Trade-Offs: The History of Canada-U.S. Trade Negotiations was the subject of the Canadian Business History Association’s annual conference held in November 2018. The conference discussed the history of Canada’s efforts in negotiating past trade agreements with the United States, including the Reciprocity Agreement of 1854, the Auto Pact (1965), the Free
The University of Reading’s Henley Business School has some fully-funded scholarships (tuition fees plus living support costs) to support PhD students doing research on business history and related areas. These are open to all nationalities, including Canadians. For further details please contact Peter Scott via e-mail (p.m.scott@reading.ac.uk) .
The Lynton R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University is looking to fill an L.R. Wilson Assistant Professorship in Canadian History. The successful applicant will begin a two year appointment beginning on July 1, 2019. Completed applications must include a covering letter, a CV, and two letters of
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 (scholarly article, book project, digital, oral or public history project)
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. It is particularly interested in innovative studies that have the
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: The Business of the National Hockey League to 1945 by
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 services, TD’s Archives Department is now a vibrant and collaborative
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.
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 review HERE.
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 and lawyer C. Ian Kyer. He will speak on the