The François-Xavier Garneau Medal, awarded every five years, is the most prestigious of the CHA prizes. It honours an outstanding Canadian contribution to historical research.

The prize is given to the non-fiction work of Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.

2023 CHA BEST SCHOLARLY BOOK IN CANADIAN HISTORY PRIZE

The Canadian Historical Association is pleased to announce its 2023 Canadian Historical Association Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize competition. The award will be presented by the Canadian Historical Association at its Annual Meeting in 2023 for the non-fiction work of Canadian history judged to have made the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past.

Publishers wishing to submit works (including e-books) with a 2022 imprint or, if not previously submitted, a 2021 imprint, should send one copy of each entry to each of the following jury members on or before December 31, 2022. Please contact the CHA office to obtain the mailing addresses of the jury members. We recommend that publishers submit all the eligible titles they have published. The authors concerned are encouraged to check with their publishers to ensure their work has been submitted. Diaries, textbooks, edited collections of essays, translations, or books of documents are not eligible for consideration. A book can only be submitted to this prize OR the Ferguson Prize; not both. As a rule of thumb: books containing more than 50% Canadian content should be submitted to the Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize, those with less than 50% to the Ferguson Prize.

Nancy Janovicek (Chair)
njanovic@ucalgary.ca

Ryan Eyford
r.eyford@uwinnipeg.ca

Magali Deleuze
magali.deleuze@rmc.ca

Charles-Philippe Courtois
cpcourtois@gmail.com

Ariel Watson
arielmwatson@gmail.com

Claudine Bonner
claudine.bonner@acadiau.ca 

The Wallace K. Ferguson Prize recognises the outstanding scholarly book in a field of history other than Canadian history. 

2023 WALLACE K. FERGUSON PRIZE

The Canadian Historical Association is pleased to announce its 2023 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize competition for the outstanding scholarly book in a field of history other than Canadian history. The prize will be awarded to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident in 2023 during the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

Publishers wishing to submit works (including e-books) with a 2022 imprint or, if not previously submitted, a 2021 imprint, should send one copy of each entry to each of the following jury members on or before December 31, 2022. Please contact the CHA office to obtain the mailing addresses of the jury members. We recommend that publishers submit all the eligible titles they have published.  The authors concerned are encouraged to check with their publishers to ensure their work has been submitted.  Diaries, textbooks, edited collections of essays, translations, or books of documents are not eligible for consideration. A book can only be submitted to the Ferguson OR the Scholarly Prize; not both. As a rule of thumb; books containing less than 50% Canadian content should be submitted to the Ferguson prize, those with 50% or more to the Canadian Historical Association prize for best scholarly book in Canadian history.

Pascal Bastien
bastien.pascal@uqam.ca

Andrew Barros
barros.andrew@uqam.ca

Helen Dewar
helen.dewar@umontreal.ca

Claudine Bonner
claudine.bonner@acadiau.ca 

The CHA awards its Clio Awards to the best books in regional history, as well as to individuals or historical societies who have made significant contributions to local and regional history.

THE 2023 CLIO PRIZES

The Canadian Historical Association invites nominations for its Clio Awards. These awards are given to meritorious works or for outstanding contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history. Studies that deal with any theme and period in regional history are eligible, as well as studies that present historical interpretations from a regional perspective. To nominate an individual or organization who has made an outstanding contribution to regional history for an honorary Lifetime Achievement Award, please send supporting documentation (documentation is not required for books) to members of the relevant Clio regional committee).

APPLICATION PROCESS

Books and nominations for an achievement award should be submitted before 31 December 2022.

BOOKS

Contact the CHA office to obtain the mailing addresses of the regional jury members. Diaries, textbooks, edited collections of essays, translations of books originally written in French or English, and books of documents are not eligible. Books must bear a 2022 copyright imprint or, if not previously submitted, a 2021 imprint. The awards will be presented during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Call for nominationsNominations for the honorary award may come from two sources: • Following a call for nominations from the regional Awards Committees online and in the CHA magazine;• At the initiative of the Committee. CriteriaAccording to the description of the award, “important”, “exceptional” or “remarkable” contributions are considered. To stand out, a contribution must: • Promote the sharing of new knowledge;• Reach a large audience (local or regional). In reviewing nominations, emphasis will be placed upon contributions that demonstrate: • Partnership(s);• Innovation (methodological or conceptual). DocumentationThe documentation must demonstrate the "important", "exceptional" or "remarkable" nature of the nominated party. This should include:• A letter specifying how the award is deserved, i.e. how the organization or person meets the above criteria.  The evidence provided in this letter ought to include information concerning the long-term nature of the individual’s or organization’s contributions to regional history. • A letter of recommendation of no more than one page from an organization or person other than the nominator.• Any other relevant documentation, for example:o CVo Press reporto Letters of supporto Any other relevant documentationThe information should be succinct, well documented and well presented. 

Complete nomination packages must be submitted online to the Chair of the relevant Clio Awards Committee) by no later than 31 December. 

Nominations and supporting documentation may be submitted in either French or English. If no suitable nominations are submitted, no award will be given.

ATLANTIC CANADA

Corey Slumkoski
Corey.Slumkoski@msvu.ca

Elizabeth Mancke
Elizabeth.Mancke@unb.ca

Nancy Forestell
nforeste@stfx.ca 

QUÉBEC

Harold Bérubé
harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca

Max Hamon
michael.hamon@mail.mcgill.ca

Karine Duhamel
Karine.Duhamel@humanrights.ca  

ONTARIO

Heidi Bohaker
heidi.bohaker@utoronto.ca

James Moran
jmoran@upei.ca 

Julia Rady
juliaradyshaw@gmail.com  

THE PRAIRIES

Matthew McRae
mjmcrae@gov.pe.ca

Laura Larsen
laura.larsen@usask.ca  

Royden Loewen
r.loewen@uwinnipeg.ca 

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Lindsay Gibson
lindsay.gibson@ubc.ca

Tina Block
Tblock@tru.ca

Sarah Nickel
sarah.nickel@usask.ca 

THE NORTH (NUNAVUT, YUKON & NORTHWEST TERRITORIES)

Peder Roberts
peder.w.roberts@uis.no

Petra Dolata
pdolata@ucalgary.ca

Jonathan Peyton
Jonathan.Peyton@umanitoba.ca 

The biennial Albert B. Corey prize is jointly sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) and Canadian Historical Association (CHA) for the best book on the history of Canadian-American relations or the history of both countries. 

The 2024 prize will be administered by the CHA

The John Bullen Prize honours the outstanding Ph.D. thesis on a historical topic submitted in a Canadian university.

2023 JOHN BULLEN PRIZE

The Canadian Historical Association is pleased to announce the 2023 John Bullen Prize competition. The prize will be awarded for the outstanding historical dissertation written for a doctoral degree at a Canadian university between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022. The award will be given at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

Departments may send only ONE complete submission to each jury member listed below on or before December 31, 2022. Each complete submission must include the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

            1)       a hard copy (printed on both sides of the paper) of the entire dissertation;

            2)       a copy of a letter from the university’s Faculty of Graduate Studies attesting that

                      the dissertation was accepted for the doctoral degree between the period

                      October 1st 2021 and 30 September 2022;

            3)       a letter of presentation from the department Chair, or Graduate Chair; and

            4)       the name of the external examiner.

Prize Committee

Peter Cook
cookp@uvic.ca 

Dana Wessell-Lightfoot
dana.wesselllightfoot@unbc.ca

Brian Young
brian.young@mcgill.ca   
Please send documents electronically 

The CHA Journal Prize is awarded every year for the best essay published each year in the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. 

CHA Student Prize

The prize is awarded for the best article published in a peer-reviewed journal (including peer-reviewed student journals) by a PhD of MA-level student, in French or in English.

2023 JEAN-MARIE FECTEAU PRIZE

The Canadian Historical Association is pleased to announce the 2023 Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize competition. The prize, in the amount of $250, will be awarded for the best article published by a PhD or MA-level student in a peer-reviewed journal (including peer-reviewed student journals) or edited collection, in French or in English.

The award will be given in 2023 during the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

Students are encouraged to send only ONE complete submission to each jury member listed below on or before December 31, 2022. The article must present a historical perspective and contribute to scholarship in a subfield such as: political history, social history, the history of art, economic history, cultural history, etc. Geographically, it can focus on Canada or another territory or collectivity.

Each complete submission must include the following:

1) an email with the subject heading “Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize Submission 2023”

2) full bibliographic information for the article in the body of the e-mail submission

3) an electronic copy of the article published in a scholarly journal or an edited collection (published between January 1st and December 31st 2022 or in 2021 if not previously submitted);

4) A letter from the author's thesis supervisor or department, or graduate chair indicating the author was a registered student at the time of submission of the article.

Dr. Shirley Tillotson (Chair)                                      Nicholas Fast
Dalhousie University                                                 University of Toronto
Shirley.tillotson@dal.ca                                            nick.fast@mail.utoronto.ca                

Samantha Blais                                                           Claudine Bonner
University of Alberta                                                 Acadia University                                    
sblais@ualberta.ca                                                  claudine.bonner@acadiau.ca 

This annual prize seeks to recognize post-secondary instructors teaching in any geographical, thematic, or temporal field in historical studies who have a record of excellence in emphasizing student engagement with primary sources in their courses in effective, critical, sustained, and, possibly, innovative ways. Effective teaching about the question of primary sources and how people today should contend with them are the central aspects of this award.

The Indigenous History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best book in aboriginal history.

Call for nominations for the 2023 Prize

Book Prize: The Indigenous History Studies Group, an affiliated committee of the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to solicit submissions for the award for English or French language scholarly books with a publication date of 2022 in the area of Indigenous History in Canada (i.e. scholarly books concerning the history of Indigenous peoples whose territory overlaps with that of the current Canadian state, and/or books concerning Indigenous people whose history involves significant interaction with institutions -- state, ecclesiastic, corporate, or other -- that are closely associated with what would become Canada). The submitted title will build on theoretical, interpretive, and descriptive understandings of the past; contribute to the creation and transmission of knowledge; and show potential readability by a wider audience. Criteria by which the committee evaluates entries include that historical analysis form the central basis of the book’s approach (i.e. attention to historical context; primacy of historical sources be they oral, textual, or material; situated within relevant historiography); that it may feature innovative methodology or creative use of source materials, including respect for Indigenous epistemologies alongside or in conjunction with academic scholarship and established academic canon; and that it demonstrates excellence overall, including, of course, the effective and compelling nature of the book’s thesis. The prize will be awarded at the annual meeting of the CHA in May 2023. To enter this competition, a copy of any book you wish to be considered for this prize should be sent to committee members by 31 January 2023. Questions can be directed to Kristin Burnett at kburnett@lakeheadu.ca.    

Committee Members:

Kristin Burnett (non-voting committee chair)
Lakehead University

Cody Groat
Western University

 Jackson Pind
Trent University

Omeasoo Wahpasiw
Carleton University

*For the mailing addresses of committee members please contact Kristin Burnett at kburnett@lakeheadu.ca 

The Indigenous History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in aboriginal history.

The CCWH English-Language Book Prize in Women's and Gender History is awarded every two years to the best book published in the field in the previous two years, in English. Books in Canadian history are eligible for the prize. Books in other national fields are also eligible for the prize, provided that their authors live and work in Canada. 

The CCWGH French-Language Book Prize in Women's and Gender History is awarded every two years to the best book published in the field in the previous two years, in English. Books in Canadian history are eligible for the prize. Books in other national fields are also eligible for the prize, provided that their authors live and work in Canada. 

The purpose of the Hilda Neatby Prize in Women's and Gender History, awarded since 1982 by the Canadian Committee in Women's History at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, is to encourage the publication of scholarly articles on women's and gender history. 

Two prizes are awarded, one for the best article in English, the other for the best article in French. Any academic article published in a journal and deemed to make an original and scholarly contribution to the field of women’s and gender history in Canada is eligible.

The purpose of the Hilda Neatby Prize in Women's and Gender History, awarded since 1982 by the Canadian Committee in Women's History at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, is to encourage the publication of scholarly articles on women's and gender history. 

Two prizes are awarded, one for the best article in English, the other for the best article in French. Any academic article published in a journal and deemed to make an original and scholarly contribution to the field of women’s and gender history in Canada is eligible.

The prize is awarded for an outstanding, well-written book judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the field of Canadian political history.

CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK PRIZE (2023) 

The Canadian Historical Association’s Political History Group (PHG) is pleased to announce the Canadian Political History Book Prize competition. The prize will be awarded in 2023 for an outstanding, well-written book judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the field of Canadian political history. The PHG considers “Political History” in very broad terms, and encourages the study of politics, public policy, governance, the state, political economy, political sociology, civil society, elections, social movements and their activism, foreign policy, international relations, legal history and other facets of political life from diverse theoretical and empirical approaches.

Eligible books must have been published between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022. The award will be given in May 2023 at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

 The prize will not be awarded if there are fewer than four nominations; however, any books submitted will be considered in the following year's competition.

 Authors are invited to submit copies of their books directly to each member of the prize committee or to contact their publishers and ask them to submit copies of their books on their behalf. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2022.

Members of the Selection Committee:

Dr. Penny Bryden
By courier:
Department of History
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Rd.
Clearihue Building Room A203
Victoria B.C V8W 3P4

By mail:
Department of History
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3P4
pbryden@uvic.ca 

Dr. Xavier Gélinas
Curator, Political History
Canadian Museum of History
100, rue Laurier
Gatineau (Québec) K1A 0M8
xavier.gelinas@museedelhistoire.ca 

Dr. Adam Coombs
Archivist, Library and Archives Canada
c/o 6 O'Meara St, Unit 3
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4T1
adamco14@gmail.com 

The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in Canadian political history.

The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer a prize for the best article in Canadian political history. 

The Political History Group (PHG) of the Canadian Historical Association is pleased to announce the competition for the prize for the best scholarly article in Canadian political history (in French). The prize will be awarded in 2023 to an article in Canadian political history written in French that is judged to be both well-written and an original, significant and meritorious contribution to the field. The GHP defines political history as broadly as possible, and encourages the study of politics, public policy, governance, the state, political economy, political sociology, civil society, elections, social movements, foreign policy, international relations, legal history, and all other facets of political life through a diversity of theoretical and empirical approaches. Works published by scholars in the field of Canadian political history between December 1, 2020 and November 30, 2022 are eligible.

The prize will not be awarded if there are fewer than four nominations. In such a case, the work submitted will automatically be considered for the next competition. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association.

Authors are invited to submit their papers directly to the members of the selection committee (by email) or to contact their publishers and journal editors and ask them to submit their scientific papers.

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2022.

Selection Committee Members:

Caroline D’Amours
Collège Militaire Royal du Canada
caroline.damours@rmc-cmr.ca 

Martin Pâquet
Université Laval
Martin.Paquet@hst.ulaval.ca 

Paul-Etienne Rainville
Université du Québec à Trois Rivières
Paul-Etienne.Rainville@uqtr.ca 

The award recognizes work that achieves high standards of original research, scholarship, and presentation; brings an innovative public history contribution to its audience; and serves as a model for future work, advancing the field of public history in Canada

The Canadian Committee on Labour History is proud to award a prize for the best thesis on labour history.

The Canadian Committee on Labour History is proud to award a prize for the best thesis on labour history written by undergraduate students.

The prize recognizes the best article in labour history.

This award honours the pioneering work of Canadian historian Neil Sutherland in the history of children and youth by recognizing outstanding contributions to the field. The prize is given out on a biennial basis under the auspices of the History of Children and Youth Group of the Canadian Historical Association.

The CCMET Article Prize acknowledges scholarly articles and book chapters, in English and French, judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the historical study of migration and ethnicity. The winners receive a certificate of achievement and their names are published on the Canadian Historical Association website. A monetary award will be given, pending the results of the fundraising campaign. The prize will be awarded annually by the Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism of the Canadian Historical Association.

The CCHS prize is designed to recognize excellence in and encourage the growth of scholarly work in the field of the history of sexuality in Canada.Prize for Best article on the history of Sexuality.

The biennial prize is awarded to the book that offers the best exploration of Canadian business history.

 It will next be offered in 2023.

The CBHA/ACHA Award for Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History.

The 2023 CBHA/ACHA Award for Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History

The Canadian Business History Association, Canada’s leading organization for the study of business in Canada, invites submissions for its annual $1000 Award for Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History.  The prize committee encourages the submission of articles from all methodological perspectives, and from any scholarly journal or journalistic source (provided the article has the necessary diligence and detail). It is particularly interested in innovative studies that have the potential to expand the boundaries of the discipline. Scholars, publishers, journalists, and other interested parties may submit nominations. Eligible articles can have either a Canadian or an international focus, which includes a Canadian perspective. They must be written in English or French and be published during the year prior to the award.

To be eligible of the award, the author of the article and/or nominator must be a current member of the CBHA/ACHA. In the event that the article is co-authored, at least one of the authors must be a current member.  For the 2023 award, articles published in 2022 will be considered. The prize includes a certificate, a $1000 award, and an announcement in the CBHA/ACHA Prospectus.

Annually, the prize may be announced and awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association (June), though it may be announced prior to that event.

An electronic copy of the article must accompany a nomination and be submitted to the CBHA/ACHA Prize Coordinator, Professor Dimitry Anastakis, University of Toronto, Department of History, dimitry.anastakis@utoronto.ca. The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2023.

About the CBHA/ACHA:  Created in 2015, the CBHA/ACHA brings together academics from a wide range of disciplines, archivists and business leaders in the common pursuit of advancing the study and understanding of business history in Canada.  Learn more about the CBHA/ACHA at our website, http://cbha-acha.ca/ 

This prize is awarded every other year for meritorious publications that make important and innovative contributions to the field of Canadian environmental history, broadly conceived.

This new prize is awarded every other year for meritorious publications that make important and innovative contributions to the field of Canadian environmental history, broadly conceived. This prize was generously sponsored by a donation from founding NiCHE Director, Alan MacEachern.

The Canadian Oral History Association (COHA) Prize is awarded to an outstanding example of oral history practice.

The Media and Communication History Article Prize was awarded to a graduate student. The committee that awarded the prize suspended its operations in 2019.