I’ll just draw the attention of readers to a round-up of some recent developments, compiled by Tom Peace: http://activehistory.ca/2010/07/active-history-annoucements-july-18-24/#more-2138

Sean Kheraj has also commented on the census controversy, particularly in terms of the Canadian Historical Association’s opposition to the scrapping. The full post is available here: http://wp.me/pYHN8-eo

The recent Canadian debate has been fairly quiet on the fact that the United Kingdom has announced plans to scrap its census completely after 2011, citing difficulties in accurately counting people in an increasingly mobile age. 1.5 million of its 24 million people didn’t fill out the 2001 British census, with only 38 convictions for noncompliance. The British have held a decennial census since 1801, and have traditions of censuses going back centuries. Not surprisingly, the importance of census information for the writing of history has also been part of the British debate. As one commentator recently remarked on the end of census: “Future historians will be less able to interpret Britain in the Cameron/Clegg era as a result of this decision – maybe that is the reason for it”.