Canadian Historical Review

The Canadian Historical Review (CHR) is the premier journal on Canadian history. Its predecessor was founded in Toronto in 1896 by George MacKinnon Wrong under the title Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada and, in its first edition of 1897, reviewed publications on Canadian history from the two previous years. It has been published quarterly since 1920 under its current name.

Eminent historians such as George Wrong, George Brown, GP de T. Glazebrook, Donald Creighton, John Saywell, Ramsay Cook and Craig Brown worked as editors at the University of Toronto Press . Non-Toronto University editors, such as JL Granatstein, John English, JR Miller and HV Nelles, have also been appointed since the 1970s. An advisory board , such as a scientific advisory board, represented all regions of the gigantic country and many specialist areas. In 1996 the circulation was 2,500 copies per issue.

The editors today (2010) are Cecilia Morgan from the University of Toronto , who works in the history of education and specializes in gender , colonialism and imperialism and cultural history , and Sarah Carter from the University of Alberta , who is part of the Faculty of Native Studies has a focus on First Nations history and gender history.

The publication is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) and the Canadian Magazine Fund .

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Among the editors were initially prominent historians from Toronto, such as George MacKinnon Wrong (1860-1948), church historian, 1894-1927 head of the history faculty at the University of Toronto, or Donald Creighton (1902-1979), who was under the influence of Harold Innis published The Commercial Empire of the St Lawrence in 1937 , representing the Laurentian thesis . This assumed that the St. Lawrence River and the fur trading companies were the decisive integration factor of Canada. His two-volume monograph on John A. Macdonald received the Governor General's Award . He mainly promoted nationalistic works that turned against continentalization, but also against regionalization, whereby in later years he developed a tendency towards a more journalistic style.

John Saywell and George Ramsay Cook (* 1921) also taught at the University of Toronto, with Ramsay Cook, one of the most famous Canadian historians, later moving to York University , where he taught until 1996. He too dealt with the nation, but more with bilingualism and the balance between English and French-speaking parts of the population. He also dealt with the first contacts between Europeans and First Nations and in 1989 initiated the Dictionary of Canadian Biography .

He was followed by Robert Craig Brown (* 1935), who was born in Rochester , New York, and who studied at Creighton. Already in his dissertation (1962) he dealt with the relationship between Canada and the USA. 1966 assistant professor, 1970 professor in Toronto, 1964 to 1968 co-editor and 1968 to 1973 editor of CHR.

Historians have come from Ontario since the mid-1970s, such as Jack Lawrence Granatstein (* 1939) from Toronto , a specialist in political and military history, whose best-known work was Who Killed Canadian History , or John English (* 1945) from Plattsville, Ontario , who did not active only in the historical field, but also sits on the board of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and advises on foreign policy.

He was followed by James Rodger Miller and Henry Vivian Nelles (* 1942), who (1988-1992) was co-editor of CHR, since 1992 its editor. The latter dealt in detail with Indian-White relations in Canada .

She was accompanied by an advisory group from the various historical sub-disciplines and regions of Canada.

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Remarks

↑ 1954 recipient of the JB Tyrrell Historical Medal , which is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Canada .
^ Robert Craig Brown, University of Toronto, Archives and Records Management Services ( May 9, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), May 9, 2012.
^ Canadian-American relations in the latter part of the nineteenth century . Other publications include Canada's National Policy, 1883-1900 , 1964
^ Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens. A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada , 3rd Edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

[1] 1954 recipient of the JB Tyrrell Historical Medal , which is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Canada .

[2] Robert Craig Brown, University of Toronto, Archives and Records Management Services ( May 9, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), May 9, 2012.

[3] Canadian-American relations in the latter part of the nineteenth century . Other publications include Canada's National Policy, 1883-1900 , 1964

[4] Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens. A History of Indian-White Relations in Canada , 3rd Edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.