Event Details
Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph is excited to be hosting the 1st International Conference on Canadian Agri-Food & Rural Advisory, Extension, and Education (CAREE).
We are pleased to share this call for proposals and to invite your faculty to join us for this event.
This inaugural conference aims to strengthen Canada’s network of agricultural extension, advisory, and education initiatives and facilitate research, policy development, and curriculum renewal. We invite submissions from cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary, and global perspectives within agri-food & rural advisory, extension, and education. If you are a researcher, practitioner, policymaker, or leader in the farming community, we invite you to share your work with us. Your insights will contribute to strengthening agri-food & rural advisory & extension services, and education in Canada and internationally.
Key Dates
The submission deadline for proposals is May 31st, 2025.
Notification of Acceptance will be shared by June 15th, 2025.
Registration will open June 1st – September 7th, 2025.
The CAREE Conference will take place in Guelph (Canada) on October 29th – 31st, 2025.
Notification of Acceptance will be shared by June 15th, 2025.
Registration will open June 1st – September 7th, 2025.
The CAREE Conference will take place in Guelph (Canada) on October 29th – 31st, 2025.
The conference focuses on the following topics:
- Policy, Approaches, Trends and Evidence Based Action
- Digitalization and Responsible Use of AI in Advisory Services and Education
- Indigenous and Northern Development, Social Inclusion, and Well-being of Agricultural and Rural Communities
- Extension, Education, and Institutional Capacity for Driving Agri-Food Systems Transformation
- Extension and Advisory to Facilitate Entrepreneurship, Bio-Economy, Food Safety, Agro-Ecology, Animal Welfare, and Resilience to Climate Change
- Extension, Media, Rural and Risk Communication Services