Annual Meeting
2026 CSBS Annual Meeting
Our next annual meeting is set for May 28–30 at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB. If you have paid your 2026 membership fees or have submitted a paid application to become a new member, you are eligible to present your research and to attend the annual meeting. You will find information in the “Call for Papers” section in the Fall Mailing (note the January 15 deadline for the General Programme). To renew membership online, please access the CSBS website (https://csbs-sceb.ca/register/).
To submit a paper proposal to the CSBS General Programme, please log in to the member area of the CSBS website. Once there, click on the “Paper Submission” tab on the right to provide contact details, institutional affiliation, the title of your paper, and your abstract (approx. 100 words).
Up-to-date membership in the CSBS is a prerequisite for participation in the Society’s Annual Meeting, therefore paper proposals will only be accepted from those who have paid their 2026 membership dues (note: https://csbs-sceb.ca/register/ to renew online) or have submitted a paid application as a new member. Papers in English or French are invited for presentation in the form of short communications followed by discussion (time for presentation and discussion is usually 30 minutes). Please try to renew your membership for 2026 as soon as possible, since the society’s journal publisher (Sage) needs to prepare subscriptions for Studies in Religion by January 1.
The deadlines for the Wagner Award (https://csbs-sceb.ca/norman-e-wagner-award/) and the Falconer Award (https://csbs-sceb.ca/sir-robert-falconer-award/) is May 1, 2026. Please consider applying!
CSBS students: If you are participating in the program, please apply for the Neufeld Travel Grant (including registration costs). For more information about how to apply, please consult our website: https://csbs-sceb.ca/student-travel-grant/. Please also note that students submitting a paper proposal for the first time will be required to have a professor vouch for their paper upon submission.
Registration, Accommodation, and Travel
Registration for the Meeting
We have now set up a registration link on PayPal for the CSBS meeting at Mount Allison University, May 28-30, 2026. The link is available on the CSBS website. Please note that your membership must be up to date, and that you must login first, and then click on “Annual Meeting” where you will see “Register for Annual Conference.” The system will automatically recognize your membership type. If you have any difficulty using PayPal to register for the conference, please contact Laura Hare (laura.hare@utoronto.ca).
To assist with our planning and costs, we ask that everyone please register by April 30th. Thank you very much!
Accommodation at Mount Allison University
We also have an accommodation link here. This link is only for accommodation in residence at Mount Allison University. Each room is either a single twin ($82/night) or a double twin ($116/night), with ensuite bath, Wi-Fi, linens and towels, parking, and includes a buffet breakfast at the cafeteria. If you have specific dietary and/or accessibility needs, please indicate them in the box provided on the link. The link also indicates where to go when you arrive (Windsor Residence Hall), with a campus map.
Please note that overnight parking is available in the Rectory Lane and King Street lots.
In addition, there will be a few micro-apartments in the residence available for members to reserve on a first come, first serve basis. These micro-apartments feature a queen size bed, bathroom, small kitchen and salon area. If you are interested in reserving one of these (approximately $150 per night), please contact Dr. Fiona Black as soon as possible at religion@mta.ca. There is also a guesthouse (Marshlands), hotel (Coastal Inn), or some Airbnb options in Sackville, but members will need to make their own arrangements.
Travel from and to the Moncton Airport
We have not been able to arrange for a shuttle from the Moncton airport to Mount Allison (about a 35–45-minute drive). There are taxis from the Moncton airport to Sackville, but they cost approximately $100 one way. What we suggest is that if you know of colleagues who plan to fly to Moncton at approximately the same time, you plan to share a taxi with them. If you prefer, once you know your flight and arrival time, you can send the information to Fiona Black and her colleagues at Mount Allison (religion@mta.ca) and they will see if there is anyone else arriving (and leaving) at approximately the same time and put you in touch with one another. If you choose to do this, please send the information no later than May 15th, 2026.
Taxis
Metered taxi service is available to and from the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport. Taxis are located outside the terminal, adjacent to the arrival doors. The two companies at the airport are:
Air Cab
Phone: 506-857-2000
Toll Free: 1-888-461-0077
Email: info@aircab.ca
Website: Air Cab
White Cab
Phone: 506-857-3000
Email: whitecab@nbnet.nb.ca
Website: White Cab
A direct Taxi Phone is available inside the terminal building, located next to the car rental counters.
As well, information about other transportation services, including Sackville Cab (506-364-8000) and Squires Courtesy Cab (506-536-3118), which are both in Sackville, is available on this website: https://tourism.nbse.ca/getting-here. If you need taxi service to return to the Moncton airport, you should reserve it ahead of time.
Conference Check-In
There will be a conference check-in table near the main doors of Windsor Residence Hall (near where you check in for residence accommodation), where you can check-in to the conference, and pick up a lanyard, swag bag etc. …. This table will be open on Wednesday, May 27th, 3-7 pm, and Thursday, May 28th, 8 am – 12 noon. If is not possible for you to come by the table during these hours, please email religion@mta.ca so that we can arrange for you to pick up your lanyard etc. … at another time.
Here is an interactive campus map of Mount Allison for your convenience.
Questions? Please contact either Alicia Batten (abatten@uwaterloo.ca) or Fiona Black religion@mta.ca.
An Inclusive Culture at the CSBS
The following documents provides suggestions for members, session conveners, and chairs for fostering an inclusive atmosphere at the annual meeting of the CSBS. The Society follows the Code of Conduct of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. This document gives suggestions for making the annual meeting a welcoming space. This document grew from the ad hoc report on the functioning of CSBS, which was “a response to varied requests from the Society membership and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences EDID review.” Subsequent to that report, the CSBS executive created another ad hoc EDID committee, which has produced this document in conversation with the executive.