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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.

 

CHA's response to SSHRC's Renewed Program Architecture
April 9, 2010Chad Gaffield, PresidentSocial 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 Historical ...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