From the first meeting in 1990 that led to the formation of CALJ, the vocation of the association has focused on the well-being of learned journals:
To represent, develop and support the academic community of Canadian learned journals in disseminating original research and scholarly information, and to promote intellectual culture in Canada and internationally.
CALJ operates as a not-for-profit association and is member-driven, identifying priorities and establishing projects and activities as the CALJ journals and other CALJ members direct. Through interaction with government agencies, the research community and other partners, CALJ works to strengthen both individual journals and the journal community as a whole.
The three key functions of CALJ are to provide services to CALJ member journals, to develop industry initiatives for CALJ member journals, and to enhance the collective strengths of CALJ members and the journal community.
For details on benefits of becoming a CALJ member, please visit our benefits page, here.
Read a copy of the CALJ constitution
Read a short history of CALJ.
CALJ Leadership
The CALJ Board of Directors draws on the experience of publishing professionals and scholars.
President
Leanne Coughlin
Managing Editor
BC Studies: The British Columbia Quarterly
Past President
Antonia Pop
Vice President, Journals, University of Toronto Press
Secretary-Treasurer
Gillian Lane-Mercier
Editor
TTR: traduction, terminologie, rédaction
Members-at-Large:
Abrahim H. Khan, Toronto Journal of Theology
Michael Donaldson, Canadian Science Publishing / Éditions Sciences Canada
Sarah McCabe, Ontario Historical Society
Gordon Smith, MUSICultures
CALJ-ACRS Executive Director:
Karli Whitmore
We are proud to be a founding member of C4DISC and to contribute to the important mission of the Coalition in advocating for equity, diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications. As a Canadian association for scholarly journals, we are pleased and privileged to help promote the diverse voices of marginalized communities, and engage our membership in ongoing learning opportunities on the topics of equity and inclusion. - Antonia Pop, President of CALJ
Read our Standards of Conduct for the Canadian Association of Learned Journals, part of our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiative.