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4th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference Vancouver, Canada 29-30 April 2016 AGENTS OF CHANGE: ADDRESSING WEIGHT STIGMA THROUGH ACTIVISM, EDUCATION, AND POLICY The Weight Stigma Conference is an inter-disciplinary event that brings together scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds (e.g., psychology, medicine, public health, allied health professions, education, sports and exercise science, social sciences, media studies, business, public policy, law) to consider research, policy, rhetoric, and practice around the issue of weight stigma. Despite the growth of weight stigma scholarship, weight-based oppression continues to be dominant within society, where thinness is privileged and fatness is oppressed. Given the harmful psychological and physiological consequences of weight stigma, exploring ways to change cultural attitudes and beliefs about body size is, therefore, evermore important. This year’s theme focuses on efforts, opportunities, and ideas for addressing weight stigma through activism, education, and policy. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are now accepting abstracts for oral presentations and posters, as well as session proposals including brief symposia, round tables, debates, and workshops. We are also interested in non-traditional submissions (e.g. media, performance, art). For more information about the conference, please visit: stigmaconference.com Submission deadlines: Session proposal 31st January; Oral presentations 14th February; Posters 31st March. More info at stigmaconference.com/abstract-submission