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As part of its mandate to promote and recognise excellence in historical research, the CHA awards a series of prizes.

 

 

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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

The Medal RecipientsThe medals were given to our present and past presidents in recognition of their significant contribution in advancing the study of history in Canada and their commitment to the CHA. Elected by their...More

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The François-Xavier Garneau Medal
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.
Medal Winners

2010John C. Weaver. The Great...More

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The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize
The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize is awarded annually to the best scholarly book in Canadian history and is also be awarded the Governor General Award for Scholarly Achievement at the Annual Governor General History Awards...More

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The Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
The Wallace K. Ferguson Prize is awarded annually to the best book in history other than Canadian.

The prize, in the amount of $1,000, will be awarded to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident in June 2013 at the Annu...More

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The Clio Prizes
These annual awards are given for meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history. The awards will be given in June 2013 at the Annual Meeting of the Canadia...More

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Winner - 2012 Clio Prize - Atlantic
Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America: Beamish Murdoch of Halifax. The Osgood Society for Canadian Legal History, 2011In this nontraditional biography of Beamish Murdock, Philip Girard immerse...More

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Winner - 2012 Clio Prize - Quebec
Bettina Bradbury, Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Montreal. UBC Press. 2011Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Montreal captures, through the issue of widowhood, ...More

Stuart Henderson - Clio Ontario_en 
Winner - 2012 Clio Prize - Ontario
Stuart Henderson, Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s. University of Toronto Press, 2011Brilliantly conceived and engaging, Stuart Henderson’s Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s...More

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Winner - 2012 Clio Prize - The Prairies
Shannon Stunden Bower, Wet Prairie: People, Land and Water in Agricultural Manitoba, UBC Press, 2011Shannon Stunden Bower's Wet Prairie: People, Land and Water in Agricultural Manitoba is an exemplary bioregional history...More

Tim Stanley - Clio B.C._en 
Winner - 2012 Clio Prize - British Columbia
Timothy J. Stanley, Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians, UBC Press, 2011A complex, sophisticated, and substantial piece of empirical and theoretical scholarshi...More

Julie-Cruikshank - CLIO North_en 
Winners - 2012 Clio Prize - The North
Lifetime Achievement – Julie CruikshankJulie Cruikshank has made a profound contribution to the field of northern history through a lifetime of scholarship devoted to Aboriginal oral tradition primarily in the Yukon Terr...More

Corey Prize Winner - Karen Balcom_en 
The Albert B. Corey Prize
The Albert B. Corey Prize in Canadian-American Relations, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association and the American Historical Association is awarded to the best book dealing with the history of Canadian-...More

Katherine Walker_en 
The John Bullen Prize
The John Bullen Prize honours the outstanding Ph.D. thesis on a historical topic submitted in a Canadian university by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

The award will be given in June 2013 at the Annual Meeting...More

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The CHA Journal Prize ( The best article from #1 and #2 issues)
The CHA Journal Prize is awarded every year for the best essay published each year in the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. The adjudication committee consists of the editorial board and a representative fr...More

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The Canadian Aboriginal History Prizes
2013 Prize CompetitionAs part of its mandate to promote and recognise excellence in historical research, the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) awards a series of prizes. As the chair of the committee of the Canadian ...More

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The Hilda Neatby Prize - English Article
The Hilda Neatby Prize recognises each year the best articles in French and English on women's history.

The Canadian Committee on Women’s History is proud to announce its 2012 winners of the Hilda Neatby Prize. The winn...More

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The Hilda Neatby Prize - French Language Article
The Hilda Neatby Prize recognises each year the best articles in French and English on women's history.

The Canadian Committee on Women’s History is proud to announce its 2012 winners of the Hilda Neatby Prize. The winn...More

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Political History Prize - Best Book
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 Canadian Historical Association’s P...More

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Political History Prize - Best Article (English Language)
The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to offer the 2012 prize for the best article in Canadian political history to Gregory P. Marchildon and Klaar...More

GHP - Stephane Savard - Photographie Nathalie St-Pierre UQAM_en 
Political History Group - Best Article Prize (French Language)
The Political History Group (PHG), a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural Canadian Political History Article Prize (French language) is Pr...More

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Public History Prize
The Canadian Committee on Public History, affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, is proud to announce the 2013 Public History Prize Competition.Dealine to submit a nomination - March 1, 2013.The winner will...More

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The Eugene A. Forsey Prize
The Canadian Committee on Labour History is proud to announce that the winner of the 2011 Eugene A. Forsey Prize is Jessica Johanna Van Horssen for her thesis, Asbestos, Quebec: The Town, the Mineral, and the Local-Globa...More

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The Neil Sutherland Article Prize
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 th...More

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Prize for Best article on the history of Sexuality
The Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality awards a Prize for Best Article on the History of Sexuality in Canada. The CCHS prize is designed to recognize excellence in and encourage the growth of scholarly work i...More
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