Day 1
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Welcome & Introductions (Augie Faller & Zara Anwarzai)
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM
William Paris (University of Toronto)
"The Normativity of Social Ontology"
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Benjamin Kellogg (Georgia State University)
“Marx’s Social Ontology and Moral Abolitionism�
01:35 PM - 02:15 PM
Victor Babin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
“Is Transgenerational Social Action Feasible?: The Case of Climate Justice�
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Ying Huang (Union College)
“From Diagonal to Co-Production Social Ontology and Community Theoretical Labor�
03:35 PM - 05:30 PM
Roundtable: What’s the relationship between theorizing and organizing?
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Workshop reception
Open to all workshop speakers, organizers, and registered participants. To take place at a nearby brewery. Appetizers and shared plates will be provided.
Day 2
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Grégoire René (McGill University)
“Easy Ontology, Ideology Critique, and Feminist Metaphysics� (Zoom - register for Zoom link)
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM
Lauren Wong (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
“No Pressure: Defending Pragmatic Metaphysics Against Deflationism Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Raceâ€� (Zoom)
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
Yiqun Chen (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ)
“Collective Responsibility without Intentionally Attributable Subjects�
01:50 PM - 02:30 PM
Alison Air (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ)
“Ameliorating Psychiatric Injustice in Dissociative Identity Disorder�
02:30 PM - 03:10 PM
Jennifer Wang (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ)
"Social Roles, Ritual (L� 禮 ), and Personhood"
03:25 PM - 04:05 PM
Katrina Haaksma (Indiana University/Aarhus University)
“Modelling Social Affordances in Gender Conferrals�
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Roundtable: What’s the future of social ontology?
Important Dates
Call for papers available/abstract submission opens: January 28, 2026
Deadline for abstract submission: June 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2026
(delayed from original notification date of July 15th)
Workshop dates: October 30-31, 2026
Location
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515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Workshop Organizers
This workshop is sponsored by the .