*CFP* "REFRAMING THE NATION: RACIALIZED & QUEER DIASPORIC WOMEN OF COLOUR AND QUEER INDIGENOUS CANADIAN INDEPENDENT WOMEN FILMMAKERS 1990-2020", EDITED COLLECTION

Reframing the Nation is the first critical film anthology from an intersectional Canadian context that is dedicated to a close engagement with impactful films produced by racialized diasporic, indigenous, and Queer BIPOC independent women filmmakers in Canada. This collection charts the cinematic visions and perspectives of first and second generation diasporic and indigenous filmmakers and Queer BIack, Indigenous, Women of Colour Canadian Independent Women Filmmakers working from 1990-2020. Works considered can be shorts or features that are independent Canadian productions. Independent films tend to reflect artistic practices that are rooted in personal, political, aesthetic, cultural, philosophical, and social justice concerns, they are typically arts council funded and/or co-produced with other agencies. A vital component of independent film is that the filmmaker maintains artistic/editorial control over their work. Comparative papers between Canadian productions and international productions are welcome.

Please Submit Abstracts (300 words) & short bio (125 words) up until April 15, 2021

Notification of acceptance: within three weeks of receipt of the abstract.

*CFP* "TOPICS AND THEMES IN CANADIAN SCIENCE FICTION", SPECIAL ISSUE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION

The academic journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, supported by the Science Fiction Foundation at the University of Liverpool, UK, invites contributions for a special issue on Canadian science fiction. The theme issue is guest edited by Heather Osborne (University of Calgary, Canada).

Canadian science fiction encompasses multiple traditions. Several Canadian science fiction writers have become internationally known, including those whose sf works are textured by distinctly Canadian settings. Indigenous and Francophone writers are contributing to the genre while bringing the voice of their communities to their work. Papers for Foundation's special issue may be about Canadian science fiction works in any medium: literature, film, and graphic novels.

*CFP* "THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NORTH: CANADIAN HORROR MEDIA", EDITED COLLECTION

Horror stories speak of our fears.  In doing so, horror stories also speak of our everyday, our “normal,” as this ordinariness is quickly thrown into disarray.  Things That Go Bump in the North will look at Canadian horror across media – from fiction, film, and television to games, graphic novels, and web series.  This edited collection considers what Canadian horror texts can tell us about Canadian culture, media, history, and politics.  Things That Go Bump in the North aims to see horror stories as stories about nation, as sites for critical reflection on the meanings and uses of “Canada” in this genre – and what we are terrified to lose, or perhaps keep.

This collection deliberately uses “Canadian” and of “horror” loosely in order to more fully explore the cultural work of horror stories.  By “Canadian,” we seek texts that are by, in, and/or about Canada or Canadians; “horror” includes inflections like the gothic and the grotesque, the silly and the supernatural.  We encourage diverse submissions from a range of critical approaches and research methods; we are particularly excited about work that addresses Indigenous, diasporic, and other underrepresented productions and perspectives.