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CBHA/ACHA 2019-20 Chris Kobrak Research Fellowship Open for Applications

The CBHA/ACHA, Canada’s leading organization for the study of business in Canada, offers support for a research project in an area of Canadian business history.  Applicants are encouraged to think creatively in developing proposals that will result in an academic product

Last Chance – CBHA/ACHA Best Book in Canadian Business History Award

Submission Deadline: February 28th, 2019 The CBHA/ACHA, Canada’s leading organization for the study of business in Canada, offers a bi-annual prize for the Best Book in Canadian Business History, broadly defined. The prize committee encourages the submission of books from all methodological perspectives.

Two New Book Reviews Added

Two New Book Reviews Added

E.A. Heaman of McGill University reviews the book Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital by Alexia M. Yates and published by Harvard University Press (2015). Diego M. Coriaolo of University of Alberta reviews the book Joining the Clubs:

CBHA Member Tour – TD Bank Group Art & Archives

TD Bank Group invites members of the CBHA to an exclusive tour of the Bank’s Archives and Corporate Art Collection.  Established in 1976 with a mandate to identify, acquire, and preserve the administrative and historical records documenting the Bank’s people, products and

CBHA/ACHA Annual General Meeting Now Available on YouTube Channel

The Annual General Meeting of the CBHA/ACHA held on January 14th, 2019 is now available for viewing on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube channel. The video can be viewed HERE.

New Book Review Added

Janis Thiessen, Snacks: A Canadian Food History. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press, 2017. v + 344pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Paper; ISBN 978-0-88755-799-6, Cdn $27.95, PDF; ISBN 978-0-88755-529-9, Cdn $25.00, EPUB; ISBN 978-0-88755- 527-5, Cdn $25.00. Read the book

Reminder: CBHA/ACHA Annual General Meeting

A reminder to attend the Annual General Meeting of the CBHA/ACHA scheduled for Monday January 14th, 2019 at the Rotman School of Business, 105 St George Street, Toronto from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Guest Speaker will be distinguished historian

New Book Review Added

New Book Review Added

Richard J. Grace, Opium and Empire: The Lives of William Jardine and James Matheson.Montréal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014, 2016. xvii + 453pp., illustrations, maps,notes, bibliography, index. Cloth; ISBN 978-0-7735-4452-9, Cdn $34.95, Paper; ISBN 978-0-7735-4726-1, Cdn $ 29.95. Read the book

Invitation to Lecture: How to get Businesses to Start Valuing their Archives

Invitation to Lecture: How to get Businesses to Start Valuing their Archives

CBHA/ACHA members and their guests are invited to a special lecture at McGill University titled Keep or Shred? How to get Businesses to Start Valuing their Archives.  In this presentation, head of communication and editorial services Anders Sjöman will share thoughts and