Studies in Canadian Literature/Études en littérature canadienne was founded in 1975 by Barrie Davies,
Desmond Pacey, Roger Ploude, and Michael Taylor. The journal has operated continuously since 1976. Kathleen Scherf was the editor of
SCL/ÉLC between the years of 1989 and 1996, and in 1991, the journal received an honorable mention from
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals for their annual Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement.
35th Anniversary The 35th anniversary of
SCL/ÉLC was celebrated at the 2011 meeting of the
Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.
40th Anniversary In 2016, the journal celebrated the 40th anniversary of the publication of its first issue in 1976. Special sessions co-hosted by ACQL and CACLALS, as well as an anniversary celebration, took place at the 2015 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Ottawa. This milestone is commemorated by the journal with a special Anniversary issue on the topic "Canadian Literature: The Past Forty Years" (41.1). == External links ==