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Welcome, to Canadian CourseReadings!

Up-to-date, relevant Canadian Short Literary Works for undergraduate courses

  • View the full text of all material – read as much as you want! Explore our growing selection of poetry and prose.
  • Access, browse and discover our collection of more than 13,000 chapters from over 1,050 books on both sites
  • Discover works from a diverse group of Canadian voices including emerging LGBTQ and BIPOC authors.
  • Use our search tools to filter readings by author, region, and literary theme.
  • Build a collection of readings from multiple books for course use.
  • All material is available in both digital and physical formats.
  • Material is reasonably priced with copyright clearance included.

How you can access the collection

Our university library subscription model

  • Full access to all content for all library users — faculty and students
  • Unlimited, simultaneous viewing and use of all content
  • Permanent links to content for students
  • Relevant, newly-published titles from participating publishers added through the year
  • Adds valuable new content not previously available in the library
  • Email updates on content to course instructors

If your library is a subscriber, access our collection via the library portal for digital collections.

Our coursereadings licensing model

  • Free accounts for all instructors and librarians. Click HERE to register
  • Access and view the full text of all content
  • Build a selection of digital readings to use in your courses
  • Contact your library’s copyright office so they can license the readings for your course use

If you’re a librarian or a course instructor, register now and get immediate full access to the collection!


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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

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Canadian Course Readings

Select from the best of Canada's academic and university press publishing