2022 Victoria
2022 Victoria
Lydia Kinasewich named W. Kaye Lamb scholarship recipient
This year’s recipient of the W. Kaye Lamb $1,000 scholarship from the BCHF is Lydia Kinasewich of UNBC (pictured) for her paper...
Accessing Residential School Records
Content warning: This video relates to Indian Residential Schools. A reminder that the Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24 hour...
Award of Recognition: Marlin (Marl) Brown
The British Columbia Historical Federation announces that Marlin (Marl) Brown of Fort Nelson is a recipient of an Award of Recognition. The...
The BC Historical Federation at 100: Facing a Crossroads
In October 1922, a small group of interested citizens from Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC came together at the Provincial...
60 Second Decades
During our 2022 conference, each session began with a minute-long video consisting of historic moments and pictures from the BCHF's first century....
Possessing Meares Island wins Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing
A book that links early maritime history, Indigenous land rights, and modern environmental advocacy in the Clayoquot...
BC History in Fragments: What Lies Beneath Our Feet
Even the smallest historic object, lost or actively discarded, decades or even centuries ago, has a story to tell. In this presentation...
BCHF conference silent auction is live
Annual conference is underway and our silent auction is live! Bid on local history books, or purchase some BCHF swag.
A New Perspective on the Uprooting and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians
The mistreatment of Japanese Canadians during the 1940s has traditionally been understood in terms of a temporary, wartime internment. Drawing upon the...
100 Years of Memory: BC Historical Federation conference coming to Victoria
The British Columbia Historical Federation is celebrating its centennial in Victoria where an inaugural meeting was held in 1922. Co-hosted by the...
