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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Calling Canadian comics creators, publishers, editors, translators, librarians, archivists, teachers, and researchers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><img width="337" height="222" style="width:3.5069in;height:2.3125in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7611D.B200ED30" alt="A picture containing text
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">80 Years and Beyond: A Virtual Symposium on Canadian Comics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">October 15-16, 2021
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Sponsors: Brescia University College, University of Winnipeg,
<i>Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review</i>, and <i>Sequential: Canadian Independent Comic Book Magazine<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Organizing Committee: Dominick Grace (Brescia University College), Candida Rifkind (University of Winnipeg), Zachary Rondinelli (Brock University),
Meaghan Scanlon (Library and Archives Canada), Ivan Kocmarek (Independent Researcher)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Call for Participants (10 minutes + Q&A Session)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Canadian Parliament passed the War Exchange Conservation Act late in 1940 to preserve its currency for the war effort by limiting the importation
of nonessential goods. Periodicals, including popular American comic books, were one casualty. Within a few months, Canadian artists and entrepreneurs responded by launching a domestic comic book industry. This industry gave us four publishing companies and
six years of original Canadian comics production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The eightieth anniversary of the first comic books published in Canada celebrates one important milestone in a long history of comics production in
this country. Taking this anniversary as a point of departure, 80 Years and Beyond is a two-day virtual symposium that will bring together scholars, creators, publishers, retailers, collectors, and fans for a series of focused conversations about the past,
present, and future of comics and cartooning in Canada. It will be the first dedicated conference on Canadian comics, including cartoons, graphic novels, and web comics.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Thematic roundtables will place four to six participants in dialogue. Participants will give brief, prerecorded opening remarks to be followed by
live, moderated discussion and audience Q&A. We invite contributions that critically consider and respond to the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How do we tell the story of Canadian comics from the early 20<sup>th</sup> century to now?<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics you might consider include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Do Canadian WWII comics have any relevance to today’s comics culture?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Which artists, genres, and formats has the dominant historical narrative of Canadian comics, including publications and exhibitions, hidden from visibility?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How have Canadian comics of the past stereotyped, excluded, obscured, or ignored certain Canadian voices and stories?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How does the current state of Canadian comics both reflect its past and direct its future?<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics you might consider include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Whether or not there is a “national tradition,” or specific regional styles and schools, within Canadian comics.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How contemporary Canadian comics can amplify the voices of Canadians and communities who were traditionally (and may still be) excluded from the conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What might the future of Canadian comics and Canadian comics studies look like?<o:p></o:p></span></b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics you might consider include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Who will be responsible for shaping the next 80 years of Canadian comics?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How should we be telling the story of Canadian comics?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Will the future of Canadian comics, and Canadian comics studies, look different from the past or present?
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What local/national/global factors will influence the future of Canadian comics?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How have Canadian comics gone “global”?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics you might consider include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Transnational artistic influences and cross-border collaborations.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Canadian cartoonists working in the US and elsewhere outside Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:windowtext;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Global audiences and the critical popularity of Canadian comics, graphic novels, webcomics, and Quebec BDs outside Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">To submit for participation, please complete the following
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/L7PQBWh3uxz2QdBK6__;!!KGKeukY!muKbbLe8iadYzxl_GRbGvLUOXKrvsY08f8QVsmwCE5YQhBZ9Anzl5wM1x-Kt5G8424e4cXW294f9$"><b><span style="color:#0563C1">Google Form</span></b></a><b> by July 15, 2021. Participants
will be contacted about inclusion in the program by August 15, 2021.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Revised versions of presentations and further contributions on this topic will appear
in a 2022 special issue of <i>Canadian Literature</i> co-edited by Dominick Grace and Zachary Rondinelli. Watch for that Call for Papers in June!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Beyond 80 Years: Canadian Comics Symposium 2021 </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">is
dedicated to equity, inclusion, and to representing and amplifying marginalized and traditionally under-represented voices in Canada. We especially encourage submissions from participants who identify as Indigenous, members of racialized communities, LGBTQ2S+,
or persons with disabilities. Presentations will include live transcription.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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