Events Approved for RPS Credit: Fall 2026
The following events are approved for RPS Credit. Some events are offered both in-person and online, whereas others are in-person only or online only. Note that all events featured in the Linguist List are also approved for RPS Credit. For conferences, please remember to send your proof of registration along with your summary. Visit the RPS page for submission details.
Research Talks (also known as Colloquia)
SFU Linguistics
- Refer to the upcoming Colloquia event listings
- To attend via Zoom, contact lingcomm@sfu.ca for the link
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UBC Linguistics
- Refer to the upcoming Colloquia event listings
- Sign up for UBC Linguistics' Colloquium Mailing List
CSU Linguistics (Cleveland State University)
- 9:00am on November 6, 2026: Reflections: Structure Building in Syntax and Beyond with speaker Chris Collins
Graduate Student Defences and Presentations
- Refer to the upcoming MA and PhD event listings
- To attend via Zoom, contact lingcomm@sfu.ca for the link
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- Note that following the public presentation and question period (~45–60 mins), everyone except the Exam Committee will exit the session as closed deliberation takes place.
Conferences with Free Sessions for Students
Joint 2026 CEAH Symposium and TSSL Conference
- Hosted by Iowa State University: October 15–16, 2026. Online only. Find out more and register here.
- The Constructed Agents theme provides a forum for exploring how humans develop their understanding of AI agents from their exposure to representations of agents in literature and film. The conference explores how and to what extent representations of non-human sentient agents such as Frankenstein’s creature in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel and Hal in 2001 Space Odyssey may shape views of today’s language-using AI agents including those for language learning.
7th International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association
- Hosted by East Texas A&M University: November 5-7, 2026.
- Online only. Learn more and register here.
Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum 7
- Hosted by Ohio State University: November 6, 2026.
- Online only. Further details and registration.
2026 Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL)
- Hosted by California State University, Fresno: November 14-15, 2026.
- Online only. Learn more and register.
Learning Series
2026 Language Documentation Learning Series
- October 9 to December 4
- Free, 9-week learning series on language documentation
- Live sessions will take place on Zoom each Friday
- See their website to learn more