About the Conference

The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) will host its 62nd Annual Conference at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, from 29 October to 1 November 2024. The title of this year’s conference is Graduate Education in an Age of Uncertainty: Challenges and Opportunities.

For more than six decades deans, associate/vice deans, administrators, faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students have met at our annual conference to learn and share ideas about the future of graduate education in Canada.

The conference will be a primarily in-person event with selected sessions being live-streamed on Zoom. Presentations will be delivered in both English and French, with the goal of creating a truly bilingual environment. The conference hotel and event spaces are fully accessible and CAGS staff will be on site to assist with any accessibility requests. All necessary measures will be taken to ensure the health and safety of conference attendees.

The conference will feature a variety of practical, results-driven panel discussions, roundtables, lightning presentations, and workshops, as well as daily plenary sessions dedicated to exploring the pressing challenges and unique opportunities that confront the graduate studies ecosystem in Canada. The conference will feature CAGS’ annual general meeting (AGM) and the 2024 National 3MT Showcase. A pre-conference workshop for deans, associate deans, and directors will be held in afternoon on Tuesday, 29 October (separate registration required), followed by the conference opening ceremony. The annual CAGS Awards Banquet will be held in the evening on Wednesday, 30 October. Opportunities for networking and reconnecting with colleagues will be a feature of the conference experience.