Master of Arts for Teachers of English (MATE)

The MATE Program is tailored to the schedules of teachers without compromising the quality of instruction, intellectual engagement, or the rigour and breadth of scholarship of the regular MA program in English. The 2020-2022 iteration of MATE had three courses focused on Indigenous literatures.

The MATE Program will benefit graduate students in several ways, including:

• Significant salary increases in most professional teaching environments;
• Flexible scheduling to accommodate working teachers;
• Coverage of a broad spectrum of traditional and new areas of English studies, including Shakespeare, Indigenous, Asian Canadian, and Black Canadian literatures, important areas of research and teaching for BC teachers of English;
• Development and refinement of interpretative, critical, and scholarly skills;
• Development of professional competency in literary analysis and writing;
• Opportunity to engage in specialized academic scholarship; and
• Preparation to join the academic research community for further study.

MATE is a two-year cohort program, enrolling a select group of 12-15 students in each cohort. The 2020-2022 cohort met at the SFU Surrey campus. The MATE support staff are based in the English department at the SFU Burnaby campus.