The Interchange on Canadian Studies/Échange sur les études canadiennes is a not-for-profit organization constituted by a Charter of Incorporation and By-laws. The Board of Directors is the governing body and presides over the business affairs of the organization. The Board consists of seventeen members and is made up of four executive members and one director from each of the provinces and territories.

The National Conference Coordinator is responsible for the planning, administering and hosting of the annual conference. ICS/ÉÉC operations are conducted by the table officers of the corporation (the Executive), together with the National Coordinator who is included with the executive as an ex-officio member .

Our first conference was held in Newtonbrook , Ontario in 1972 and was called the Newtonbrook Conference on Canadian Studies. The next two conferences were called the Canadian Studies Forum. Since 1975, the organization has been called the Interchange on Canadian Studies/Échange sur les études canadiennes. Ideally the conference alternates among eastern, western, and northern locations.

Conference sites:
2008 Regina , SK
2007 St. John's , NL
2006 (no conference)
2005 Medicine Hat , AB
2004 North Bay , ON
2003 Moncton , NB
2002 Yellowknife , NT
2001 Victoria , BC
2000 Winnipeg , MB
1999 Whitehorse , YT
1998 Halifax , NS
1997 Prince Albert , SK
1996 Charlottetown , PE
1995 Stony Plain, AB
1994 Cornerbrook , NF
1993 Toronto , ON
1992 Whitehorse , YT
1991 Fredericton , NB
1990 Saanich , BC
1989 Carleton, QB
1988 Regina , SK
1987 Brandon , MB
1986 Halifax , NS
1985 Edmonton , AB
1984 Summerside , PE
1983 Whitehorse , YT
1982 St. John's , NF
1981 Kingston , ON
1980 Yellowknife , NT
1979 Moncton , NB
1978 Saskatoon , SK
1977 Quebec City , QC
1976 Vancouver , BC
1975 Winnipeg , MB
1974 Halifax , NS
1973 Calgary , AB
1972 Newtonbrook , ON