The annual Student Journal Forum 2022 was held virtually on February 23-24, 2022.
Now in its 7th year, this Canada-wide online event is open to everyone but is targeted at post-secondary students in Canada who are involved with or considering starting a student journal.
Slides and recordings from select presentations are linked from the Program below. Slides from past Forums are also available.
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Session Type & Theme | Session title & presenting journal |
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9:45am PST 10:45am MST 11:45am CST 12:45pm EST |
Forum opening/Welcome | |
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10-10:30am PST 11-11:30am MST 12-12:30pm CST 1-1:30pm EST |
Lightning Talks: Journal Growth |
"Strategies for Strengthening Author-Editor Dialogue Within a Collaborative Editorial Process" - Flux: International Relations Review "Maintaining a Student-Run Journal Past Graduation" - Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology |
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10:30-11:30am PST 11:30-12:30pm MST 12:30-1:30pm CST 1:30-2:30pm EST |
Panel: Art |
"A Bridge between Two Worlds: Running a Mixed Media Journal" - tba; Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture [session slides] "Art and Writing on the Prairies" - in medias res "How to Maintain an Inter-Departmental Ethos" - Intonations |
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11:30- 12pm PST 12:30-1pm MST 1:30-2pm CST 2:30-3pm EST |
Break | |
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12-12:40pm PST 1-1:40pm MST 2-2:40pm CST 3-3:40pm EST |
Presentation: Equity in Publishing |
"Mindful Management: Crisis-Informed Approaches to Journal Management" - re:Locations: Journal of the Asia-Pacific World |
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12:40-1:20pm PST 1:40-2:20pm MST 2:40-3:20pm CST 3:40-4:20pm EST |
Presentation: Journal Management | "Collaboration, Innovation, and Growth: Managing a Cross-Institutional Journal" - Health Science Inquiry |
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1:20-1:30pm PST 2:20-2:30pm MST 3:20-3:30pm CST 4:20-4:30pm EST |
Break | |
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1:30-2pm PST 2:30-3pm MST 3:30-4pm CST 4:30-5pm EST |
Networking for journal editors |
Whether you’re a brand new journal editor with lots of questions This session is some open time for you to come and meet other editorial teams |
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2-2:15pm PST 3-3:15pm MST 4-4:15pm CST 5-5:15pm EST |
Break | |
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2:15-2:50pm PST 3:15-3:50pm MST 4:15-4:50pm CST 5:15-5:50pm EST |
Lightning Talks: New Journals |
"Publishing in a Pandemic: Navigating editorial hurdles during COVID-19" - UofT Journal of Public Health "Leveraging Campus Resources to Strengthen Student Submissions" - Journal of Undergraduate Health Research "Establishing a Health Sciences Undergraduate Journal" - SFU Health Sciences Undergraduate Journal |
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2:50-3:30pm PST 3:50-4:30pm MST 4:50-5:30pm CST 5:50-6:30pm EST |
Presentation: Decolonizing academic journals and their processes |
"Community-building processes: Becoming TIJIH" - Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health |
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3:30pm PST 4:30pm MST 5:30pm CST 6:30pm EST |
Day 1 Closing Remarks Gift Card Draws (for Presenters) |
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Time |
Session Type & Theme | Session title & presenting journal |
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9:45am PST 10:45am MST 11:45am CST 12:45pm EST |
Welcome Day 2 | |
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10-10:40am PST 11-11:40am MST 12-12:40pm CST 1-1:40pm EST
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Presentation: Journal management | "Accomplishments and challenges of a student-led journal in Education: From finding reviewers to joining the DOAJ" - Simon Fraser University Educational Review |
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10:40-11:30pm PST 11:40-12:30pm MST 12:40-1:30pm CST 1:40-2:30pm EST |
Lightning Talks: Journal Growth |
"Modernizing Undergraduate Academia to a New Level of Professionalism in Healthcare: Operationalizing Virtual Mediums" - The Meducator "Journal Recovery after COVID-19" - Western Undergraduate Research Journal of Health and Natural Sciences "Pathfinder: Exploring New Roads" - Pathfinder [session slides] "An overview of University of Toronto Medical Journal’s Editorial Process and New Initiatives" - University of Toronto Medical Journal |
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11:30-12pm PST 12:30-1pm MST 1:30-2pm CST 2:30-3pm EST |
Break | |
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12-12:40pm PST 1-1:40pm MST 2-2:40pm CST 3-3:40pm EST |
Presentation: Journal management | "Training Undergraduate Journal Editors: COVID-19 Edition" - Spectrum |
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12:40-1:20pm PST 1:40-2:20pm MST 2:40-3:20pm CST 3:40-4:20pm EST |
Presentation / Roundtable: Equity in publishing | "Addressing epistemic injustice and violence as a form of social justice" - Gadfly |
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1:20-1:30pm PST 2:20-2:30pm MST 3:20-3:30pm CST 4:20-4:30pm EST |
Break | |
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1:30-2:20pm PST 2:30-3:20pm MST 3:30-4:20pm CST 4:30-5:20pm EST |
Presentation: Journal growth |
"Ensuring Journal Sustainability" - Caribbean Quilt |
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2:20-3pm PST 3:20-4pm CST 4:20-5pm CST 5:20-6pm EST |
Lightning Talks: New Journals |
"A Year in the Life of McGill GLSA Research Series: From the Graduate Law Conference to the First Journal Edition" - McGill GLSA Research Series "Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Publication" - Crossings |
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3pm PST 4pm CST 5pm CST 6pm EST |
Day 2 Closing Remarks Gift Card Draws (for Presenters) |
Join the listserv for student journal editors in Canada to receive news and updates about the Student Journal Forum 2022 and other pre-Forum events for editors. You can also initiate a discussion and make connections with fellow editors via the listserv.
Subscribe to the listserv or contact Mariya Maistrovskaya, Co-Chair of the SJF forum at mariya.maistrovskaya@utoronto.ca to be added.
The SJF has previously been hosted annually in person by U of T Libraries. This year, the SJF is taking place remotely and is jointly organized by Carleton University, McMaster University Library, Simon Fraser University Library, University of Alberta Library, University of British Columbia Library, University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto Libraries, and Western University.
Student Journal Forum 2022 is sponsored by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). PKP is a not-for-profit organization behind the world's widest used open source journal publishing software - Open Journal Systems (OJS). Many student journals use OJS provided by their institutions.
Questions about the event? Contact Mariya Maistrovskaya (University of Toronto) or Sarah Severson (University of Alberta), Co-Chairs of the SJF 2022 organizing committee.
