Back in 2001, Simon Gikandi in “Globalization and the Claims of Postcoloniality” discussed the unfortunate case of two dead Guinean boys whose bodies were found in the cargo hold of a plane, stowed away in the bowels of slave ships. The unnamed boys were desperate to go to […]
Deadline: 12 September 2025 Dear ACCUTE Members, As I noted in my last email, we are pleased to announce that the 2026 ACCUTE annual conference will be held at Concordia University in Montreal, 4-7 June 2026. Please mark those dates in your calendar! I am writing now to share […]
Deadline for manuscript submissions: December 15, 2025 Over the past century, Canadian children’s literature has transformed from an extension of British imperial ideology into a complex and contested site of cultural production. Rooted in settler-colonial narratives and shaped by the influences of British and American markets, early children’s […]
Dear ACCUTE Members, I hope you are having a restful, creative, productive (if that’s a summer goal!), and fun summer so far. I am writing with a short message to say we are pleased to announce that the 2026 ACCUTE annual conference will be held at Concordia University in […]
Deadline: August 15, 2025 (Pacific Time) Submission length: 7,000-8,000 words (including works cited and notes) in either English or French Guest Editors: Zishad Lak (Trent University), Cheryl Lousley (Lakehead University), Paul Barrett (University of Guelph), Cheryl Cowdy (York University) Canadian fiction, film, and television increasingly abound with representations of suburban life, […]
