QARS 2026
Exploring Thruth(s) with Qualitative Research Methods
Date: November 26 - 27, 2026
Venue: 快播视频 (Keele Campus)
Hotel: 聽(cost per night TBA)
Last Day to Book: TBA (October 2026)
This theme will be explored by the wonderful members of our panel (tentative) including Darlene Himick (University of Ottawa), Yves Gendron (Laval University), Anna Samsonova-Taddei (HEC Montreal) and Nelson Due帽as (University of Ottawa). The Panel鈥檚 Moderator will be Claire Deng (Toronto Metropolitan University).
Emerging Scholars Colloquium 2026
Date:聽November 25, 2026
The ESC will provide emerging scholars with an opportunity to present and discuss their research projects with senior qualitative researchers within a relatively informal atmosphere.
The 2026 Symposium is co-organized by the University of Guelph, 快播视频, and Algoma University. We are grateful to our sponsors, including the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, the Department of Management at the University of Guelph, the School of Administrative Studies at 快播视频, and the Faculty of Business & Economics at Algoma University.
Keynote Speaker: Darlene Himick (University of Ottawa)
Darlene Himick is a full professor at the University of Ottawa and holds the Father Edgar Thivierge Professorship in Financial Inclusion. Her research examines how contemporary and historical financial systems shift risk and responsibility onto individuals across a range of social and economic domains. She studies how financial practices are constructed, governed, and communicated, with work spanning retirement systems, financial vulnerability, and the fossil fuel divestment movement. Her current research examines emerging forms of financial communication, including online finfluencers and youth financial literacy.
Her research has been published in Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, and Journal of Management Studies, among others. She serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals and is an Associate Editor at Critical Perspectives on Accounting.
