The CHA is delighted to announce that one of the booklets in its Immigration and Ethnicity in Canada series has been recorded as an audiobook. The Acadians (by Caroline-Isabelle Caron, 2015) is narrated by J.R. Bourgeois, creator of the Lost World of Cape Breton Island podcast, and was produced in collaboration with the CHA. The audiobook […]

Canada’s History is currently seeking the best community projects – completed in the past 18 months – for the 2025 edition of the Governor General’s History Awards for Excellence in Community Programming. These awards recognize programs and projects developed for the community by organizations dedicated to history, heritage, culture, or community life. Eligible projects include

As you will recall, following last week’s announcement about the cancellation of Congress 2026, the CHA distributed a survey to ask how the CHA should proceed for 2026. We would like to thank each and every one of the more than 200 people who took the time to respond to the survey. The Executive has

The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize. (In alphabetical order). Jacob Blanc, The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil. Duke University Press, 2024. Stephen Brooke, London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City. Oxford University Press, 2024. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, Frances Oldham Kelsey, the

The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Best (French-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize. (In alphabetical order). Marie-Aimée Cliche, La vie familiale dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Presses de l’Université Laval, 2024. Aimée Dion, Affiches de guerre, guerre d’affiches : Canada français et Irlande pendant la Grande Guerre.

The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize. (In alphabetical order). Crystal Gail Fraser, By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. University of Manitoba Press, 2024. Gregory M.W. Kennedy, Lost in the Crowd: Acadian

On Thursday, May 8th, the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences announced that Congress 2026 (in its typical format) has been cancelled. FHSS’s full announcement can be accessed here. Congress 2025, including the CHA’s 2025 conference, will continue as planned and is not affected by this news. Since the CHA’s annual conference is held as part of

The following email from Karine Morin was received by the CHA on Thursday, May 8, 2025: I am writing to inform you that after over a year of discussions with a potential institutional host for Congress 2026, our negotiations have unfortunately come to a halt. Across Canada, institutions are facing mounting economic pressures. Additionally, rising

The Dalhousie Graduate History Society Conference will take place on Saturday, May 3rd. It can be attended virtually or in person. The conference program and Teams links may be accessed here.