The 55th Algonquian Conference will be held in Edmonton / amiskwaciy-wâskahinihk at the University of Alberta, from Thursday, October 19th to Sunday, October 22nd, 2023.
The conference is co-organized by the University of Alberta, and other institutions on the Northern Western Plains.
This conference is an international meeting for indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and community members to share research relating to Algonquian peoples, the largest First Peoples group in Canada. Fields of interest include anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, education, ethnography, ethnobotany, folklore, geography, history, language education, linguistics, literature, music, indigenous studies, political science, psychology, religion and sociology.
The conference will open on the evening of Thursday, October 19, with a welcome reception. Regular conference sessions will take place from Friday morning to Sunday midday. Special workshops may be organized immediately before or after the conference.
The conference is supported generously by the Department of Linguistics, the Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, for which we are grateful.