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