General Announcements
Sessional/Stipendiary Report:
"The Sessional Situation: Sessional/Stipendiary Workers in Canadian Departments of English, 2009-11" is now available. Click here to view this report.
The June ACCUTE newsletter is now available for download. Click here for a PDF version.
Are you moving, or changing your institutional affiliation in September? Please remember to email the ACCUTE office with your updated affiliation and contact information.
Proposing Sessions for ACCUTE Conference 2011:
The deadline for proposals for member-organized sessions and joint association-organized sessions is August 15, 2010. Please consult the relevant sections of the website (under ACCUTE Conference) for information.
ACCUTE office information:
ACCUTE will continue to operate at the University of Toronto until approximately the middle of July and then will move to Concordia University (President Nicola Nixon, Secretary-Treasurer John Miller). Note that the email address will remain the same.
Travel Grants:
ACCUTE conference presenters are eligible for SSHRC travel grants that are disbursed through ACCUTE. Click here for the application form. Note that the application deadline is June 18, 2010. All applications MUST be received by that date.
An updated version of the membership directory is now available. This directory includes all ACCUTE members current as of May 1, 2010. There is also a list of members by specialty areas.
Interested in learning more about ACCUTE membership, becoming a
member, or renewing? Click here for information and the
membership form.
Welcome to ACCUTE
ACCUTE is a professional organization that represents faculty teaching English in Canadian universities and colleges, and students studying English at the graduate level.
Established in 1957, ACCUTE continues to be a powerful presence in our umbrella organization, the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS).
ACCUTE's ten-member executive consists of the President and the Secretary-Treasurer, the Past-President or President-Elect (in alternating years), three members-at-large, a sessional representative, and the the President of Graduate Student caucus, with the Editor of English Studies in Canada and the President of CACE (Canadian Association of Chairs of English) sitting ex officio. ACCUTE endeavours to represent on the executive a variety of institutions and different geographical regions.
“These days, organizations like ACCUTE are the public voice of our profession. But it was over twenty years ago, when I was employed on sessional contracts but nonetheless sitting as a member-at-large on the ACCUTE executive, that I first learned the political value of having a strong and unified professional voice. Please let our professional voice be heard both internally--where we work--and externally--where we live.”
Linda Hutcheon, Professor, University of Toronto and Past President, Modern Language Association
Our Mandate
To promote the interests of those teaching and studying English language and literatures in Canadian colleges and universities by facilitating the dissemination and exchange of research and the exploration of professional issues, by organizing scholarly and professional meetings, by seeking to improve working conditions, by representing the interests of members before provincial and federal decision-making bodies and by supporting the interests and aspirations of members of the profession.