The Canadian Nautical Research Society (CNRS; french: Société canadienne pour la recherche nautique, ''SCRN'') was originally established as the Canadian Society for the Promotion of Nautical Research, then incorporated 25 October 1984 under its current name and achieved the status of a registered charity shortly thereafter.
The objectives of the Society are:
* to promote nautical research in Canada
* to disseminate the results of such research, and
* to encourage an awareness of Canada's maritime heritage
To those ends, the Society publishes in association with the
North American Society for Oceanic History
The North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) is the national organization in the United States of America for professional historians, underwater archeologists, archivists, librarians, museum specialists and others working in the broad fi ...
a quarterly journal ''
The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord'' and a quarterly newsletter ''Argonauta''; holds an annual conference; and makes several awards:
* the Jacques Cartier MA Prize in Maritime Affairs, to encourage graduate students at the Master's level
* the Gerry Panting Award, which is a bursary to a young scholar to attend the annual conference to present a paper, and
* the Keith Matthews Awards, named in honour of the Society's first President, to recognize outstanding publications in the field of nautical research.
The Society is also the Canadian national sub-commission of the
International Commission for Maritime History
The International Commission for Maritime History (ICMH) was established in 1960 to promote international cooperation and the exchange of ideas in the field of maritime history. It is affiliated with the International Committee of Historical Scien ...
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External links
The Canadian Nautical Research Society / Société canadienne pour la recherche nautique
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Naval history of Canada
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1982 establishments in Ontario
Maritime organizations
Historical societies of Canada
Organizations established in 1982
Maritime history organizations