English Literature: Associations & organizations

ACCUTE is a professional organization that represents faculty teaching English in Canadian universities and colleges, and students studying English at the graduate level. Its umbrella organization is the Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.

The Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures is a learned society that promotes research, pedagogies, new knowledges, literary criticism and theory about the diverse literatures of Canada and Québec. ACQL also seeks to foster scholarly conversation between those committed to the study and research of these literatures in English and French.

Founded in 1973, CACLALS brings together critics, scholars, teachers, students, and writers who share a common interest in the Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures and the versions of the English language they employ. It provides members with an international context for studying Canadian literature, introducing a deeper understanding of other cultures and of Canada's multicultural tradition.

The Canadian Authors Association (CAA) is a national organization dedicated to promoting a flourishing community of writers across Canada and to encourage works of literary and artistic merit.

The Canadian Poetry Association is a national based organization focused on supporting the poetry community of Canada by globally sustaining, growth through networkin

Founded in 1931, the Canadian Writers’ Foundation is a registered charity with only one aim—to help Canada’s writers when they fall on hard times.

The League of Canadian Poets is the professional organization for established and emerging Canadian poets. Founded in 1966 to nurture the advancement of poetry in Canada, and the promotion of the interests of poets, it now comprises some 700 members.

Playwrights Guild of Canada is a registered national arts service association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.

A national organization representing freelance writers and journalists across the country.

The national organization of professionally published book authors.