Meeting  

(FTS-RC) Fat Studies Research Cluster Meeting  

(SPE4) Housing, Homelessness, and (In)Equity  

3:00pm EDT

(EQS1) Social Justice and Public Health