The Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association (APPSA) was founded in 1973 and held its first conference at St. Francis Xavier University in 1975. APPSA has met every year since, making it the longest running continuous regional political science association in Canada.
Each year, a university in Atlantic Canada assumes the responsibility of organizing and hosting the annual conference. In 2026, the conference will be hosted by the Department of Political Science at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The conference will be held at CBU October 23-25.
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