Awards - The Canadian Catholic Historical Association

Every year the Canadian Catholic Historical Association has a number of awards available to writers of varying academic levels.

James F. Kenney (Annual): This prize is given in honour of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association’s founder, James F. Kenney (1884-1946). It is awarded for the best essay on any aspect of the history of Catholicism in Canada written in a course by an undergraduate student in any university.

G.E. Clerk Award (Biennial): This award recognizes the broad commitment and contributions of the nominee to the field of Canadian Catholic history (scholarly/educational/archival) and to the administration and mission of the CCHA/SCHEC. It may be awarded biennially. [To submit a nomination for the Clerk Award, click here.]

Paul Bator Award (Biennial): Offered in memory of Paul Bator, Catholic scholar and editor of Historical Studies (1993-1995) this award recognizes the best article published in Historical Studies in the previous two years.

In his second book, expected September 2022 from McGill-Queens University Press, Peter Ludlow examines one of the most celebrated Roman Catholic constituencies in Canada. Occupying a corner of a small province in a politically marginalized region of the country, the Diocese of Antigonish nevertheless had tremendous influence over the development of Canadian Catholicism. It produced the first Roman Catholic prime minister of Canada, supplied the nation with clergy and women- religious, and organized one of North America’s most successful social movements.