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)...

Indigitization grant program accepting applications

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, UBC iSchool, UNBC and the Museum of Anthropology are calling for applications for the 2019 Indigitization...

New book tells story of Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre

The Village of New Denver has just released a new historical book titled Kyowakai: Memory and Healing...

Congrats to this year’s LAC grant recipients — 11 from BC!

The Library and Archives Canada Documentary Heritage Communities Program has for 2017-2018 approved $1.5 million in funding to support 48 projects in local archival...

Valley Voices — October Podcast

Vally Voices, a production of the Langley Heritage Society, airs every Wednesday at 11 am on CIVL Radio 101.7 at the University of the...

UBC Press books take top two prizes in the British Columbia Historical Federation Historical...

The British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF) is pleased to announce the winners for the Annual Historical Writing Competition. The prizes were awarded on Saturday,...

John MacFarlane — Documenting Nautical History

Since 1976, John MacFarlane of Qualicum Beach has documented Canada’s nautical history through the creation of The Nauticapedia Project — an online information portal featuring more...

Black History Month in BC

February is Black History Month, and there are several activities and events to mark the occasion in British Columbia. Events run from Saturday January 28...