ACCUTE Annual General Meeting 2025

Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 pm EDT George Brown College SJC-303

AGENDA

1. Land Acknowledgement (Jason Camlot)

2. In Memoriam: Dr. Judith Herz
   
3. Approval of Agenda

Motion: That the 2025 Agenda as circulated be approved.

4. Approval of the Minutes of the 2024 AGM (June 18, 2024)

Motion: That the Minutes of the 2024 AGM as circulated on the ACCUTE  website be approved.

1. Matters Arising from the Minutes

5. President’s Report (Jason Camlot, Concordia University)
   
   • Karine Morin, Federation President
     
6. ACCUTE 2026
   
7. Vice-President’s Report (Cynthia Quarrie, Concordia University)

8. Financial Report (Cynthia Quarrie, Concordia University)

Motion: That the Financial Report for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2024 as presented at the 2024 ACCUTE AGM be received.

9. Reappointment of Public Accountant (Cynthia Quarrie, Concordia University)

Motion: That Famme and Co. Professional Corporation be reappointed as Public

Accountant for 2025-26

10. Report of the Contract Academic Faculty Caucus (Megan Arnott, Lakehead University)

11. Report of the Graduate Student Caucus (Rajarshi Banerjee (Western University)

12. Report of the Creative Writing Collective Caucus (Adam Dickinson, Brock University)

1. Winners of the Graduate Student Creative Writing Contest

13. Report of the BIPOC Caucus (Chinelo Ezenwa, Memorial University)
    
    • BIPOC Caucus Award Winners
      
14. Report of the Colleges Representative (Jessi MacEachern, Dawson College)

15. Report of the Committee for Professional Concerns (Neta Gordon, Brock University)

16. Report of the F. E. L. Priestley Prize Committee (Lorraine York, McMaster University)
    
    • Winner of the Priestley Prize

17. Report of ESC: English Studies in Canada (Allan Pero, Western University)

18. Report of the Canadian Association of Chairs of English (Anna Guttman, Lakehead University)

19. Election of New Members of the Board of Directors
    
    • Coordinator, Creative Writing Collective
    • Graduate Student Representative
    • Member at large – BIPOC Caucus
    • Member at large – CPC Committee
    • Member at large Priestly Prize Chair, Lorraine York
    • Announcement of new President Canadian Association of Chairs of English, Joel Baetz, Trent University
      
20. Welcoming of the new ACCUTE Executive and 2025-26 Board

21. Other Business

22. Adjournment