To assist Canadian educational administrators and librarians on all levels, a project was organized to develop professional, flexible resource guides for the study of Canadian literature. This booklet, an introduction to the "Resource Guides for the Teaching of Canadian Literature," contains the rationale for the project, a brief overview of the materials, and a synopsis for each of the ten guides. Adaptable in function, and intended to suggest methods of organizing materials, the guides are entitled as follows: The North/Native Peoples; Coming of Age in Canada; The Immigrant Experience; New Land/New Language; Action/Adventure; Family Relationships; Quebec Literature in Translation; Images of Biculturalism; Social Realism; and Women in Canadian Literature. (MAI)