ActiveHistory.ca History Does Matter. The Papers: Key Requirements Papers must be historical and based in extensive research Papers should.

ActiveHistory.ca

History Does Matter

The Papers: Key Requirements Papers must be historical and based in

extensive research Papers should engage and/or contextualize

critical issues facing Canadian society Papers must be short and written for a general

audience

The Papers: Key Editorial Guidelines 2,000 – 4,000 words in length. Papers should have clear section headings. No footnotes or endnotes.  150 word summary clearly highlighting how

your paper will add to broader discussions outside of the historical professions. 

The present and future implications of your research should be overt.

The Papers: Key Points to Remember You are writing for a general audience.  Avoid

technical language and cumbersome sentences. 

Papers dealing with all periods of Canadian history are welcome.

Papers should be neither overtly partisan nor excessively descriptive.  They should have a clear argument and be anchored in historical context.

Keep quotations and self references to a minimum.

Themes of Papers(to give an idea…) Aboriginal life, communities

and treaty issues Climate change and the

environment Consumers, buying and

retailing Criminal justice and law

reform Culture and media Economy, development,

taxation and finance Education Gender and sexuality Families and childhood Intergovernmental

relations Immigration and nationality

Immigration and nationality International affairs and

security Language, ethnicity and

identity Medicine, health care and

public health Nationalism and

regionalism Politics and Parties The Constitution Trade unions and

employment Urban history, planning and

local government Welfare, employment

insurance and pensions

Consider this a CFP!

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Database of Historians: Key Points Fill out the forms (a copy is also available on

our website). We will enter you in our database, and put

you in touch with interested media, policy researchers, and other professionals.

This is key for the ActiveHistory project and will be developed further over the years as membership grows.

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Editorial Board 8 – 10 People. Minimal time commitment. Responsibilities

Advising on an editorial standard for the project Helping us review papers as they come in Critically engaging with the website and the

project Interested in being a member of our editorial

board? Please contact us at: [email protected].

A Work in Progress…. Send us your papers Send us links and news Volunteer in any respect you can Tell your colleagues about our site

(networking) Professors Fellow Graduate Students Research Personnel Media Policy-Makers

Come to Our Roundtable in TORY 210 Tory 210 @ 8:30 AM, TOMORROW

(Wednesday 27 May) Speakers

Keith Jamieson, Independent Six Nations Cultural Consultant and Curator

Geoffrey Reaume, Critical Disability Studies, York University, and Psychiatric Survivor Archives

Robin Elliott, Murmur, murmurtoronto.ca Jim Clifford, Department of History, York

University Thomas Peace, Department of History, York

University

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