About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. The CJE prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.

The CJE is a broad-based Journal that, from multiple perspectives, takes up issues that are critical to the education community. In addition to empirical findings from applied research, the Journal also welcomes conceptual, historical, and socio-political analyses and critiques in the history, philosophy, and sociology of education from a wide range of traditions. The CJE aims to be a forum for authors to share ideas and connect theory to practice in meaningful ways for the education community in Canada and beyond, including scholars, funding agencies, researchers, educators, practitioners, learning communities, policy makers, and the public. The CJE’s goal is to foster understanding and societal betterment through the publication of articles describing scholarly- and research-generated insights and solutions.

The Canadian Journal of Education has an H-index of 46, according to SCImago (2025). The CJE’s acceptance rate is approximately 20 percent. The CJE is indexed in Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Educational Research Abstracts, and PsycINFO.

Authors should be familiar with the following policy guidelines:

  • The CJE welcomes all forms of scholarly writing and all methodologies
  • Articles may address education both in and out of schools, and across the lifespan
  • Articles must be written from an expert’s point of view but framed in language that is accessible to those working from other disciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives.

Authors are required to demonstrate that their article fits within the Journal mandate and is relevant to the Canadian education community. The editorial staff of the CJE are unable to make a formal assessment of potential articles until they have been uploaded to the database.

Publication Frequency

The Canadian Journal of Education publishes one volume and four issues a year in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Fees

The Canadian Journal of Education does not charge publication fees or article processing fees.