The first Conference on the Study of the History of Canadian Science and Technology, held in Kingston, Ontario in November 1978, marks the emergence of a new Canadian discipline. This wide-ranging, bilingual collection of papers and workshops includes contributions by some of the historians, scientists, educators, students, archivists, and government representatives present at the conference. The papers discuss the nature of the new field, its objectives, and the problems of resources, funding, publishing, and practical uses which face historians of Canadian science and technology. Records of the workshops convey the flavour of excitement present at the conference. Included in the volume are an extensive bibliography and listings of museums and available collections, research in progress, and conference participants.

Richard A. Jarrell is Associate Professor of Natural Science at Atkinson College, York University, Toronto. He holds the Ph.D. degree in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of Toronto. Co-editor of A Curious Field-book, he has also published extensively in the history of Canadian science and Renaissance science.

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Norman R. Ball is Science and Engineering Archivist at the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa. He holds the Ph.D. degree from the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and technology at the University of Toronto. He is co-editor of Let Us Be Honest and Modest: Technology and Society in Canadian History.

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