Founded in 2020, Contemporary Kanata is a journal devoted to publishing works by undergraduate students in the field of Canadian Studies. We aim to publish quality bilingual research in the social sciences and humanities about Canada. Our vision involves efforts to decolonize knowledge and scholarship within the field of Canadian Studies, and we hope to publish pieces and articles that center the voices of misrepresented, underrepresented, and unrepresented groups. We recognize that we exist within a context where undergraduate journals are few and far between, and there are limited opportunities or avenues for undergraduate students to publish their work.  Our mission involves fostering debate and intellectual exchange between emerging scholars and thinkers who are engaging critically with Canada. As well as to ensure that our writers and contributors feel supported during what might be for many of them their first publishing process. 

The journal includes articles, research notes, book reviews, and other submissions that contribute to the study of Canada, both at home and abroad. The journal is interested in all types of research, whether cultural, political, economic, demographic, or scientific, without methodological, temporal, or geographic restrictions. The journal gives priority to studies that explicitly situate themselves in the field of Canadian Studies and are innovative in sources, method, or interpretation. Contemporary Kanata is open to individual submissions but has also published special issues focused on specific topics.

 

The journal is situated in the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University. One issue is published yearly, with the financial assistance of the Robarts Centre and York University. The journal is published electronically, but it can be printed in small runs for specific purposes. It is open access.