Call for Presentations & Papers for Conference: CYC in Action IV: Responding to Our Current Times

CYC in Action IV: Responding to Our Current Times

The 21^st century is marked with a variety of unique and intersecting issues, opportunities, and political realities. Child and Youth Care (CYC) theory and practice continues to take place within and in response to a range of relationships, discourses, and institutions. Our relationship with the physical world is now understood with a sense of urgency as never before. Globalized economic systems are impacting how we organize on institutional and even interpersonal levels. Technologically mediated worlds are altering who we are, how we engage with each other, and how we envision and enact futures together.

These pressing issues are often cast to the margins of CYC discussions, but are increasingly being experienced by many as central to the work we do and the lives we live. Responding to Our Current Times will be an opportunity to critically engage with these matters. It will be a chance to explore diverse perspectives and experiences that can not only help us better understand our current times, but also consider how we might creatively engage with these realities. Together we will discuss research, practice, theory, and policy as they relate to children, youth, families, and communities.

Responding to Our Current Times is an opportunity to come together at the University of Victoria to share our ideas, generate new ones through critical conversations, and see where they take us. Themes for posters, paper presentations, workshops and salon discussions for this conference include, but are not limited to:

• Contemporary child and youth care practices
• Individual and collective healing: responsibilities and risks
• Economic, social, cultural, and political considerations
• Social justice and ethical praxis
• Queer and feminist perspectives on CYC research, practice, theory, and policy
• Decolonization, reconciliation, and cultural commensuration
• Human service practices and the material world
• Solidarity, ally work, and friendship in CYC

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Proposals should be submitted online no later than November 15, 2013 and should include the following information:

• Name of Presenter(s)
• Presenter(s) Contact Info (E-mail, phone number and Affiliation)
• Title of Presentation
• Abstract (100 word limit)
• Conference Theme addressed

Presentation Type:

• Paper – 30 mins.
• Panel – 90 mins. (3 papers plus Chair; General Title and overall description as well as each presenter to include Title of presentation along with 100 word abstract)
• Workshop – 90 mins.
• Salon Discussion – 60 mins.
• Poster/Display Table
  

Equipment:All rooms are equipped with

• Video Data Projector
• DVD/VHS Combo Player
• Overhead Projector
• Chalkboard

Any other special requests should be specified.

Presenters will be notified by January 10, 2014.
All Presenters must register by January 31, 2014 to receive the Early Bird rate.

All submissions will be given serious consideration by the conference program committee and will be judged on the following criteria:

• Relevance to conference themes
• Clarity of aims
• Originality

Please note that due to limited space on the conference program, not all proposal submissions will be accepted. Some presenters may be asked to consider a poster presentation as an alternative to a paper or workshop.

Steps to submit a proposal:

1. Create an online account

Note: If you attended our 2011 conference you may already have a login ID and password.

2. Select a Conference Track

• Paper – 30 mins.
• Panel – 90 mins. (3 presentations plus Chair; General Title and overall description as well as each presenter to include Title of presentation along with 100 word abstract)
• Workshop – 90 mins.
• Salon Discussion – 60 mins.
• Poster/Display Table

*Comments for Director: Not required.

3. Save and Continue
4. Enter Author Information (automatically inserted based on account profile)

If more than one author, click on "Add Author" and enter information.

5. Type in Title and Abstract (100 word limit)

*Supporting Agencies: Not required.

6. Save and Continue

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Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Co-Chair
Jin-Sun Yoon, Co-Chair
For more information, please contact: Sandra Curran, Conference Co-ordinator, scurran@uvic.ca or 250-472-4857.