CHA members have access to a Legal Fund in copyright infringement, libel or plagiarism cases.
The CHA tries to represent the interest of all historians in Canada regardless of their area of research with respect to a wide variety of matters including:
- Funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and other agencies
- Copyright and royalties
- Access to archives and the preservation of historical records
- Publishing
- Privacy and access to information
- Preservation and commemoration of heritage
- Careers for historians
- Mistreatment by universities, governments or other agencies
The CHA supports B’nai Brith Canada in a letter sent to the relevant Canadian Federal Ministers September 27, 2023 Dear Ministers, The Canadian Historical Association | La Société historique du Canada supports the release of historical records pertaining to »
- September 28, 2023
Standing Committee on Science and Research House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 July 21, 2023 Re: Government of Canada’s Graduate Scholarship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programs Dear Members of the Committee, Founded in 1922, the Canadian Historical Association is »
- August 2, 2023
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget The Canadian Historical Association August 2023 Recommendation 1: That the government implement the recommendation of the March 2023 Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal »
- August 2, 2023
Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia University and President of the Canadian Historical Association Trickle down theory is alive and well it seems in our universities. While graduate students in Canada live well below the poverty line, given »
- May 12, 2023
25 October 2022 Dr. Mike DeGagné Chairperson Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences 200 – 141 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 5J3 Dear Dr. DeGagné, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) »
- October 26, 2022
24 October 2022 Ted Hewitt President Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 350 Albert St, Box 1610 Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4 Dear Dr. Ted Hewitt, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) to strongly »
- October 25, 2022
12 May 2022 Dear Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, he Canadian Historical Association is writing to express its opposition to the proposed amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act as outlined in the recent federal budget. Under the current legislation »
- May 12, 2022
Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, The Canadian Historical Association calls on the federal government to use its influence to convince the French authorities to stop the building of luxury seaside condominiums at Juno Beach, Canada’s D-Day landing site in »
- March 21, 2022
Ottawa, 15 December 2021 Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, The Canadian Historical Association (CHA) is greatly concerned by the recent news that certain records related to the operation of the Indian Residential School system in Canada have been moved »
- December 15, 2021
The CHA appreciates the challenges that Covid-19 have created: lockdowns and restrictions of various types have placed enormous burdens on all organizations, both public and private, regardless of their size. We have no doubt that the leaders of the »
- October 20, 2021