The CHA hosts an annual meeting in May/June in coordination with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences which is held in a different Canadian city each year. Between 350-500 historians gather to share their research on themes representing the full diversity of the discipline and to network with colleagues. Presenters must be members of the society. The CHA offers travel grants to allow students and the precariously employed to attend the annual meeting.
2024 CHA Annual Meeting – McGill
The Climate of History
Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, 17-19 June 2024
Elsbeth Heaman and Don Nerbas
Co-Chairs of the 2024 annual meeting.
Email: cha-shc2024@mcgill.ca
Registration for Congress 2024 is now open! Register now.
Travelling to, from, and around congress
Whether you’re travelling by plane, train, or bus, book your travel using the direct reservation link or unique Congress 2024 booking code.
Booking accommodation for Congress 2024
The Federation provides a list of accommodations in and around the McGill University campus, including specially discounted rates for Congress attendees at participating properties.
Have a look at the Draft Program!
The CHA activities will take place in the Bronfman (102), Armstrong (185) and New Residence Hall (244) buildings and at the McCord Museum.
Travel subsidy for students and new scholars who present a paper at the annual meeting.
See the CHA’s Activities’ Map.
See the McGill Campus Map.
2023 CHA Annual Meeting – York University
Difficult Histories in a Global Context
Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting
29-31 May 2023
2022 CHA Annual Meeting – Online
Reconsidering History
Canadian Historical Association’s 100th Anniversary Meeting
May 16-18 2022
2020 CHA Annual Meeting – Western University
Bridging Divides – Confronting Colonialism and Anti-Black Racism
The CHA Annual Meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19
2019 CHA Annual Meeting – University of British Columbia
Conversations across time, place, and culture
June 3-5, 2019
2016 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Calgary
The Stories
Recording of the Panel on Access to Information: Historical Research under Bill C-5
2015 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Ottawa
Rethinking History
Listen to the podcast of CHA President Dominique Marshall’s address entitled “Children’s Drawings and Humanitarian Aid”.
History Slam: Canadian Mysteries with John Lutz and Ruth Sandwell – http://activehistory.ca/2015/07/history-slam-episode-sixty-five-canadian-mysteries/
History Slam: Metis and the Medicine Line with Michel Hogue – http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/history-slam-episode-sixty-three-metis-and-the-medicine-line/
History Slam: Congress Recap with Michel Duquet, executive director of the Canadian Historical Association, and Benoit Longval, a graduate student at the University of Ottawa, about the graduate student experience at Congress, the pros and cons of roundtables, and the logistics of the CHA. http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/history-slam-episode-sixty-two-congress-recap-2015/
Dean Oliver’s Keynote – http://activehistory.ca/2015/06/podcast-isnt-all-history-public-knowledge-wisdom-and-utility-in-the-great-age-of-storytelling/
Roundtable on Charitable Organizations and Citizen Engagement – http://activehistory.ca/2015/07/podcast-public-private-political-charitable-organizations-and-citizen-engagement/
History Slam: Commemorations in the National Capital Region: Evolution and Findings – http://activehistory.ca/2015/08/podcast-commemorations-in-the-national-capital-region-evolution-and-findings/
History Slam: The Canadian Museum for Human Rights – http://activehistory.ca/2015/08/history-slam-episode-sixty-seven-the-canadian-museum-for-human-rights/
History Slam: First Nations, Calgary Stampede, and the 1923 Raid on City Hall – http://activehistory.ca/2015/09/history-slam-episode-seventy-first-nations-the-calgary-stampede-and-the-1923-raid-on-city-hall/
2014 CHA Annual Meeting – Brock University
Boundaries of Historical Inquiry
Participants share their experience at the CHA Annual Meeting.
You can listen to this podcast on ActiveHistory.
2013 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Victoria
Intersections and Edges
Lyle Dick’s Presidential Address
http://activehistory.ca/2013/07/podcast-lyle-dicks-cha-presidential-address/
Tweets during Lyle Dick’s Presidential Address
http://storify.com/jomac1867/chashc2013-president-s-address
Active History
Sean Graham of ActiveHistory interviews the president of the CHA Graduate Student Committee; Jo-Anne McCutcheon, treasurer of the CHA; and Jodey Nurse from Guelph University http://activehistory.ca/2013/06/history-slam-episode-twenty-three-congress-recap/#more-11367
2012 CHA Annual Meeting – University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University
Scholarship at a Crossroads
2011 CHA Annual Meeting – Fredericton (University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University)
History, Memory, People and Place
2009 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa (Carleton University)
Authority in the Past, Authority of the Past
2008 CHA Annual Meeting – Vancouver
(University of British Columbia)
2007 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon (University of Saskatchewan)
2006 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto (York University)
2005 CHA Annual Meeting – London (University of Western Ontario)
2004 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg (University of Manitoba)
2003 CHA Annual Meeting – Halifax (Dalhousie University)
2002 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto (University of Toronto)
2001 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City (Laval University)
2000 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton (University of Alberta)
- 1999 CHA Annual Meeting – Sherbrooke, Quebec
- 1998 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1997 CHA Annual Meeting – St. John’s, Newfoundland
- 1996 CHA Annual Meeting – St. Catharines, Ontario
- 1995 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1994 CHA Annual Meeting – Calgary, Alberta
- 1993 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1992 CHA Annual Meeting – Charlottetown, PEI
- 1991 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1990 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria, B.C.
- 1989 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1988 CHA Annual Meeting – Windsor, Ontario
- 1987 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario
- 1986 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1985 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1984 CHA Annual Meeting – Guelph, Ontario
- 1983 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria, B.C.
- 1982 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1981 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario
- 1980 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1979 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1978 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario
- 1977 CHA Annual Meeting – Fredericton, New-Brunswick
- 1976 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1975 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton, Alberta
- 1974 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1973 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1972 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1971 CHA Annual Meeting – St. John’s, Newfoundland
- 1970 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1969 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1968 CHA Annual Meeting – Calgary, Alberta
- 1967 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1966 CHA Annual Meeting – Sherbrooke, Quebec
- 1965 CHA Annual Meeting – Vancouver, B.C.
- 1964 CHA Annual Meeting – Charlottetown, PEI
- 1963 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1962 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario
- 1961 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1960 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1959 CHA Annual Meeting – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1958 CHA Annual Meeting – Edmonton, Alberta
- 1957 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1956 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1955 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1954 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1953 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario
- 1952 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1951 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1950 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1949 CHA Annual Meeting – Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1948 CHA Annual Meeting – Victoria & Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1947 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1946 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1945 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1944 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1943 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario
- 1942 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1941 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1940 CHA Annual Meeting – London, Ontario
- 1939 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1938 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1937 CHA Annual Meeting – Hamilton, Ontario
- 1936 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1935 CHA Annual Meeting – Kingston, Ontario
- 1934 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1933 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1932 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1931 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1930 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1929 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1928 CHA Annual Meeting – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1927 CHA Annual Meeting – Toronto, Ontario
- 1926 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1925 CHA Annual Meeting – Montreal, Quebec
- 1924 CHA Annual Meeting – Quebec City, Quebec
- 1923 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario
- 1922 CHA Annual Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario