EGSA: English Graduate Students' Association

Congratulations to all of our recent graduates who attended this year's convocation. Our Profs turned out in their finery to celebrate your achievements!

The National RCMP Research Council is proud to present our member @Pam_Palmater’s article on the RCMP and MMIWG. How can a force responsible for so much gender-based violence and indifference be tasked to lead any efforts for justice? #RCMP150 #RCMP150TimesUp

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈The Archives and Special Collections have recently obtained rare copies of two lesbian literary legends: Radclyffe Hall and Virginia Woolf. Check out the link to learn more and schedule an appointment to view these rare novels bit.ly/43iKGmI

Our department's very own Avleen Grewal presenting what sounds like a super interesting paper! 👏👏🎉🎉

Accelerate! is released in North America this week. @lithub have an extract about Lonely Planet travel guides, Alex Garland's adventure thriller The Beach, and global backpacker tourism. Just to be clear, the image at the top is not me. lithub.com/the-advanced-g…

BOOK LAUNCH: Accelerate! a History of the 1990s @PerfectBooksOtt Prof. James Brooke-Smith will be in conversation with Prof. Kim Andrews about the culture of the 1990s from MTV to Y2K and from Jeff Koons to Princess Di Music, readings, good times. Everybody welcome!

Are you presenting at ACCUTE 2023?? Here's a short guide with some tips and best practices: accute.ca/accute-confere…

oteh nîkân is a digital magazine that seeks to make the publishing world more accessible to LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous writers. Founded by @BillyRayB out of UBC's School of Creative Writing (@ubccrwr). Find out more here: otehnikan.ca/about-us/

Donations Needed. Please connect with @Famsisterspirit

Job: English Literature – Without Term Lecturer, University of Saskatchewan, 2 positions (Application Review Begins: 31 May 2023) accute.ca/2023/05/03/job…

Conference CFP: CFP - "Postcolonial Narrations Forum 2023: Queering Postcolonial Worlds." 6th & 7th of October, 2023 - University of Bremen. ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 30 June 2023.

As you start working on your summer writing plans, please remember you can’t write for 8 hours a day!

Don’t mind me, I’m just downloading more papers than I’ll ever read.

Our Spring Festival is coming up fast! Join us for 4 days of events featuring writers like Vincent Lam, Angela Saini, @lindsaymwong, @JohnVaillant, @hystericalblkns, @jeremiecharris and so many more! Come for the books, stay for the community 💙 writersfestival.org

Ottawa people, grad students in English are putting on this conference May 5-6. Here is a link to the full program: carleton.ca/english/wp-con…

Have you checked out all the incredible events happening at our Spring Edition, kicking off next week? We are proud to bring you a wide array of genres, topics, and voices to inspire and connect us! Head over to writersfestival.org to see all the details and register today!

Take a break. Go for a walk. Get some ice cream.

Academia forces us to buy into the idea that if we are not exhausted then we havent worked as hard as we could. Since there is always more that can be done we never fully feel at rest. I push back against the idea that I have to do as much as I am physically able to be successful