Preliminary Call for Papers 

Annual Meeting of The Canadian Philosophical Association 

From 1-4 June 2025 

George Brown College, Toronto, ON 

The Canadian Philosophical Association invites submissions of papers and abstracts for its 2025 annual meeting, which will be held as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This year, the meeting will take place at George Brown College in Toronto, marking the first time it will be hosted at a college. The Congress is scheduled from 30 May 30 to 6 June 2025, with the CPA meeting happening from 1-4 June 2025. Further details, including submission instructions, will be provided in a subsequent email.

The event will include concurrent colloquia and symposia, along with a plenary keynote address by a distinguished philosopher, sponsored by the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. For the third consecutive year, special sessions will feature pairs of prominent philosophers engaging in discussions on topics of mutual interest.

To ensure the schedule is finalized in a timely manner, the submission deadlines will align with last year’s timeline. The deadline for submitting abstracts and papers is 1 November 2024, at 11:59 pm ET.

The program committee will conduct an anonymous review of both abstracts and full papers. Submissions are encouraged from all areas of philosophy, and the CPA is committed to making the meeting accessible and inclusive.

There are two formats for individual paper submissions:

1. Submit a completed paper of no more than 3,000 words (excluding bibliography, notes, and abstract). The paper must include an abstract of no more than 50 words. Accepted papers will be scheduled for one-hour sessions (30-35 minutes for the presentation, followed by comments and discussion).

2. Submit an abstract of 500-750 words (excluding bibliography), providing a clear summary of the central theses and the arguments supporting them. Accepted abstracts will be scheduled for half-hour sessions (20 minutes for the presentation, followed by discussion). Abstracts are not eligible for essay prizes.

Please note that symposium submissions will not be accepted this year.

All submissions must be made by an active member of the CPA. Detailed submission instructions will be provided in a subsequent email.

Several prizes are awarded by the Association for essays submitted for the Annual Meeting: two faculty essay prizes (one tenured, one non-tenured) and up to three student essay prizes (one student prize is reserved for each official language). The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences will again offer the Congress Graduate Merit Award (CGMA) program to support graduate students at Congress. In each year’s December issue of Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, prize winners from that year's Annual Meeting will be announced and a short list of exceptional papers that have been vetted by journal reviewers will be published. Prize winners are encouraged to submit their publication-ready papers to Dialogue early. 

Additionally, we invite volunteers to serve as referees, chairs, or commentators at the meeting. If you are interested in volunteering for any of these roles, please click here.

Please note that participants may only appear in one primary role in the program (either as a symposium speaker or as the author of a paper, whether full or abstract-based). However, participants are encouraged to serve as commentators or chairs in other sessions.

For more information about the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, please visit https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress2025.

For any inquiries, please contact the Co-Program Chairs, Nicole Ramsoomair at Nicole.ramsoomair@dal.ca, and Martina Orlandi at martinaorlandi@trentu.ca.