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As the leading scholarly organization of historians in Canada, the Canadian Historical Association assumes an advocacy role regarding issues of concern to its members and other practitioners interested in advancing the discipline of history in Canada.

To this end, the CHA fosters the study of history by encouraging the accessibility and delivery of funding programs and research services to historians; provides guidance to historians on best practices in scholarship and teaching; supports the human rights of historians; and encourages the diversity of both the practitioners and the subject matter of historical studies in Canada. It intervenes publicly on matters of professional interest to its members.

 

The CHA writes to Minister Moore to express its opposition to the budget cuts to LAC
14 May 2012The Honourable James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister: The Canadian Historical Association is dismayed to learn of the recent cuts to professional archival staff and other specialists engaged in conserving and making available our national archival heritage for the benefit of all Canadians. We are particularly ...More


The CHA opposes the cuts made to National Archives Development Program and "Understanding Canada" Program
Dear members of the historical community,The full ramifications of the recent budget are only beginning to be understood but it is clear that in choosing what to fund and what to cut, the Harper government has gone to wa...More

The CHA opposes the Digital Lock provision in Bill C-11
Ottawa, November 22, 2011
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Prime Minister Harper:I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Historical Association, the professional associatio...More

The CHA opposes the destruction of Long Gun Registry Records
November 22, 2011The Honourable Vic Toews
Minister of Public Safety
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6Dear Minister Toews,On behalf of the Canadian Historical Association, I would like to communicate our disagreem...More

The Canadian Historical Association welcomes the Superme Court Ruling in the Tommy Douglas Case
A legal challenge by reporter Jim Bronskill, supported by an affidavit submitted, http://www.cha-shc.ca/en/Advocacy_51/items/20.html, by a member and past president of the CHA, Craig Heron, receives a favorable decision ...More

CHA and Governor Walker's action againts Professor Cronon
April 5th, 2011 Governor Scott Walker,
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East Capitol
Madison WI 53702 Dear Governor Walker;The Canadian Historical Association has been watching the actions of the Republican Party of ...More

CHA protests Bill to destroy records of the Hungarian communist secret police
March 8, 2011 His Excellency Dr. László Pordány
Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary
299 Waverley Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0V9 Dear Dr. Pordány:The Canadian Historical Association joins the ranks of historians and archivi...More

the CHA and LAC's Modernization
March 2011As you probably know, Library and Archives Canada is currently in the process of a major modernization project affecting all of its programs.Over the last year LAC has posted numerous papers on aspects of this ...More

Difficult Access to CBC Archives
Ottawa, March 15 2001
Hubert T. Lacroix
President and CEO
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, ON K1Y 1E4Dear Mr. LacroixAs President of the Canadian Historical Association I am writing to e...More

The CHA's Reponse to LAC’s list of priority actions in connection with your institution’s modernization programme
December 21, 2010
Dr. Daniel Caron
Bibliothèque et archives Canada
395, rue Wellington
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N4

Dear Dr. Caron,

Thank you for your recent letter enclosing LAC’s list of priority actions in connection wit...More

The CHA's Response to Library and Archives Canada
CHA's Response to Drs. Piché and Rimmer regarding Library and Archives Canada Modernisation Plan - 29 November 2010...More

CHA and the Tommy Douglas Files
Ottawa to release more intelligence files on Tommy Douglas

Thanks to a court challenge by the journalist Jim Bronskill and the filing of an affidavit by CHA member and past president, Craig Heron in support of Bronskil...More

Scrapping of the mandatory long census form - CHA's response
The federal government is moving to eliminate the mandatory Canada census long form questionnaire, replacing it with a voluntary survey. The CHA sent the following letter on this issue. The Honourable Tony Clement
Minist...More

CHA's response to SSHRC's Renewed Program Architecture
April 9, 2010
Chad Gaffield, President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
340 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1610
Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4

Dear Chad, I write on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Hist...More

CHA's Comment on New Directions for Library and Archives Canada
The Canadian Historical Association has always maintained a keen interest in the policies and practices of Library and Archives Canada (and its two predecessors, the National Archives of Canada and the National Library o...More

January 2010 - Letter to the Chair of the Board of Governors at Glenbow-Alberta Institute

January 6, 2010
Dear Mr. Currie,As President of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA), I write to express the Association’s deep concern over the recent decision taken by the Glenbow Alberta-Institute to implement s...More

Borrowing Privileges at the University of Totonto
Ottawa, October 2009 OPEN LETTER As President of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA), I write to express the Association’s deep concern over the recent decision taken by the University of Toronto to cease offerin...More

September 2009 - Submission by the Canadian Historical Association to Industry Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage regarding the 2009 Copyright Consultations
The Canadian Historical Association (CHA) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the copyright consultations.
Founded in 1922, the CHA is a bilingual organization with 1,200 members scattered across Canada, the Unit...More

Comments on the Draft of Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Research Involving Humans
Ms. Susan Zimmerman, Executive DirectorInteragency Secretariat on Research Ethics
350 Albert Street, Ottawa
CANADA
K1A 1H5
Dear Ms. Zimmerman,
I am writing to comment on the draft of Tri-Council Policy Statement: Et...More

May 2009 - Motion by the CHA membership on the European Framework Decision - Censorship and Xenophobia
The General Members' Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association wishes to register its deep concern over the Council of the European Union’s Framework Decision; specifically the provisions calling for criminal penalt...More

Act to Amend the Statistics Act, 2005, and its Implications
In 2005 Parliament passed the Act to Amend the Statistics Act. This legislation represented a major victory for those who had lobbied and campaigned for access the historical census schedules. The Act implemented a major...More

Report of the Access to Government Information Services Task Force
The following report was produced by Library and Archives Canada's Access to Government Information Services Task Force in response to the long backlog of requests made under ATIP legislation. The CHA, represented by Rob...More

Future Historical Studies of Canada Imperilled by Low Percentage Consenting to Release of Census Data
For historical research on Canada, no single primary source is more important than the Census of Canada. Unfortunately, the returns of the 2006 census are now in and only 56 per cent of respondents consented (by checking...More

Bill S-13, 2003
Written Brief and Speaking Notes for presentation to Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology. The Senate of Canada respecting Bill S-13. An Act to amend the Statistic Act.

by Terry Cook
for the Association ...More

Bill C-36, 2003
Brief
Submitted to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. The House of Commons, Canada respecting Bill C-36
An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Ac...More

Lobbying the Federal Government About the Census, Privacy, and Access to Information
The Canadian Historical Association has made representations to the Federal Government about the following issues:CensusFollowing the establishment of the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records early in 2000...More

Response to National Archives Staff Digitization Proposals on Behalf of Canadian Historical Association, January 15, 2001
Memorandum prepared by Colin Howell, CHA Council memberIn early December, 2000 the Canadian Historical Association received a letter from Marianne McLean at the National Archives outlining a program to digitize its colle...More

The Right to Privacy in the Private Sector
What is at Stake for Historians and Historical ResearchDuring the past year, numerous events have focussed public attention on the right to privacy. Editorials and headlines have paid considerable attention to a Supreme ...More

Dr. John English consultations
Canadian Historical Association responseThe Canadian Historical Association [CHA] welcomes the opportunity to participate in the review of the National Archives of Canada [NA] and the National Library of Canada [NLC]. In...More

Response of 14 NAC Reference Archivists to CHA brief - English Committee
[The other 85 NAC archivists do not necessarily share this point of view] Ottawa, October 19, 1998Professor Greg Kealey, President, CHA
Professor Bill Waiser, Chair, Archives Committee, CHA
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ...More
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