NEWSLETTER

Society for the History of Children and Youth

Canadian Happenings
Mona Gleason, Educational Studies
Tamara Myers, History
University of British Columbia

With the launch of the History of Children and Youth Group website and official affiliation with the Canadian Historical Association this past year, scholarly activity in Canada is thriving.  A particularly important marker of the maturing of the field is the upcoming meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Vancouver, British Columbia, 2-4 June 2008. For the first time in the organization’s history, ‘childhood, youth and generations’ is one of three themes. The preliminary program or the meeting is now available on the CHA website (www.cha-shc.ca ) and numerous sessions are dedicated to various topics related to the history of children and youth in Canada and beyond. Session titles include:

• New Norms for Childhood
• Children's Experiences with War, Crime, and Sickness
• The Politics of Babies Around the Globe
• The Historical Shaping of the Critical Mind: Experiences and Identities of Youth and the Formation of University Cultures
• Conflicting Paths, Contrasting Cultures: Comparative Approaches to Intergenerational Relationships Between Children, Youth, and Parents
• Print Cultures and Youth Cultures

Dr. Paula Fass from the University of California, Berkeley, will offer the CHA Keynote address entitled, “Children on the Edge of History and Historiography.”

The first Neil Sutherland Prize for the best scholarly article in the history of children and youth will be awarded at the CHA in Vancouver. This award honours Dr. Sutherland’s  pioneering work as a leader in the history of children and youth in Canada. Articles in any area pertaining to the history of children and youth published in scholarly journals and books between January 2006 and December 2007 are eligible for consideration for the prize. In keeping with Dr. Sutherland’s deep interest in the scholarship on children and youth around the world, the prize is open to all national contexts. For details, see http://www.edst.educ.ubc.ca/HCYG/.