ACCUTE CONFERENCE CANCELED, KEYNOTES TO BE STREAMED ONLINE

In response to the events that took place at McGill University on the evening of June 6, many of you have contacted the ACCUTE executive expressing your grave concerns about ACCUTE continuing to participate in the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences being held at McGill University. Many of you have already withdrawn from this year’s conference. The ACCUTE Board shares your concerns and no longer feels that holding any events on the McGill campus is viable. 

Given that the conference is scheduled to start next Wednesday, it is not logistically possible for us to seek an alternate venue or shift the entire conference online. So, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel all panels. We know that this decision will be disappointing to many, particularly those of you traveling to Montreal to attend our conference.

We are still planning to hold our two keynotes, by Caroline Levine and Erín Moure, as online events. We will confirm as soon as possible.

ACCUTE will, upon request, refund the Association registration fee. Graduate students and contract academic faculty members with non-refundable transportation costs will receive the travel subsidy they would have received if they’d attended the conference. Please submit requests for refunds of non-refundable travel by submitting the online form before June 21, 2024. 

Papers accepted for this year’s conference will be accepted for presentation at next year’s conference, which is scheduled to take place as part of the 2025 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at George Brown College. 

If you have any questions, please contact me at divison@lakeheadu.ca.

Again, we regret the decision to cancel  the vast majority of this year’s conference. We were unfortunately left with no viable alternative.

Yours,

Douglas Ivison

President, ACCUTE