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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Please join us for the first ever conference dedicated solely to Canadian comics past, present, and future (and featuring a number of CSS members)!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">This is a free, online, public conference that will bring together over 40 researchers, artists, librarians, archivists, curators, and fans to pool our knowledge
and expand the story of Canadian comics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The program and registration link are available
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.canadiancomics.org/academic-conference__;!!KGKeukY!iFHTcw5UDCHJS7Pg-js6Q46lsQfm7le8yidtNiPadqUzkXnVNkQcSgKneyNeGdS6GE52kxZfNOVN$">here</a>. Registration is required to receive the program with Zoom links for each session. Sessions will be recorded and closed captioning will be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">As well, GSC Secretary-Treasurer Zachary Rondinelli and I are co-editing a 2022 special issue of the journal
<i>Canadian Literature</i> on this topic, and we invite article submissions by January 5<sup>th</sup>. See our CFP
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://canlit.ca/call-for-papers-for-a-special-issue-on-80-years-and-beyond-the-past-present-and-future-of-canadian-comics/__;!!KGKeukY!iFHTcw5UDCHJS7Pg-js6Q46lsQfm7le8yidtNiPadqUzkXnVNkQcSgKneyNeGdS6GE52k_9YxZGL$">
here.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hope to see many of you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Candida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Dr. Candida Rifkind (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Professor & UW SSHRC Leader | Department of English | University of Winnipeg<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I live and work on Treaty One Territory and the homeland of the
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