ACQL General Call for Papers: 2025 ONLINE Conference 

Founded in 1975 in the wake of Canada’s official ratification of multiculturalism, the Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures has, over more than 45 years, emerged as Canada’s premier association for showcasing multilingual and transnational research in Canadian and Québec literatures. 

This year, ACQL will host its annual conference ONLINE between Friday, May 23rd and Sunday, May 25th.

We invite potential participants to submit NEW proposals in English or in French on research, teaching, and professional matters of relevance to current or prospective members. 

As we strive to become a more inclusive and equitable association, ACQL also strongly encourages bilingual sessions as well as thematic and methodological research that focuses on issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization as they intersect with language, class, gender, sexuality, dis/ability, and other sites of social hierarchies and oppression. 

We seek proposals for a variety of session types: 

• Paper Panel: Panelists present a formal paper of 15-20 minutes, followed by questions and discussion. 
• Member Organized Sessions: Panel organizers may present their own papers in the session that they organize. 
• Seminar Workshop: Participants complete their papers in advance and distribute them to other seminar participants prior to the conference. Participants are encouraged to limit their presentations to 8-12 minutes to promote a substantial discussion period. 
• Roundtable: Participants give brief presentations (roughly 5-10 minutes) in response to a specific question or concern, followed by discussion and debate with the audience. 
• Pecha Kucha: 20 images are displayed for 20 seconds each, with explanation or commentary keyed to the images. 
• Professional Development Workshop: Intensive presentations led by a moderator, revolving around issues of professional development that are of specific relevance to stages of their academic careers. 

Submission 

Please submit paper proposals (no more than 300 words) or session proposals (no more than 300 words per participant) with a short biography in Word or RTF to alcq.acql@gmail.com by 31 March 2025. 

• Please specify the nature of your presentation (traditional paper, poster, Pecha Kucha, etc.). 
• All paper or session proposals can be written in French or English, and should be submitted directly to the conference coordinators.

Conference Fees and ACQL Membership 

• There are no conference fees. Participation does, however, require up-to-date ACQL membership. 
• Those who are not registered as members and who wish to present must become members before the Online conference. 

See the ACQL website (www.alcq-acql.ca) for membership and registration information.