About Us

Our Mission

The Canadian History of Education Association / Association Canadienne d’histoire de l’éducation brings together scholars, students, educators, teacher educators, and community-based researchers to study the educational past in Canada and abroad. CHEA/ACHÉ understands the history of education to include, but not be limited to, formal and informal settings for teaching and learning (e.g. curricula and pedagogy, as well as community groups), social and cultural approaches to education (i.e. from religious organizations to the arts), the study of children and youth (e.g. youth clubs, popular culture), as well as policy and governance of schooling (i.e. from leader biographies to policy document analysis).

As an established and lively academic association, CHEA/ACHÉ thus offers a network of interdisciplinary and international scholars committed to critical dialogue on various aspects of schooling history. To support this critical dialogue, we organize a biennial meeting/conference held at different locations across the country and many of the contributions are published in our peer-reviewed partner journal Historical Studies in Education. We also stimulate online discussion about the new and exciting aspects of education history research and politics through our online and social media presence.

2024-2026 Executive

President: Thomas Peace (Huron University, London, ON) tpeace@huron.uwo.ca

First Vice-President: Gemma Porter (St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB) geporter@stu.ca

Second Vice-President: Sean Carleton (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB) sean.carleton@umanitoba.ca

Secretary-Treasurer: Katie Gemmell k.gemmell@alumni.ubc.ca

Past President: Gemma Porter (St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB) geporter@stu.ca

Graduate Student Representative: Garrett Hajnal (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB) garrett.hajnal@ualberta.ca

Member at Large (Communications): Renée McKinstry (Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS) katherine.mckinstry@msvu.ca

Member at Large (Outreach): Paul Bennett (Adjunct with Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS; Director – Schoolhouse Institute) pbennett@ns.sympatico.ca; director@schoolhouseconsulting.ca

HSE/RHÉ Representative: Jason Ellis (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC) j.ellis@ubc.ca