On the Cultures of Children and Youth
Past Events
Youngsters 2019
ARCYP hosted its second interdisciplinary conference, Youngsters 2: On the Cultures of Children and Youth, on May 9-12, 2019 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. Youngsters 2 brought together dynamic theoretical and methodological perspectives to current trends in child and youth studies, specifically with a focus on the conference themes of: queer and trans childhoods; Indigenous youth; Black girlhood; youth activism; and community-oriented collaborative research. The cross-Canada organizers aimed to provide an exciting venue for networking, research development, and dialogue between foundational scholars, emerging researchers, authors, creative artists, students, and community activists around the challenging issues that affect the lives of young people.
Youngsters 2016
On October 20–22, 2016, ARCYP hosted the inaugural international conference, Youngsters: On the Cultures of Children and Youth at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. The first conference of its kind in North America, Youngsters 2016 was created to explore the intersections between childhood and youth studies as interdisciplinary fields of scholarship and community engagement. Drawing together internationally renowned researchers from across the social sciences and humanities, with child- and youth-engaged artists, community groups, and students, Youngsters 2016 offered new sightlines from which to see connections and establish future directions for our work.
Research Symposiums
Symposium 2022
ARCYP hosted its fourth interdisciplinary research symposium Snapshot Symposium: On Children’s Texts and Material Cultures, on April 9, 2021 via zoom through Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. The event was focused on ‘Video Games + Young people’s Digital Cultures’ and took place online. Hosted by the University of Calgary, the symposium featured Keynotes by Kristopher Alexander (Toronto Metropolitan), Negin Dahya (University of Toronto) and TreaAndrea Russworm (UMass Amherst), alongside graduate student panels that focused on the various intersections between digital media texts and technologies on the study of the material cultures of childhood and youth.
Symposium 2021
ARCYP hosted its third interdisciplinary research symposium Snapshot Symposium: On Children’s Texts and Material Cultures, on April 9, 2021 via zoom through Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. The symposium brought together dynamic theoretical and methodological perspectives to material culture in child and youth studies. The cross-Canada organizers aimed to provide an exciting venue for networking, research development, and dialogue between foundational scholars, emerging researchers, authors, students, around the challenging issues that affect the lives of young people.
Symposium 2020
The second Research Snapshots Symposium was held at Ryerson University on March 6, 2020. The theme for the event was Children’s Texts and Material Cultures. This symposium included presentations by leading scholars in the field of young people’s cultures, and provided opportunities for graduate students and recent grads to workshop and receive feedback on their research.
Symposium 2018
ARCYP held its first research symposium at Ryerson University on March 9, 2018, with the theme: Remix, Reconcile, Remediate, Represent. The symposium included presentations by leading scholars in the field of young people’s cultures, and provided opportunities for graduate students and recent grads to workshop and receive feedback on their research.