{"id":1829,"date":"2026-06-23T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acc-cca.ca\/?page_id=1829"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:40:45","slug":"2026-roundup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acc-cca.ca\/index.php\/conference\/previous-conference-keynotes-programs\/2026-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"CCA 2026: Conference  Roundup \/ Bilan de l&#8217;ACC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear CCA friends and colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was wonderful to see many of you at the University of Windsor for CCA 2026. As in previous years, everyone\u2019s papers and roundtable discussions were so strong and engaging \u2013 congratulations to all! It was nice to see so many full rooms for panel sessions and hear research presented by longstanding CCA members, new members, students, and post-docs. As is the tradition, here is a roundup of our conference this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCA annual conference showcased 178 papers, 50 panels, 6 roundtables, and 228 presenters in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li> I would like to extend, on behalf of everybody at CCA, our most sincere appreciation to Nicole Cohen, the Conference Chair and Vice-President, and Kyle Asquith, our Local Area Coordinator for organizing the 2026 CCA conference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thank you all to those who came to the keynote talk Wednesday and thank you to Dr. Alice Marwick for a thought-provoking and engaging talk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Congratulations to all newly elected members of the Board: Dr. Liam Cole Young (Vice-President and Conference Chair), Dr. Karen Grady, Dr. Sherry Yu, and Dr. Alexander Ross (members-at-large); and graduate student representative\u00a0Blair Visscher. A big thank you to our outgoing Board members: Dr. Milena Droumeva, Dr. Kirsten Emiko McAllister, Dr. Henry Adam Svec (members-at-large) and Anurag (graduate student representative). We thank you for your contributions to CCA over the past few years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to CCA\u2019s 2026 annual prize winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Congratulations to all the nominees for the Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize, and to this year\u2019s prize winners, Dr. Katherine M.A. Reilly (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Esteban Morales (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), and Dr. Maria Julia Morales Gonzales (University of the Republic, Uruguay) for\u00a0<em>Communing Data Literacy: Tools and Concepts for Social Engagement<\/em>, published by McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Congratulations to the nominees for the CCA Emerging Scholar Book Prize, and to this year\u2019s prize winner, Dr. Guy T. Hoskins (Toronto Metropolitan University) for\u00a0<em>Digital Rights at the Periphery: Making Brazil\u2019s Marco Civil<\/em>, published by University of Illinois Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCA-CRTC Prize:\u00a0AJ Cordeiro, Toronto Metropolitan University, for \u201cMicro-Targeted Pseudo-Local News: Computational Analysis of Metric Media\u2019s Digital Propaganda Network\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCA Outstanding Student Essay Prize:&nbsp;Jenny Kliever, Carleton University, for \u201cIn Awe of Astrophysics: Examining Affect and Meaning Making in Perimeter Institute\u2019s Public Talks<em>\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mahmoud Eid Graduate Prize:&nbsp;Antara Dey, York University, for&nbsp;\u201cCurry, Camera, and Communication: Tasting Home in the Bengali Diaspora.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In my capacity as outgoing President, I want to thank everyone again for a wonderful conference and term, and I convey warmest congratulations to Nicole Cohen, who will be an amazing CCA President. I look forward to seeing all of you at CCA 2027: more details to come in the early fall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best regards,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faiza Hirji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>***version fran\u00e7aise***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cher.\u00e8.s ami.e.s et coll\u00e8gues de l&#8217;ACC,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019\u00e9tait un vrai plaisir de vous retrouver si nombreux et nombreuses \u00e0 l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 de Windsor pour l&#8217;ACC 2026. Comme les ann\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, vos communications et les tables rondes \u00e9taient d&#8217;une grande qualit\u00e9 et tr\u00e8s stimulantes \u2013 bravo \u00e0 tous et \u00e0 toutes ! Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 ravi.e.s de constater que les salles \u00e9taient pleines pour les panels et de voir de travaux de recherche pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s par des membres de longue date de l&#8217;ACC, de nouveaux membres, des \u00e9tudiant.e.s et des postdoctorant.e.s. Comme le veut la tradition, voici un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 de notre colloque de cette ann\u00e9e\u00a0:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Nous avons accueilli 178 pr\u00e9sentations, 50 tables rondes et 6 panels (228 pr\u00e9sentateurs et pr\u00e9sentatrices au total).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Au nom de tous les membres de l&#8217;ACC, je tiens \u00e0 exprimer notre plus sinc\u00e8re gratitude \u00e0 Nicole Cohen, pr\u00e9sidente et vice-pr\u00e9sidente du colloque, et \u00e0 Kyle Asquith, notre coordonnateur local \u00e0 Windsor, pour l&#8217;organisation du colloque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Merci \u00e0 celles et ceux qui ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 la conf\u00e9rence d&#8217;ouverture mercredi, et un grand merci \u00e0 Alice Marwick pour son intervention stimulante et captivante.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>F\u00e9licitations \u00e0 tous les nouveaux membres \u00e9lus au Conseil d&#8217;administration\u00a0de l\u2019ACC : Dr Liam Cole Young (vice-pr\u00e9sident et pr\u00e9sident du colloque), Dr Karen Grady, Dr Sherry Yu et Dr Alexander Ross (administrateurs et administratrices)\u00a0; et Blair Visscher, repr\u00e9sentant des \u00e9tudiant.e.s aux cycles sup\u00e9rieurs. Un grand merci \u00e0 nos membres sortants du Conseil d&#8217;administration\u00a0: Dr Milena Droumeva, Dr Kirsten Emiko McAllister, Dr Henry Adam Svec (administrateurs et administratrices) et Anurag (repr\u00e9sentant des \u00e9tudiant.e.s aux cycles sup\u00e9rieurs). Nous vous remercions de votre contribution au CCA au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u00e9licitations aux laur\u00e9at.e.s des prix annuels de l\u2019ACC pour 2026\u00a0:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 F\u00e9licitations aux finalistes du prix Gertrude J. Robinson, et aux laur\u00e9at.e.s de cette ann\u00e9e, Katherine M.A. Reilly (Simon Fraser University), Esteban Morales (University of Groningen, Pays-Bas) et Maria Julia Morales Gonzales (Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica, Uruguay), pour l\u2019ouvrage\u00a0<em>Communicating Data Literacy: Tools and Concepts for Social Engagement<\/em>, publi\u00e9 par McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 F\u00e9licitations aux finalistes du prix ACC pour les jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses, et au laur\u00e9at de cette ann\u00e9e, Guy T. Hoskins (Toronto Metropolitan University), pour son ouvrage\u00a0<em>Digital Rights at the Periphery: Making Brazil\u2019s Marco Civil<\/em>, publi\u00e9 par Illinois University Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Prix ACC-CRTC\u00a0: AJ Cordeiro, Toronto Metropolitan University, pour \u00ab\u00a0Micro-Targeted Pseudo-Local News: Computational Analysis of Metric Media\u2019s Digital Propaganda Network\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Prix ACC pour le meilleur essai \u00e9tudiant\u00a0: Jenny Kliever, Carleton University, pour \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019astrophysique et son impact\u00a0: examen des \u00e9motions et de la construction du sens dans les conf\u00e9rences publiques de l\u2019Institut P\u00e9rim\u00e8tre\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Prix Mahmoud Eid pour les \u00e9tudiant.e.es aux cycles sup\u00e9rieurs\u00a0: Antara Dey, York University, pour \u00ab\u00a0Curry, Camera, and Communication: Tasting Home in the Bengali Diaspora\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En ma qualit\u00e9 de pr\u00e9sidente sortante, je tiens \u00e0 remercier encore une fois tou.t.e.s les participant.e.s pour ce colloque stimulant et ce mandat remarquable, et j\u2019adresse mes plus chaleureuses f\u00e9licitations \u00e0 Nicole Cohen, qui sera une pr\u00e9sidente exceptionnelle de l\u2019ACC. J\u2019ai h\u00e2te de vous revoir tous et toutes \u00e0 l\u2019ACC 2027\u00a0: plus de d\u00e9tails \u00e0 venir au d\u00e9but de l\u2019automne.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cordialement,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faiza Hirji\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear CCA friends and colleagues, It was wonderful to see many of you at the University of Windsor for CCA 2026. As in previous years, everyone\u2019s papers and roundtable discussions were so strong and engaging \u2013 congratulations to all! 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