[Commlist] CFP 27th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association

*Call for Papers*

*The****Twenty-SeventhAnnualConventionoftheMediaEcologyAssociation *

*The****University****of****Winnipeg**, Manitoba, Canada *

June25 to 28,2026

*Crossing[out] Borders in our Global Village*

TheannualmeetingoftheMediaEcologyAssociationprovides an opportunity for 
scholars, artists, professionals, educators, and students to exchange 
experiences and ideas in a friendly environment. We invite proposals for 
papers and panels related tothefieldofmediaecology.

Our conferencetheme — crossing[out] borders in our global village — 
isoffered as a generative and open cue. Anyoneattendingtheconference 
will have crossed some sortofborder, and manyofus do research 
thatconsidersthepowerofrelationality and purposeofdifferentiating. 
Figuratively, manyofus cross borders by blending disciplinary interests 
or research methods. We chose ourtheme to suggest thatall avenues are 
open, all topics welcome for review.

We look forward to hosting you and convening a vibrant MEA Conference 
inthehometownofMarshall McLuhan, a founding figureoftheMEA.There will be 
an opportunity for you to join a pre-conference tour onJune24 (hosted 
byTheMarshall McLuhan Initiative) to visit sites connected to McLuhan.

Marshall McLuhanoften spokeofmany ways borders were falling,ofour world 
as increasingly "without walls" (in a reapplicationofAndre Gide's 
original coining). Playing withthemultiple divisions cutting 
throughthecountry, he referred to Canada as “a borderline case.” He saw 
danger in a wide-open global village but would likely have considered 
current calls for actual walls and strengtheningofnational borders as 
"rear view mirror thinking": ineffective, change-resistant thinking.

Submit paper and session proposals (no longer than 250 words) by 
*_November 1, 2025_* to (MEA2025 /at/ uwinnipeg.ca) 
<mailto:(MEA2025 /at/ uwinnipeg.ca)>. Include title, abstract and contact 
information for each participant. A maximumoftwo submissions per author 
will be accepted.

/Submission guidelines for manuscripts for authors who wish to be 
considered forthe *Top Paper* orthe *Linda Elson Top Student Paper* award:/

1.           Manuscripts should be 4,000–6,000 words (approximately 15 
to 25 double-spaced pages)

2.           Include a cover page with your institutional affiliation 
and other contact information.

3.           Include an abstract (maximum 150 words).

4.           Submit abstract for November 1, 2025; submit full paper 
January 1,2026 indicatetheaward you are seeking.

Registration details and information about awards (including student 
travel awards) are forthcoming.

Hotels and housing options will be announced closer totheconvention.

For more information, contactconventionorganizer Jaqueline McLeod 
Rogersat (j.mcleod-rogers /at/ uwinnipeg.ca) 
<mailto:(j.mcleod-rogers /at/ uwinnipeg.ca)>. She and membersofthe 
*DepartmentofRhetoric, Writing and Communications* are hostingtheconvention.


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