The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) promotes the study of English language, literatures, and other cultural material in a global context in Canadian colleges and universities. ACCUTE was founded in 1957 and held the first annual conference in 1958.
ACCUTE Membership includes access to the annual conference, travel support for students, contract faculty and underwaged scholars, and a subscription to the scholarly journal ESC: English Studies in Canada.
ACCUTE continues to seek ways to support member communication and engagement. Our quarterly newsletter, The Angle, is a member-driven publication that stimulates discussion and showcases creative work from both established and emerging writers. The Annual General Meeting of 2021 saw the passing of the ACCUTE Equity Statement, the establishment of the Creative Writing Collective, and an updating of the ACCUTE Bylaws. In 2023, ACCUTE elected a new Member-at-Large to represent the BIPOC caucus.
ACCUTE’s annual conference features nationally and internationally recognized scholars and students from a range of periods, topics, and methodologies of English studies. Our programs include sessions on professional and pedagogical concerns, as well as joint sessions with other scholarly associations. This conference takes place at the annual meeting of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences and includes close to 100 scholarly and professional associations.
ACCUTE 2026
Concordia University, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)
4 – 7 June 2026
ACCUTE 2026 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS NOW OPEN
Deadline 15 December 2025. EXTENDED! JANUARY 15TH, 2026!
ACCUTE is excited to continue the initiative that we launched in 2025 of including workshops on the annual ACCUTE conference program. The workshop format was well received by all members. Workshops enrich and diversify the way knowledge is shared at our annual conference.
Workshops are intensive introductions to specific methods, techniques, practices, processes, protocols, software tools, as well as creative, critical, or theoretical approaches to the study of literature and the wider contexts to which the skills of literary study may be relevant.
Some areas we imagine will be of interest to our members include (but are by no means limited to) workshops concerning:
- Teaching, pedagogy, and course design
- Professionalization within and beyond the academic profession
- Writing in scholarly forms and formats
- Creative practices
- Research methods and tools
- Data management
- Research proposal and grant writing
- Scholarly publication
- Research project design
Workshops will be held within a regular 1.5 hr slot of the conference program.
Proposals for workshops should include the following (in a document of maximum 500 words):
- A workshop title
- A workshop description, explaining the overarching area and rationale of the workshop, the activities that will be pursued, and the skills participants will learn
- Maximum of participants who may register for the workshop
- Names, emails, affiliations, bios (50 words) of all workshop leaders, including a clear statement of the credentials of the organizers in leading the proposed workshop
- A short abstract summarizing the workshop (100 words)
- Three keywords relevant to the subject of the workshop
- Indication of any special room set-up requirements, materials, AV requests, accessibility needs, or any other information the workshop organizers/leaders feel they will need in order to run the proposed workshop.
Make sure your ACCUTE membership is active: https://accute.ca/membership/
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, email us at info.accute@gmail.com.
Department of English, Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8
Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtià:ke/Montréal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.
To learn more about Concordia’s territorial acknowledgment, please click here.
Internal Links
- Read The Angle and past editions of our newsletter in the archive, with over 25 years of ACCUTE history. To submit to The Angle, please read our Submission Guidelines.
- Review the ACCUTE Equity Statement.
- Explore our calls for papers, job advertisements, and much more in our blog, English Matters.
- Learn about the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Get to know ACCUTE 2025 presenters and their research with our #PresentingACCUTE interview series.
- Join ACCUTE today!
Contact
Please email ACCUTE at info.accute@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and submissions queries.
ACCUTE 2025 is generously sponsored by
Athabasca University Press – Gold Sponsor
University of Alberta Press – Gold Sponsor
Wilfrid Laurier University Press – Gold Sponsor
McGill-Queen’s University Press – Gold Sponsor
Wolsak & Wynn – Silver Sponsor
Inanna Publications & Education, Inc. – Silver Sponsor
Queen’s University – Silver Sponsor
Literary Review of Canada – Silver Sponsor
University of Calgary Press – Silver Sponsor
Playwrights Canada Press – Bronze Sponsor
Studies in Canadian Literature – Bronze Sponsor
University of Mississippi – Bronze Sponsor
University of Toronto Press – Bronze Sponsor
University of Northern British Columbia – Bronze Sponsor
McMaster University – Bronze Sponsor
Coach House Books – Bronze Sponsor
