Canadian Happenings

Mona Gleason
University of British Columbia

It’s Official! History of Children and Youth Group Affiliated with CHA

The History of Children and Youth Group earned official affiliate status of the Canadian Historical Association in December, 2006. The group now has its own website available at: www.edst.educ.ubc.ca/HCYG/
The site is still very much evolving but we do encourage all members of the SHCY (and beyond!) to have a look and to consider joining the group.

New Prize Announcement – International Entries Welcome!
The HCYG is very pleased to announce the first Neil Sutherland Prize for the Best Scholarly Article published in the History of Children and Youth.

This award honours the pioneering work of Neil Sutherland in the field of history of children and youth by recognizing outstanding contributions to the field. An award of $200.00 accompanies the prize to be given out on a biennial basis. The first prize will be awarded in conjunction with the 2008 meetings of the Canadian Historical Association at the University of British Columbia. Articles published in the history of children and youth in scholarly journals and books published between January 2006 and December 2007 will be eligible for consideration for the prize. There are no restrictions on time periods or national/international context. Award winners will demonstrate originality of scholarship and clear constribution to our understanding of the history of young people.

Submission of Articles: Please send four (2) copies of the published article NO LATER THAN January 25, 2008 to BOTH Dr. Mona Gleason and Dr. Tamara Myers at:

Neil Sutherland Prize Committee
c/o Dr. Mona Gleason
Department of Educational Studies
University of British Columbia
2044 Lower Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4

Neil Sutherland Prize Committee
c/o Dr. Tamara Myers
History Department
University of British Columbia
Room 1297
1873 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z1

Project Announcement :
CHILDHOOD REFLECTIONS:  A STUDY OF THE FOLKLORE OF CHILDREN'S PLAY: For the past 15 years I have been collecting stories from adults about their childhood playtime experiences.  To date I have gathered over 3,000 such accounts from people around the world.  I have used a questionnaire as the primary means of collecting people's experiences.  Most of these stories are rich in character and information.  Major intents of our project are to ensure that this often overlooked aspect of our cultural history is preserved and also to determine how the play of children may have changed over time.  We are particularly interested to gather childhood reflections from people in the same family and which span a number of generations.  It is also our goal to be able to provide a multicultural perspective on the play worlds of children and thus we invite individuals from a broad diversity of countries and cultures to  participate.  Elders in the community are particularly welcome to take part.
We invite readers of  "Canadian Happenings" and their families and friends to contact us if they would like to obtain a copy of the Childhood Reflections form. We hope that colleagues will help us spread the word about this initiative.  Please contact us at the following address for a copy of the questionnaire.  Thank you for your consideration in this matter,

Gary Pennington, EdD
Associate Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia
E: gazpen@gmail.com
T: 604-803-9164