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
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 »
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 »
Compiled by Steven High, President of the Canadian Historical Association (since 17 September 2021) A number of our members have asked the Canadian Historical Association to compile the media coverage/public reaction to the Canadian Historical Association’s Canada Day Statement »
Canada Day Statement The Canadian Historical Association, which represents 650 professional historians from across the country, including the main experts on the long history of violence and dispossession Indigenous peoples experienced in what is today Canada, recognizes that this »
Caroline MaynardInformation Commissioner of Canada 30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1Hgeneral@oic-ci.gc.ca Dear Commissioner Maynard, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association to express our concern about ongoing problems accessing historical information generated by Canada’s security »
In December 2020 the Government of India began what it called the Central Vista Redevelopment Project in New Delhi. This massive restructuring will see the demolition and relocation of the National Museum of India, the Indira Gandhi Centre for »
Ottawa, 19 May 2021 PDF The Hon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Mr. Ford: The Canadian Historical Association has already expressed its profound concern regarding the restructuring at Laurentian University »
The Honourable Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Education 228 Legislature Building 10800 – 97 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6 education.minister@gov.ab.ca PDF Dear Minister LaGrange, The Canadian Historical Association represents professional historians in Canada, and we naturally pay close attention to »
Ottawa, 21 April 2021 Ms. Helen Kennedy Executive Director Egale Canada 120 Carlton Street, Suite 217 Toronto, ON M5A 4K2 Dear Ms. Kennedy: It has come to my attention that Egale has published, without attribution, a chart prepared by »
An Open Letter from the Institut d’Histoire de l’Amérique française and the Canadian Historical Association PDF Montreal | Ottawa, 19 April 2021 Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario Hon. Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities Dear »