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| 1956 Dec
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The passing of Leslie Silversides.
Leslie became a Bahá'í in 1945 and while visiting Emeric and Rosemary Sala became aware of the necessity and urgency of making contact with the Native People. When a new school opened on a Reserve in the fall of 1947 he re-assumed his career as a teacher. Mabel and Leslie Silversides, were the first non-Aboriginal Bahá'ís in Canada to move to a reserve. When a memorial service was held for him on December 16th some 50 or 60 Native people from the Reserve where he had been teaching attended, some walking as far as 10-12 miles. Another service was held on December 17th in Regina, his former community. After his passing his wife Mabel resumed teaching. She passed away in 1992. Both were buried in the Wolseley Cemetery. [Encylopedia of Saskatchewan; CBN No86 March, 1957 p4]
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- In Memoriam; Biography; Leslie Silversides; Mabel Silversides; Native teaching; Wolseley, SK | the first non-Aboriginal Bahá'ís in Canada to move to a reserve |
| 1956 Dec
195- |
Winnifred Harvey became the first pilgrim from Ottawa and she was the only Western pilgrim at the time. She took copious (80 pages) notes, some in shorthand. She met with the Guardian over dinner seven times. When hearing that 40% of the Canadian population was French-speaking, the Guardian replied that the same percentage of Bahá’ís must be French-Canadians, or the Faith would appear to be Anglo-Saxon. [Our Bahá'í Legacy, ppt presentation by Heather Harvey 22NOV24] | Ottawa, ON; Winnifred Harvey | The first pilgrim from Ottawa |
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