Registration opens January 2025.
The early bird deadline is March 20, 2025.
If you identify as a Black or Indigenous Student, contact your association to receive a link instead of registering using the link to the Registration form on our website.
If you are registering by using this special link and you wish to go to more than one conference, please register for the association whose link you’ve received only, and inform congress@federationhss.ca what other association conferences you would like to attend so we may add it to your registration.
Here is a step-by-step guide to registration:
To register for Congress 2025, please go to the following link and click “Register”. Click on “Start a new 2025 Registration”.
Note: If you plan on registering with the Black or Indigenous Student fee, please contact your association to get a special link. Use that link to follow the instructions below.
Page 1: You will be asked to provide your email address (must be unique) and select your Congress registrant type. If you have registered or logged into this system before, you will be asked to enter your password on a log in page. Otherwise, you will be asked to create a password to allow you to return and modify your registration.
Page 2: You will be asked to select which association conference you are attending. If you plan to attend more than one association conference, you will have the opportunity to select more than one.
Page 3: You will be asked whether you are a member of the association(s) you selected.
Page 4: Based on your Congress registrant type and your membership status to the association(s) you have selected, you will be provided with your total conference fees. Your association may offer additional options such as pre-conference workshops or other events for purchase.
Page 5: Provide all your contact details.
Page 6: Provide more details on your participation at Congress, set your terms and conditions and accept the Code of Conduct and the Virtual Events Terms and Conditions of Use.
Page 7 (optional): If you indicated that you have accessibility needs, please provide more details here.
Page 7/8: If you would like to register more people, you can click on “Add another attendee” and start the process over for them. This will enable you to pay for more than one registrant in one single transaction. If you just want to register one person, click “Continue”.
Page 8/9: Review your selections and registrant details and check the terms and conditions surrounding cancellations. Add your credit card information and click “Make Payment.”
Page 9/10: Your registration has now been confirmed! An email with your confirmation has also been sent to you.
- If you have followed all of these steps and are still having issues, make sure that all of the fields with a red star (*) are filled.
- If you are having trouble on the payment page, ensure that in the billing address, you have selected your Country before your Province. When you fill in Province first, it may go blank, which may cause your Credit Card to be declined.
- If your card has been declined and you do not know why, please contact your bank.
Before connecting with us, please complete the following steps:
- Ensure that all required fields on the form, marked with a red asterick (*), are filled in. You must provide a response to these fields to proceed to the next page of the form and to complete and submit your form.
- Make sure that credit card payment information is entered correctly. If you receive an error, verify with your bank whether your card allows online payments.
- Check that JavaScript is enabled on your web browser and that your browser is up-to-date. It is recommended that you use Google Chrome for the best user experience.
If you are still experiencing issues, contact congress@federationhss.ca.
You can find all the Registration Types and their definitions here. Select the registration type with which you most identify.
Note: If you identify as a Black or Indigenous Student, contact your association to receive a link instead of registering using the fee categories above.
If you plan on going to more than one association conference, you only need to pay the Congress fee once. You can see all of the association conference fees by Registration Type here.
Congress registration fees are broken down into two components – the Congress fees and the association conference fees. Both fees are mandatory to attend association conferences. The association conference fee covers access to that specific association conference.
The association conference fee is not your membership fee to the association. To become a member of your association, please contact them directly.
Note: If you identify as a Black or Indigenous Student, contact your association to receive a link instead of registering using the fee categories above.
If you have registered for any event organized by the Federation since 2019, you can use your email address and password associated with your profile you provided the last time you registered for an event or completed a form. If you’ve forgotten your password, select the “reset password” link and you’ll receive an email to reset your password. Please check your junk/spam/quarantine folder for your reset password email.
You will receive an email from the registration system with a link to return to your “incomplete registration form”. Be sure to check your junk/spam/quarantine folders if you don't receive it shortly.
If you haven’t received this email, return to the Congress 2025 registration system and click "modify your existing 2025 registration" to return to your incomplete registration.
Go to the Register page, click the Register button, then once redirected click “Modify your existing registration” or click on the link in your confirmation email. Enter your email address (username) and the password you created to access your registration, and then make the necessary changes or additions.
Go to the Register page, click the Register button, then once redirected click “ Modify your existing registration”. Enter your username and password to access your account, and then click on “Refund request” from the navigation bar.
We accept cancellations up until April 22, 2025, subject to a $60 administration fee. Unfortunately, no refunds are possible after this date.
Visa, Visa Debit, MasterCard, MasterCard Debit and AMEX credits cards are all acceptable online payment methods.
An automated receipt is available on the Confirmation page of your registration (final page after payment). A link to your receipt is also emailed to you automatically once your registration is confirmed.
If you require specific information on your receipt for reimbursement that is not on the automated receipt, inform congress@federationhss.ca.
No, you do not need to be a member of an association to attend an association conference at Congress, but you will need to pay their conference fee. The association conference fees are generally higher for non-members. If you wish to become a member, you should contact the association prior to registering.
The Congress registration confirmation email, which attendees receive from the Federation, is automatically generated and does not represent an invitation to attend Congress for visa purposes. The Federation does not issue letters of invitation and cannot assist with this process. You can use the following code as part of your visa application process: 25CMUF. Attendees should contact their association to request a letter of invitation to participate in their conference.
Use this link to sign into your registration. Once signed in, you can make changes to your profile. You can also add more association conferences to your registration.
If you are adding an association, you will be asked to pay for the additional association conference fees. Please note that the payment page will show the total you will have spent on registration, but it will not charge you the total twice. It will only charge you for what you have added.
Modifications that would lead to a refund such as a change in membership status for your association or a removal of an association conference must be sent to congress@federationhss.ca so that we may process your refund.
Note: To cancel your registration, please email congress@federationhss.ca as you cannot do so through the form.
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is Canada’s largest gathering of academics, and one of the largest in the world. It’s a place to hold critical conversations of our time, hear from a diverse set of voices, share findings, refine ideas, and build partnerships to help share the Canada of tomorrow.
Go to the About Congress page to learn more.
Congress 2025 will be held at George Brown College from May 30 to June 6, 2025.
The Congress 2025 theme is Reframing Togetherness.
Congress 2025 will take place in person, with some virtual components.
Visit the Igniting Change page and read the Federation Action Plan for more information. Updates on how we’re making Congress more accessible can be found on the Accessibility page. You can also read our website accessibility statement.
Participating associations will be listed on the Association conferences page.
Future Congress hosts and locations will be announced soon.
Check out the Resource hub or the Blog to rediscover the research presented at past Congresses.
If you are interested in supporting this year’s Congress, feel free to contact us at sponsorship@federationhss.ca. Our team is excited to connect with you to customize an option that works best for you!
We work actively to foster a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive global community of scholars and practitioners, and are therefore dedicated to the creation of a safe, respectful, and collegial experience for all attendees of Congress.
Yes, your information is secure.
Cyberbullying is real, and seven per cent of Canadians experience it personally, according to Statistics Canada. If you are the victim of online harassment or bullying, there are resources available to you, and Congress organizers encourage you to use them. See the Royal Canadian Mounted Police website resources or the Government of Canada site on How to prevent cyberbullying.
To present at Congress, please approach your scholarly association and inquire directly about their call-for-papers process. Browse the list of associations participating in Congress.
Visit Information for presenters for tips to make your presentation more accessible. (coming spring 2025)
You can also reach out to your association’s Program Chair for assistance.
Yes, the payment of both the Congress fee and the association conference fee is mandatory for all attendees including presenter, speakers, panelists, organizers, and those moderating/chairing or attending a session. Read more about the Congress fees.
Yes, three programs are available. See the Funding page.
You can find your association’s program from the Associations conference page. Select your association to find details about your association’s conference, including call-for-paper deadlines, conference programs, conference organizers and open events. Draft and final versions of programs will be posted there as they become available in spring of 2025.
The calendar of open events lists all open programming, including the Big Thinking series, and associations’ open sessions. You can attend these events, regardless of your registration category.
Here’s a list of calendar features:
- Events are listed in chronological order from today’s date. You can control whether 10, 50, 100 or all events are listed per page.
- For a simple search, type in a keyword such as a speaker’s name or date.
- To narrow search results, filter by series or theme, language or host association.
- When you have entered all of your search criteria, click “Search” to see the results.
- Click “Reset” to clear your search criteria or to begin a new search.
- You can click on the event title or host organization to learn more about each.
You can attend all open Congress programming regardless of your registration category. These events are listed in the calendar of open events. If you’ve paid to attend an association conference, you also have access to this association’s sessions. Find out more about categories of registration.
All the events listed in the calendar of open events are open to the public. Members of the public must purchase a community pass to access Congress open events. Find out more about categories of registration.
Learn more about Congress registration fees on the Register page.
The Congress fees and association conference fees vary depending on your registration category (regular, retired, student, unwaged, etc.) and the date upon which you register.
To receive the best discount, register with the early bird rate before March 20, 2025.
The general Congress fee covers access to open events including Federation programming (Big Thinking, Career Corner, etc.), as well as association events, sponsored events, and exhibitor events. The association conference fee covers access to that specific association conference.
Review the descriptions of the Congress fees and the association conference fees.
For 2025, we are offering complimentary access for Black and Indigenous students. If you are attending an association conference at Congress and are a student who self-identifies as Black or Indigenous, your Congress fee is waived. Contact your association for your unique registration link.
Please note, a complimentary Congress fee does not waive your association conference fee. Check with your association to see if they are waiving your association conference fee or offering a fee discount.
If you are purchasing a community pass to attend open events only and you self-identify as Black or Indigenous, your community pass is complimentary.
Questions? Contact congress@federationhss.ca.
Yes. The association conference fee is not your membership fee.
All attendees are required to pay the association’s conference fee to attend or participate at Congress. The association conference fees are collected by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences on behalf of the associations for Congress.
Membership fees are paid directly to your association. For information about your association’s membership, contact your association directly.