BCHF News

BCHF News

British Columbia History Summer 2015 Issue

The Summer 2015 issue of British Columbia History features Kootenaina Making History Possible by R.J. Welwood Collecting and preserving material relating to the central Kootenay region...

Jason Beck is winner of the British Columbia Historical Federation Anne and Philip Yandle...

The award recognizes the article that best enhances knowledge of the history of British Columbia and provides enjoyable reading. (British Columbia, May 23, 2015) The...

Winners of 2014 British Columbia Historical Federation Historical Writing Competition

The award celebrates books that make significant contributions to the historical literature of British Columbia (British Columbia, May 2015) The British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF)...
Roger Whitehouse and Margaret Matovich

Burnaby Historical Society in the News

The Burnaby Historical Society is disbanding after 61 years and people are starting to take notice of some of the issues facing...
Paul Ferguson at the Langley Cenotaph

Langley Heritage Society — Valley Voices November Podcast

The Langley Heritage Society's November edition of Valley Voices features military historian and BCHF member Paul Ferguson who discusses how we remember the two World...

Media celebrates 2017 BCHF award winners

We are pleased to share the following media stories recognizing some of our 2017 BCHF award winners: "Top of province garners top prize," BC BookLook,...

New Vancouver Archives holdings in the public domain

On January 1, 2018, copyright on several City of Vancouver Archives holdings expired. These digital materials, including the sampling listed below, are now in...

Book Launch Event — French Presence in Victoria, BC (1987-2017)

Un Lancement du livre Presence francophone à Victoria (1987 - 2017) aura lieu le 8 mai 2018 à 18h30m au Creekside Community Centre, 1 Athletes...

Step Up For History Campaign: Tell Us What’s Up

Demolition of heritage buildings. Poor funding for local museums. Councils not living up to their own heritage bylaws. It’s time to Step Up For History in...

Call for digital postcards of BC monuments

BC Studies invites you to participate in a province-wide project to generate a gallery of “digital postcards” that depict “monuments” in diverse areas of...