Call for Papers for Spring 2011 meeting in Toronto

Invitation
Call for Papers
to the Second Joint Meeting of the CCHA/ACHA 2011 at the University of St Michael’s College, University of Toronto 15-16 April 2011

The Second Joint Conference of the Canadian Catholic Historical and the American Catholic Historical Associations will be convened at the University of St Michael’s College on the University of Toronto campus on April 15 and 16, 2011. The First Joint Conference met at the same location in 2001 when forty-seven papers were delivered in sixteen sessions over two days. Ten years later the CCHA/ACHA and the University of St Michael’s College will again sponsor this second Joint Conference.

History papers and sessions are invited from members and friends of both Associations on such themes as Catholics Across Boundaries, Local or International Church, Missions, or Immigration. Please send paper and session proposals by October 1, 2010 to Terence Fay SJ at the University of St Michael’s College on the University of Toronto campus: [email protected].

Toronto

After the American Revolution, the British Loyalists were the first large influx of newcomers to the site of Toronto. The Irish came next and were the Catholic population in Toronto until 1890, when German, French, Italian, Polish, and eventually Asian Catholics arrived. In 2002, Toronto welcomed Pope John Paul II for World Youth Day. According to a United Nations report, Toronto has the second-highest proportion of immigrants in the world after Miami, Florida and is a very cosmopolitan city. The relative tranquility of these diverse ethnic groups is a testament to the tolerance and multicultural nature of Canadian society. In the second half of the twentieth century, Toronto surpassed Montreal as the economic capital of Canada and is a population centre of five million people.