The 2026 Annual Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association took place 6–9 June 2026 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Dalhousie Department of Philosophy. Organized as an independent meeting, CPA26 brought together more than 300 delegates for four days of philosophical exchange across 235+ sessions.

Plenary Sessions

6 June — Drake Lecture (CPA/CSHPS)
Building Better (Human) Beings: Gattaca Stack & Prediction Markets
Françoise Baylis

7 June — Equity Committee / Philosophy in the Schools
Pathways, Politics and Possibilities: Rethinking Philosophy as Resistance
Laura Mae Lindo and Tamara Ray,
with student researchers
Alacia Tshilombo, Avri Jeffcott, Keyana Mullings, Jaleel Debs, and Juan Marquez

with the support of the FHSS EDID Initiatives Fund

8 June — CJP Lecture
Defending Morality
Wayne Sumner

9 June — Presidential Address
Paul Bartha

Programme

The full CPA26 program is available online and in the Congress archive.

Prizes and Awards

Prize announcements were made at the Congress on 9 June 2026.
For the full list of recipients, see the CPA Prizes page.

CPA Administration: administration@acpcpa.ca

Land Acknowledgment

Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw,  Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.

African Nova Scotian Acknowledgment

We recognize that African Nova Scotians are a distinct people whose histories, legacies, and contributions have enriched that part of Mi'kma'ki known as Nova Scotia for over 400 years.