This year’s annual CABA-ACAB conference will be held in beautiful Victoria, BC on November 5-8, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you to the Inn at Laurel Point in Victoria’s downtown inner harbour that will serve as our one-stop location for the entire conference and events. Stay tuned for more information as we prepare to launch our conference website. In the meantime, feel free to contact us with any questions or comments via email at caba2025victoria@gmail.com.
Your CABA-ACAB 2025 Conference Organizing Committee from the University of Victoria: Stephanie Calce, Ammie Kalan, Sarah-Louise Decrausaz, Marla MacKinnon, Alison Murray, & Helen Kurki
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors
Registration fees for CABA Regular Members, Student Members, Special Members, and Non-Members are listed below. Please note that Early Bird rates are available only until October 1, 2025, inclusive.
DAY PASSES* | fee until Oct. 1 | fee after Oct. 1 |
Student/Special member | $60 | $85 |
Regular/Non-member | $120 | $145 |
FULL CONFERENCE IN PERSON | fee until Oct. 1 | fee after Oct. 1 |
Student member | $120 | $145 |
Special member | $120 | $145 |
Regular member | $275 | $300 |
Non-member | $325 | $350 |
FULL CONFERENCE VIRTUAL | fee until Oct. 1 | fee after Oct. 1 |
Student member (virtual) | $80 | $100 |
Special member | $80 | $100 |
Regular member (virtual) | $200 | $225 |
Non-member (virtual) | $250 | $275 |
*All first-author podium and poster presenters are expected to register for the full conference even if they cannot attend every day. Only students registered for the full conference are eligible for the presentation awards.
The 52nd CABA-ACAB annual meeting will be held in Victoria, BC, at the Inn at Laurel Point, a lovely downtown hotel in the James Bay neighbourhood. The address is 680 Montreal Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 1Z8. The hotel website is https://www.laurelpoint.com/
Additional information about the conference venue and city can be found on the conference’s dedicated website: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/caba2025test1/.
Special group rates for rooms are available until Friday September 26th, and may be booked by following this link (https://reservations.travelclick.com/12209?groupID=4333084) or by calling 1-800-663-7667 or 250-386-8721. The special conference rate is $239/night. Please remember to quote the Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology to receive the group rate.
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The Scientific Program Committee is requesting proposals for symposia. To submit a proposal, please provide the following in a Word (or equivalent) or PDF document by email to caba2025victoria@gmail.com by Friday August 8th:
All symposium proposals will be evaluated by the CABA-ACAB 2025 Scientific Program Committee. Given the limited time slots available, it may not be possible to accept all proposals. Symposia will be judged on merits including the proposed length, the potential to bring together participants from multiple institutions and/or research groups, the scholarly interest of the theme tying the presentations together, and how interesting and useful they are likely to be to the attending CABA/ACAB membership at large. The Scientific Program Committee reserves the right to discuss format/length etc. with those submitting proposals. Symposia proposals are welcome in both official languages. Presenters in symposia are encouraged to consider delivering presentations in one language while having slides in the other or both languages.
If you have any questions, please email the committee at caba2025victoria@gmail.com.
The deadline for submission of a podium and poster presentation abstract is Tuesday, September 30th, 2025.
You must be a current CABA-ACAB member to present a paper or poster at the annual meeting. Please see the CABA-ACAB website for instructions on how to become or renew your membership.
To submit an abstract, please use the Online Registration and Submission System.
Please note that there is a limit of one sole- or first-authored presentation (both podium and poster) per person.
Abstracts are required for in-person and virtual podium presentations, and posters. Each abstract should explain the significance of the question investigated in the study, outline the materials and methods, and give details of the results of the analysis. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words in length. Please do not include tables, figures, graphs, or references in your abstract.
You may choose a podium or poster presentation and we will do our best to accommodate your preference. For a podium presentation, please indicate: (1) in-person OR (2) virtual (both 15 minutes). Online podium presentations will be possible via Zoom or a similar alternative platform, however, all poster presentations will be on site only. Submissions intended for inclusion in an approved symposium should select the symposium title on the form at the time of submission.
The Scientific Program Committee will review the abstracts. Every effort will be made to assign presentations to oral or poster sessions as requested, but we cannot guarantee this will always be possible. You will receive notification by email confirming acceptance of your abstract.
Students wishing to have their submissions considered for an award must submit their presentation to the organizing committee by Sunday October 26th, 2025. This requires submitting a PDF file of the PowerPoint slides for a podium presentation or PDF file of the poster to caba2025victoria@gmail.com
Questions regarding the submission of your abstract or the scientific program should be directed to the Scientific Program Committee at caba2025victoria@gmail.com.
Presentations are welcome in both official languages. Presenters are encouraged to consider delivering presentations in one language while having slides in the other or both languages.
Oral presentations are allotted 15 minutes each, including time for questions and discussion. As such, presentations should be approximately 10 to 12 minutes long, leaving roughly 3 to 5 minutes for questions and discussion. The session chairperson is responsible for ensuring that all podium presentations are within the predefined time limit.
Bring your presentation file on a USB device in the morning before presentations or during a break so that we can upload all presentations so to proceed in a timely manner when the session starts. This is also the time to check that your presentation formatting has not been altered as a result of compatibility issues. In advance, please scan your USB device for viruses. Do not bring your laptop to the podium.
All the audiovisual equipment required for your talk will be in the room, including a PC computer. If your presentation is prepared on a Mac, please test it on a PC to ensure compatibility. If you are embedding videos in your presentation, please contact the organizers in advance to ensure that they will play properly. If you have any special AV requirements, please contact the organizers in advance. Presenters who are online via Zoom will be integrated into the schedule and invited to present and share their screen at their scheduled times.
Posters may not exceed these maximum dimensions:
Height/Length: maximum of 122cm (~48 inches)
Width: maximum of 100cm (~39 inches)
Posters exceeding either of these dimensions will not fit properly on the poster boards used for their display.
The most commonly used poster size in our discipline is 122cm (height/length) by 91.5cm (width) (48″x36″). You are welcome to make your poster smaller than the maximum dimensions or most commonly used size but we recommend it be no smaller than 107cm (height/length) by 76cm (width) (42″x30″) in size.
Poster material should be presented in a clear and logical format. Keep text to a minimum and use graphs or tables to illustrate your message. Titles should be legible 2.5 metres away and viewers should be able to read the text from 1.5 metres distance. Subheading text should be at least 30 point font and regular text should be at least 24 point font, but larger sizes are encouraged.
Students are encouraged to enter their podium or poster presentation in the award competition.
Single- or multi-authored podium presentations and posters will be considered in the competition, granted the student’s contribution to the project was substantive and they are the first author. The award will go only to the student, not the faculty, and if multiple students were involved, the award will be split among multiple student authors. You must submit a PDF file of the PowerPoint slides for a paper or PDF file of the poster to caba2025victoria@gmail.com by Sunday October 26, to be considered for either award.
Follow this link for information about eligibility and the history of the student awards.
The 2025 meeting will include a free professional development luncheon for 60 in-person student member attendees. You must be a student member in good standing, and you must pre-register to attend. Spots are available on a first-come first-serve basis. There are only 60 of spots available. We cannot exceed this number.
Register for the luncheon when you complete your meeting registration. You will be asked to indicate your dietary preferences and restrictions.
Please do not sign up for the luncheon of you are unsure if you can attend.
A banquet dinner will be held the evening of Friday November 7th. There is a maximum of 180 spots available for the dinner banquet. There will be a door prize raffle with many lucky winners.
Tickets Prices
Student/Special Member: $75
Regular Member/Non-member/Guest: $120
To register for the 2025 CABA-ACAB Annual Meeting and purchase a banquet ticket, please do so via the online registration form. You may also purchase tickets for guest (individuals not attending the annual meeting) at the regular member price of $120. You will be asked to indicate your dietary preferences and restrictions. If you purchased a ticket for a guest indicate their dietary information too.
