Canada Student Journal Forum 2027 Call for Proposals now open
The 12th annual Student Journal Forum (SJF) Call for Proposals is now open until October 26th, 2026. The free, online event will take place February 16th to 19th, 2027. Join colleagues from across Canada for presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities focused on supporting and advancing student-led journals. We invite proposals for 10-minute presentations in English or French. Read on for presentation topics, inspiration, and submission details.
The 12th annual Student Journal Forum welcomes participants of all backgrounds, with a specific focus on post-secondary students in Canada who are involved with or contemplating the creation of a student journal, or those seeking to connect with others involved in the student journal publishing community.
This free, online event will take place February 16th to 19th, 2027.
Topics and inspiration
We invite proposals for 10 minute presentations in English or French. We particularly encourage students to share their experiences, challenges, and insights. Some suggested presentation topics include:
- Starting a new journal
- Attracting author submissions
- Recruiting and training peer reviewers
- Managing technical processes (e.g., producing galley files, publishing platforms, copyediting)
- Promoting your journal
- Equity and inclusion in journal publishing
- Following ethical publishing practices
- Enhancing discoverability for your journal, including applying for inclusion in the DOAJ and other indexes
- Changing your journal’s practices (e.g., peer review or editing) and an assessment of the outcomes
- Publishing non-traditional, multimedia, or multi-modal content
- Partnerships, such as working with faculty, other campus groups, or community organisations
- The author experience of submitting to/publishing with a student journal
You are welcome to propose your own topic. For inspiration, you can find a list of previous SJF presentations on the previous forum event pages.
Good news! As many past student journal presenters have used PKP’s Open Journal Systems (OJS) as their journal platforms, we have now moved the SJF website to OJS, hosted by the University of Waterloo.
To submit a proposal, head over to the new SJF website’s Submission page and review the short Submission Preparation Checklist and instructions. You can submit your proposal in English or French.
SJF 2027 Supporters
The Student Journal Forum 2027 is brought to you by:
- Carleton University
- Coalition Publica
- Érudit
- Mount Royal University
- Scholars Portal
- Public Knowledge Project
- University of Alberta Library
- University of Calgary
- University of Regina
- University of Toronto Libraries
- University of Waterloo Libraries
- Western University Canada
