Statement

ACQL mourns the loss of the 215 children whose remains were recently discovered in a mass grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, as well as countless more who perished in residential schools across the country as part of Canada’s program of genocide against...

Recipient of the 2020 Gabrielle Roy Prize

The Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (ACQL) is pleased to announce the winner for the 2020 Gabrielle Roy Prize (English section), which each year honours the best work of Canadian literary criticism published in English. This year’s winner is Linda...

Recipient of the 2021 Barbara Godard Prize

ACQL is pleased to announce that the 2021 Barbara Godard Prize has been awarded to Marta Croll-Baehre for their paper “‘Imitation of Empire Cuisine’: An Auto-ethnographic Exploration of the Canadian Artisanal Menu in Conversation with Fred Wah’s Diamond Grill.” Marta...

Program for 2021 conference

This year’s conference will take place from May 29 – May 31 and will be free and accessible to all of our members. The preliminary program is available here. A program with virtual links will be sent later by email.