Annual Conference
Annual Conference
BCHF conference registration is open
The BCHF host committee, under the guidance of Chair Jon Bartlett, is excited to share the news that registration is open for...
BCHF conference planning underway
We expect registration for the BCHF conference to open in mid-April. A schedule and list of speakers...
BCHF conference calls for presenters
Will you be coming to BCHF annual conference in Princeton this July? Do you have a presentation that you would like to...
Save the date for BCHF conference in Princeton
The BCHF is excited to announce that its annual conference will be held in Princeton this summer from July 20-23, 2023.
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....
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...
The Second World War in BC History and Public Memory
Scott Sheffield's investigations of the academic literature on the Second World War in BC revealed a surprising dearth of literature explicitly exploring...
BC History: Objects, Collections and Change
Objects have a life within a museum’s collection. That life may be short or long. New objects enter collections and others leave...
History as a Tool for Reconciliation
Today Indigenous people are struggling to negotiate treaties with the BC and Canadian governments and in other ways to re-assume meaningful say...
Victoria in 1922: A Re-creation
Victoria became John Adams’ adopted city in 1960. As a new kid who was interested in history, he tried to make up...
