Historical Writing Competition

Historical Writing Competition

BCHF Certificate of Appreciation presented to Maurice Guibord

Maurice Guibord The British Columbia Historical Federation is pleased to announce Vancouver’s Maurice Guibord is a recipient of...

Wilson Duff: Coming Back, A Life wins Lieutenant-Governor’s Award

Robin Fisher receives the Lieutenant Governor's award for historical writing from former Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon (right) at the BCHF’s conference...
Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing

Finalists for Lieutenant Governor’s Awards announced

The British Columbia Historical Federation is honoured to announce the finalists for the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Writing Awards. They appear below...

Entries sought for BCHF Historical Writing Award

The British Columbia Historical Federation will present the 40th Lieutenant Governor's Historical Writing Awards to recipients from among the previous year's publications...
Screenshot of Barry Gough being interviewed about his book Possessing Meares Island. An image of the book cover is shown next to Barry

In Conversation with Barry Gough: Possessing Meares Island

British Columbia History magazine's Aimee Greenaway interviewed Dr. Barry Gough, award-winning author of Possessing Meares Island: A Historian's Journey Through the Past...

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...

The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow: A presentation by Catherine Clement

Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow, written by Catherine Clement and published by the Chinese Canadian Historical...

Chinatown Through a Wide Lens wins Lieutenant Governor’s Medal

A remarkable book about an early Vancouver photographer whose work was almost forgotten was named the...

BCHF conference: Connections 2021 at Surrey

The province’s largest historical organization successfully conducted its first virtual conference in partnership with the Surrey Historical...

BCHF conference preview: Awards gala

Find out who will win the Lieutenant Governor's medal for historical writing at our Awards Gala on...