History

CHEA/ACHÉ was founded in Calgary in 1980 at a one-day conference held at the University of Calgary on 14 Feb. 1980, organized by Robert Stamp, Nancy Sheehan and David Jones

In 1988 CHEA/ACHÉ established Historical Studies in Education/Revue d’histoire de l’éducation, under founding editors Rebecca Coulter, R.D. Gidney, Ruby Heap, W.P.J. Millar, Michael Owen, Jud Purdy, and J.D. Wilson

Past Conferences:

1980   Calgary

1982   Toronto

1983   Vancouver [Held jointly with History of Education Society (US)]

1986   Dalhousie

1988   London

1990   Ottawa

1992   Lethbridge

<1993 University of Melbourne [ANZHES/CHEA-ACHÉ friendly gathering]

1994   St. John’s

1996   Toronto [Held jointly with History of Education Society (US)]

1998   Vancouver

2000   London

2002   Quebec City

2004   Calgary

2006   University of Ottawa [Held jointly with History of Education Society(US)]

2008   Sudbury

2010   Toronto

2012   Vancouver

2014   Saskatoon

2016   Waterloo

2018   Fredericton

2020 [No conference held due to the COVID-19 pandemic]

2022 Victoria

2024 Ottawa

Presidents:

1980-1982     Susan Houston

1982-1984     Neil Sutherland

1984-1986     Eric Ricker

1986-1988     Judson Purdy

1988-1990     Chad Gaffield

1990-1992     Brian Titley

1992-1994     Phil McCann

1994-1996     Harry Smaller

1996-1998     J.D. Wilson

1998-2000     Rebecca Coulter

2000-2002     Thérèse Hamel

2002-2004     E. Lisa Panayotidis

2004-2006     Tim Stanley

2006-2008     Sara Z. Burke

2008-2010     Paul Axelrod

2010-2012     Penney Clark

2012-2014     Lynn Lemisko

2014-2016     Kristina Llewellyn

2016-2018     Catherine Gidney

2020-2022 Jason Ellis

2022-2024 Gemma Porter

2024-2026 Thomas Peace