Mediating the Moment
A(n Interdisciplinary) Conversation
Thursday and Friday May 1-2, 2025, 9:00 am –5:00 pm at the University of Calgary.
As humanities scholars we work and learn together to solve big, wicked, and messy social problems. The goal of this conference is to gather together and hold interdisciplinary conversations that unite rather than divide, on research areas loosely related to communications. We welcome visual submissions, traditional paper presentations, research-creation projects, community-based research projects, and curator-hosted short films.
Funded By
University of Calgary funding distributed by Department of Communication, Media and Film (CMF) and the department’s graduate program. Additional funding contributed by the CMF Departmental Graduate Association.
News
- Thank you for attending!
Thank you for your part in making Mediating the Moment a successful conference! It was a pleasure to have attendees from across Canada, with the addition of a presenter from the United States, covering a broad range of communications topics from film, to journalism, to health studies and beyond.
Mediating the Moment Conference images photographed by Blake Evernden. ↑ 
Mediating the Moment Conference images photographed by Menna Elzairy. ↑ - Program, Abstract + Introductions
Mediating The Moment Program
Mediating The Moment Abstracts
We invite presenters to leave a quick comment introducing themselves!
Please visit the blog link below to see introductions and provide your own.
- Keynote Selected for Mediating the Moment
Keynote Selected for Mediating the Moment
The UCalgary Dept. of CMF Grad Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce Brooks DeCillia as the keynote speaker for the Mediating the Moment Conference. More details about keynote presentation and speaking time coming soon!
About Brooks DeCillia
Source: Mount Royal University Faculty and Staff Bio
“Dr. Brooks DeCillia is an assistant professor in Mount Royal University’s School of Communication Studies. He is a longtime journalist and public broadcaster. For more than a decade, Brooks was a national reporter with CBC News, first in Saskatchewan and then in Alberta. His reports regularly aired on CBC Television’s The National and CBC Radio One programs, including the World at Six and World Report. Brooks covered stories across Canada, South Asia, Europe and the United States, and was embedded with Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. After working in network news, Brooks became the executive producer of CBC News in Calgary.
Brooks read political communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as a Chevening Scholar, obtaining a Masters of Science. In December 2017, Brooks completed his PhD at the LSE. His research findings about the media coverage of Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan were published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Brooks researches public opinion and nexus of journalism and political communication. His work explores misinformation, disinformation and fact-checking. He has also published research about public opinion about renewable energy.
Brooks likes to ski, bike and take photos.”
