[Air-L] Canadian Game Studies Association 2023 Conference (June 6-9) Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. The conference theme is “Sustainable Action/Sustaining Action"

[Gerald Voorhees]

Dear Colleagues,

The fully online annual conference
<https://gamestudies.ca/cgsa-acej-2023-sustainable-action-sustaining-action/>of
the Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. The conference
theme is “Sustainable Action/Sustaining Action,” which both expresses
CGSA’s continued commitment to anti-racism and decolonization and signals
our concern for the ecological impact of games and academic conferencing.

Recorded paper presentations can be accessed now and between June 6-9 there
are live discussion panels with paper authors, workshops, and special
events including keynotes by *Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin* (Université du
Québec à Montréal) on *“What Ecofeminism and Decolonial Studies Have to
Teach Us About Raising Ecological Awareness Though Games,”* and *Alenda Y.
Chang* (University of California, Santa Barbara) on sustainably developed
games “*Animal, Digital, Vegetable, Mineral: An Unsustainable Guessing Game*.”
In all, the conference features 80+ papers, lectures, and workshops from
critical, humanities, and social-science approaches (see the online program
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zMX48z2bSML8PfAzBPjGs7VWeFhfCmPFM3NkCUGxj_I/edit?usp=sharing>
for more information and details about workshops, play sessions, and
special events).

To attend the live panels and gain access to recorded paper presentations,
you will need to register for the conference here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cgsaacej-2023-conference-tickets-423673808767>.
Note that you can either become a CGSA member and register for the
conference at a discount rate or purchase a non-member conference
registration. Black and/or Indigenous students who are members of CGSA can
register for the conference for free.

We hope you’ll join us for an amazing online conference!


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Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. (he/him)

President, Canadian Game Studies Association


Associate Professor

Department of Communication Arts

University of Waterloo

257A ML, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1
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*I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of the
Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The
University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land
promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of
the Grand River. *