Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures

The Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures (ACQL) is a learned society that supports research about Canadian and Québec literatures. Every year, the ACQL holds a conference with other scholarly groups during the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (the "Learneds").

Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures
AbbreviationACQL
TypeOrganizations based in Canada
Legal statusactive
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network for Canadian and Québec Literatures
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Canada
Official language
English, French
President
Catherine Khordoc Associate Professor Department of French Carleton University
Websitehttp://www.alcq-acql.ca/

Prizes

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The ACQL awards three juried prizes for the best book-length studies in Canadian and Québec literary criticism, one in English and one in French. The ACQL awards the Gabrielle Roy Prize for literary criticism on Canadian and Québec topics in Canada.[1] ACQL awards an annual prize for the best paper presented at the annual conference by a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher.[1]

Communications

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The ACQL publishes an annual newsletter and an annual members' directory.[1]

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