Chronology Canada: Date 1976

date	event	tags	firsts
1976 31 Dec - 1 Jan	The second annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Studies took place at Cedar Glen, in Bolton, and was attended by some 100 Bahá'ís from all the provinces and a few from the United States. Three original papers this year were presented by Dr. William Hatcher, Mr. Douglas Martin and Dr. John Hatcher. Two students, Heida Lakshman and John Taylor also presented papers. The Ottawa company, based in Ottawa, Le Ballet Shayda presented their original piece entitled Journey. [BC Issue 300 February 1977 p6]	Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Ballet Shayda; William Hatcher; Douglas Martin; John Hatcher; Heida Lakshman; John Taylor; Bolton, ON
1976 6 – 7 Nov	The first Canadian Bahá'í Native Council was held in Tyendinaga, Ontario. [BW17:162]	Tyendinaga First Nation, ON	first Canadian Bahá’í Native Council
1976 Oct	Angus Cowan was appointed to the Continental Board of Counsellors where he served until 1986. Angus introduced the Faith to Dorothy Francis who became a Baha'i in 1960.	Angus Cowan; Continental Board of Counsellors; Dorothy Francis
1976 Ridván	The municipalities of Aylmer, Lucerne and Deschenes, QC amalgamated and as a result, the existing Assemblies of Lucerne and Aylmer were united under the new name of the united municipalities-Aylmer. No Assembly had been formed in Deschenes. [email from David Erickson dated 28 May 2022]	Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Outaouais Cluster; Aylmer, QC; Lucerne, QC; Deschenes, QC
1976 1 - 4 Jan	On the weekend of January 1—4, the newly-formed Canadian Association for Studies on the Bahá'í Faith held its first annual meeting at Cedar Glen, a conference centre 30 miles north of Toronto. The postal strike had made it impossible for the executive committee to provide adequate notification to the members, and this together with the very bad weather, suggested that attendance would be quite small. The committee, therefore, reserved space for only 50 people. No fewer than 80 participants turned up. Moreover, they came from every province in Canada, except Prince Edward Island, and from as far north as the Yukon. Fifteen local Spiritual Assemblies each sent a representative, and of course a number of the members of the Association were present in a dual capacity as representatives either of their own Spiritual Assembly or of a campus club. Seven speakers presented papers in a wide range of academic disciplines. The speakers were: 'Abdu'l Misagh Ghadirian-"August Forel: His Life and Enlightenment". Douglas Martin-"The Bahá'í Faith and Its Critics". Luc Dion, a student of Physics at the Université du Québec in Chicoutimi-"La realité du monde e l'existence de Dieu". He had the distinction of being the first Bahá'í student to present a formal paper and also presented the first paper in French. Hossain Danesh-"Violence and Apathy". William Hatcher-on the relationship between science and religion. Don Rogers-"The Function of Revelation in Artistic Expression". Glen Eyford-"Spiritual Education". A decision was taken to begin the publication of Bahá'í Studies. In addition, the "Ballet Shayda" presented a group of three dances on Saturday evening. [BC Issue 291 February 1976 p6]	`Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Ballet Shayda; `Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian; Douglas Martin; Luc Dion; Hossain Danesh; William Hatcher; Don Rogers; Otto Rogers; Glen Eyford; Cedar Glen, ON	first annual meeting of Association for Bahai Studies; first student to present a paper at the ABS; first French paper presented at the ABS;
1976 (In the year)	Elizabeth Martin with Chris Lyons made a film called Retrospective, a memoir of Hand of the Cause John Robarts. It included his reminiscences of the Guardian and of the early days of the Faith in Canada. [HNWE36]	- Film; Retrospective; Elizabeth Martin; Chris Lyons; - Hands of the Cause; John Robarts; Toronto, ON
1976 - 1977	In the International Survey of Current Bahá'í Activities of the Bahá'í World special mention was made of the marathon voyage of Mohsen and Felicity Enayat, travelling teachers from Canada, who for nearly two years travelled across the length and breadth of West Africa, touching almost every country in the zone. Their love, devotion and humility coupled with their deep knowledge and creative methods of teaching and deepening, made them especially effective wherever they went. [BW17p149] It was mentioned that Felicity and Mohsen played a valuable role at the training institute held in Yaoundé. [BW16p163]	Mohsen Enayat
Try also a shorter date like 197 try also the main Chronology — 1976 or 197

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