It is my pleasure to invite proposals for the 2011 annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society (CPES), to be held as part of CSSE and the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 28 to June 1, 2011 at the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University in Fredericton.

The 2011 conference theme, Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places, should give the philosophically minded much food for thought, but proposals unrelated to the conference theme are also welcome. Common formats for CPES sessions have been single- and multi-authored papers and topical symposia, but if you would like to propose an alternative format, such as a book launch or a working session for instructors of philosophy of education courses, please don't hesitate to contact me.

CPES welcomes contributions from a variety of philosophical approaches. While there will be room for conceptual analysis, ethical inquiry, questions of an epistemological nature and contributions addressing critical thinking, we recognize the increasing interdisciplinarity of academic work. Philosophical methods and sources are used in, and in conjunction with, cultural studies, women's studies, political theory, postcolonial critique, and more. I look forward to interdisciplinary submissions that include philosophical methods or sources and that address educational questions and issues.

CPES also welcomes graduate students to submit their work to the conference. CPES is an ideal place for students to make professional connections and to receive friendly, constructive criticism on their work. CPES members are reminded to encourage any students who may be working on theses projects to submit to CPES or to the CSSE gradate student round table sessions.
All proposals must be submitted through the central CSSE on-line submission system at http://www.csse.ca/Conference/Conference.shtml
Please see the right side bar for links to the official call for proposals and submission instructions. Since CPES is a special interest group of the Canadian Association for Foundations of Education (CAFE), please clearly mark yoursubmission "CPES," and make sure you tick "CPES" in the on-line membership and submission process. (Otherwise, the submission will be sent to CAFE.) If you also email me when you have submitted your CPES proposal, I can make sure no proposal is missed. Please note that all authors of accepted presentations must be CSSE members in good standing for the year of the conference.
The deadline for submissions is November 10, 2010.

In accordance with a decision taken at the 2010 annual meeting, all CPES proposals will now undergo blind peer review. Please note that proposals that deviate substantially from the length and format described in the CSSE Call for Proposals will be considered only if program space remains after all other proposals have been accommodated.
Since our membership base determines the number of program sessions we are allotted, please be sure to renew your CPES membership!
I look forward to meeting many new CPES members, and to welcoming you all to Fredericton next spring!


David I. Waddington
2011 Program Chair
dwadding@education.concordia.ca.

2008 CPES Program

2007 CPES Program

2006 CAFE/CPES Program