Location: Movement Room
Abstract
Many Canadian theatre studies institutions – including CATR itself, and Canadian Theatre Review – are marking their 50th anniversaries, and the fields of publishing and media are transforming rapidly in our era. The time seems ripe to take a step back and ask: How are the existing Canadian theatre journals sitting within our field and the broader academic publishing landscape? What is the relationship between these journals and other forms of publishing about and of Canadian theatre? Looking forward to the next 50 years, how can publishing best support the field of Canadian theatre studies and set it up for success? What are our priorities, as a research community, for journal publishing around questions such as open access, print/digital forms, peer review, bilingualism, and engagement with the theatre profession? In this seminar we (Karen Fricker, Nicole Nolette, and Kim Solga) hope to convene the whole conference to exchange around these questions. The session extends a conversation that the organizers began on Zoom in September 2025, and we are organizing the session in conversation with editors and members of the editorial boards of Canada-based theatre journals.
Biography
Karen Fricker is adjunct professor of Dramatic Arts at Brock University and editorial director of Intermission Magazine. She is co-leader of numerous projects around equitable theatre criticism including the free online course Youareacritic.com; her other research interests include contemporary circus and the Eurovision Song Contest.