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1999 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of Angus: From the Heart: The life of Counsellor Angus Cowan by Pat Verge. It was published by Springtide Publishing, in Cochrane, AB. Two editions of this book were published in 1999. | Patricia Verge; Angus Cowan; * Publications; Cochrane, AB | |
1998 Ridván
199- |
The National Convention was held in the Bahá'í Shrine in Montreal the location of the first National Convention 50 years previous. Those elected were: : Husayn Banani, Glen Eyford. Judy Filson, Margot Leonard, Susan Lyons, Karen McKye. Reginald Newkirk, Louise Profeit-Leblanc, and Enayat Rawhani. [CBN Vol 11 No 3 Jul 1998 p11] | National Convention; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Husayn Banani; Glen Eyford; Judy Filson; Margot Leonard; Susan Lyons; Karen McKye; Reginald Newkirk; Louise Profeit-LeBlanc; Enayat Rawhani; Montreal, QC | |
1998 8 Apr
199- |
The passing of Florence Virginia Wilson Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906 in Sleeper, Missouri) in Marshfield, Missouri. She became a Bahá'í in 1941 in Reno, Nevada. From 1954 to 1959 she served on the first Auxiliary Board for North America covering the Western States and Canada. While serving as an Auxiliary Board member, Florence was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States in 1959. Shortly after the Mayberry family pioneered to Mexico in 1961 where Mrs. Mayberry was elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly of that country and participated in the first International Bahá'í Convention in 1963. In 1968 she was appointed to the Continental Board of Counsellors for North America, then in 1973 she was appointed as one of three Counselors of the newly established International Teaching Center where she served for 10 years.
[BW26p275]
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- In Memoriam; Florence Mayberry; Auxiliary board members; Continental Board of Counsellors; International Teaching Centre; National Spiritual Assembly; Sleeper, MO; Marshfield, MO | |
1997 9 Jul
199- |
The passing of Ronald James Parsons (b. 8 May, 1926, Moose Jaw, SK).
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Ron Parsons; - In Memoriam; Rita Parsons; Moose Jaw, SK; Claresholm, AB | first Christian minister to resign to become a Bahá'í |
1997 24 Mar - 16 May
199- |
The nine member First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific, called "The Journey of Teech-ma" consisted of Canadian Bahá'ís from Kwakiutl, Nuu-Cha-Nuth, the Ojibway First Nations, a Yupik Bahá'í from Alaska and three non-Native Canadian friends. They shared their culture and their Faith with the Maori, other New Zealanders, the Aborigines and other Australians as well as the ne-Vanuatu peoples. See entry for 1994 (Summer). [SDSC370] | First Nations; Travel Teaching; Pacific; Maoris; Aboriginal people; - Indigenous people; New Zealand; Australia; Vanuatu; Canada | |
1997 March
199- |
The passing of Noel Wuttunee. Mr. Wuttunee was the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada. He passed away in Seattle, WA. He was well-known in the mid-fifties and early sixties for his evocative artwork and his ability to teach the Faith to his people. He was taught the Faith by fellow artist Gerda Christofferson, whom he later married. Mr. Wuttunee had lived in the United States since the mid-sixties. [BC vol 9 issue 3 Sept 1996 p27]
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Noel Wuttunee; Gerda Christofferson; Seattle, WA; Calgary, AB | the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada |
1997 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of In the Path of the Wind: Recollections of Monserrat by Larry Rowdon. It was published by September House in Osgood, ON. It would appear that the book is no longer available.
The book is biographical and recounts some of the memories of Margaret and Larry Rowdon during their 6 years of pioneering (1986-1992) on the island. |
Larry Rowdon; In the Path of the Wind (book) | |
1996 13 Jul
199- |
The passing of Novella Rose Hyde at home in Courtney. She was buried at the Courtenay Civic Cemetery. Novella was the wife of Eric Hyde and the mother of Karyne, Sharle and Valery. [Comox Valley Obituaries 1986-2008]
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Novella Hyde; - In Memoriam; Comox, BC | |
1996 10 Jan
199- |
The passing of Ruth Eyford in St. Albert, AB. (b. Ruth Monk 12 June, 1930, NS). [Find a grave]
She became a Bahá'í in Montreal in 1956 and married Glen Eyford in 1957. She and Glen served in Iceland and in India. Returning to Canada she served as an Auxiliary Board Member and as chair of the National Spiritual Assembly as well as a number of local and national committees. [BW1995-1996p313] |
Ruth Eyford; - In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Pioneering; Auxiliary board members; St. Albert, AB; Montreal, QC; Canada; India; Iceland | |
1996 7 Jan
199- |
The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mary Zabolotny McCulloch (b. 9 November 1918 in The Pas, MN). As a single woman she had fulfilled the difficult goal for the Ten Year Crusade in Anticosti because the entire territory was under the control of the Wayagamack Pulp and Paper Company and residence on the island would necessitate employment by that company. She was only able to stay for a few months but nonetheless won the accolade. She visited the island on three occasions in later years.
She married Ken McCulloh in 1958 and they settled in Baker Lake in 1958 where Ken had been pioneering. They stayed until 1979 [BWIM277] |
Mary Zabolotny McCulloch; - In Memoriam; Winnipeg, MB; The Pas, MB; Baker Lake, NU; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh | |
1996 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada, 1898-1948 by Will C. van den Hoonaard. It was published by the Wilfid Laurier University Press.
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Will C. van den Hoonaard; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada; Mike McMullen | |
1996 (In the Year)
199- |
To Diffuse the Fragrances was the unpublished memoir of Bahá'í life in the Arctic completed in 1994 and written by Ken and Mary McCulloch. [Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements by Dr Will C. Van den Hoonaard, bibliography] | To Diffuse the Fragrances; Ken McCulloch; Mary McCulloch; Bahá'í House; Baker Lake, NU; Canada | |
1995 Apr
199- |
The publication of When Your Patient is a Bahá'í; An information sheet for health care professionals by the Baha'i Medical Association of Canada. | Bahá'í Medical Association of Canada | |
1994 (In the year)
199- |
The founding of the Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute in Stratford. [Bahaipedia] | Nancy Campbell; Nancy Campbell Academy, Canada; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Stratford, ON | |
1994 (Summer)
199- |
A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia, Canada. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech-ma, the First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific. See entry for 24 March, 1997. [SDSC370] | First Nations; Maoris; - Indigenous people; Travel Teaching; British Columbia, Canada; Canada | |
1995 May
199- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada presented a paper entitled A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy to the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy. [A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy] | Foreign Policy; - National Spiritual Assembly, statements; - Statements; Ottawa, ON | |
1994 13 Mar
199- |
The passing of Gladys Isabel McLean (b 8 June 1912 Edmonton, AB) in hospital in Edmonton. She first heard of the Faith in 1944 in a talk given by Anita Ioas. After being admonished by Florence Mayberry for "sitting on the fence" for ten years she declared her faith. She will be long remembered for her travel teaching trips and for her service at the Temple in New Delhi. She was survived by her daughter Felicity Enayat. [BahaiWorld In Memoriam p133-136] | - In Memoriam; Gladys McLean; Edmonton, AB | |
1994 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of Hidden Bounties: Memories of Pioneering on the Magdalen Archipelago by Larry Rowdon. It was published by Nine Pines Publishing in Manotick, ON.
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Larry Rowdon; Margaret Rowdon; Ayn Rowdon; Hidden Bounties (book); Nine Pines Publishing; Magdalen Islands, QC; St. Catharines, ON | |
1994 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of and The Trees Clapped Hands - Stories of Baha'i Pioneers compiled by Claire Vreeland. It was published by George Ronald of Oxford. | Claire Vreeland; Pioneering | |
1993 (Summer)
199- |
The founding of the Ottawa Creative Writers' Group by Larry Rowdon, Bruce Filson, and Linda O'Neil, soon followed by David Erickson, Jim Desson and Jack McLean. Writers who have participated were: Damian Firth, Peter Brady, Don Bourque, Heather Cardin, Paul Touesnard, Michael Harris, Joyce Loeffelholtz, Chuck Rae, J.P. Quinn, Jeannette Lajoie, Barbara Pope, Anne Chadwick, Margaret Malloch Zielinski, Stephen Thirlwall, Carol Gravelle, Sylvie Nantais, Maryl Weatherburn, and Barbara Rager. Every second year or so a beautiful chapbook showcasing members' work is published. [Ottawa Community Newsletter 25 March 2019] | Ottawa Creative Writers Group; Ottawa, ON | |
1993 Ridván
199- |
The Processes of the Three Year Plan 1993-1996
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Three Year Plan; - Teaching Plans | |
1993 10 Apr
199- |
The passing of Roger White, writer, editor and "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community, in Richmond, British Columbia (b. in Toronto on 2 June 1929).
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Roger White; - In Memoriam; Richmond, BC | |
1993 21 Mar
199- |
The presentation of the first Race Unity Award by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada.
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National Spiritual Assembly; Race unity; Race | first Race Unity Award |
1993 9 Jan
199- |
The formation of the Spiritual Assembly of LaPêche, QC by joint declaration. Members were: Stephen and Leslie Hanks: Roxanne Lalonde; Sandra Briand; Mike and Jen (Litzgus) Sianchuk; Marilee and David Rhody, and Lillian Chaffers. Because Lillian was in the senior's residence in Masham the other members went there and formed the Assembly in her presence. [from an email from David Rhody dated 28 May 2022]
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Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Stephen Hanks; Leslie Hanks; Roxanne Lalonde; Sandra Briand; Mike Sianchuk; Jen Litzgus; Marilee Rhody; David Rhody; Lillian Chaffers; Daniel O'Connell; Outaouais Cluster; LaPêche, QC | first Spiritual Assembly in LaPêche, QC |
1993 (In the year)
199- |
The publication of Fire in Many Hearts, an autobiography by Doris McKay with Paul Vreeland. It was published by Nine Pines Publishing.
Doris McKay was born in New York state in 1894. She married Willard McKay in 1923 and took up residence on a successful fruit farm. The greatest adventure of Doris and Willard's lives began two years later, when they embraced the Bahá'í Faith through the teaching efforts of Howard and Mable Ives. This book tells the story of that adventure — of Doris and Willard's work and warm friendships with people such as the Ives, Grace and Harlan Ober, Louis Gregory, May Maxwell, Martha Root, Dorothy Baker, and other early American Bahá'ís. It tells the story of the McKay's work in the racial amity field and their eventual pioneering move to Eastern Canada in the 1940's. Doris tells her story with clear-sightedness, zest, and love. This book provides an intimate glimpse into the spiritual life of a dedicated Bahá'í teacher and the development of the Bahá'í Faith in America. The book was republish in 2021 under a new title, Fires in Many Hearts; Memoirs of an early American believer by George Ronald Publishers. |
Doris McKay; Paul Vreeland | |
1992 Dec
199- |
The formation of the Ottawa Regional Baha'í Choir. It traces its roots to the mass choir that was created to perform at the Bahá'í World Congress in New York City in November of 1992. Three Ottawa Baha'is were in that choir, and they brought back with them a body of specially commissioned choral arrangements for Baha'i sacred music. They were joined by several others, eager to sing this "new music" that they had seen performed at the Congress. Over the next few years, other choir members attended choral workshops in Green Acre Baha'i School and elsewhere, further expanding the Ottawa choir's repertoire. Members of the Ottawa Regional Bahá'í Choir have always come from both sides of the Ottawa river, from Gatineau, QC. They have been Bahá'ís and their friends, with different levels of singing experience. There are no auditions for the choir and those new to singing are encouraged to learn as they go. The membership generally has fluctuated between 10 and 16, but has been as large as 24 and is currently 20 members strong. Over the lifetime of the choir, as about 200 members have participated, choir direction has changed hands, often rotating between members. [Ottawa Community News 28 September 2017] |
Ottawa Regional Bahá'í Choir; Ottawa, ON; Gatineau, QC | |
1992 11 Nov
199- |
The passing of Doris McKay (b. Doris Henrietta Hill 29 September, 1894) in Charlottetown.
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- In Memoriam; Doris McKay; Fire in Many Hearts; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Hamilton, ON; Toronto, ON | |
1992 23 - 26 Nov
199- |
The film, 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America, made by Elizabeth Martin, was prepared for the World Congress program and also used in the Theme Pavilion. [HNWE45] | - Film; `Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America (film); Elizabeth Martin; New York City, NY | |
1992 (In the year)
199- |
The formation of The Bahá'í Medical Association of Canada (BMAC). [Canadian Bahá'í News Service 23NOV2007] | Bahá'í Medical Association of Canada | |
1992 19 - 22 Jun
199- |
The ceremonies were held for the thirty-eight members of the first graduating class of the Maxwell International Bahá'í School. More than seven hundred participated in the ceremonies. ["Maxwell Eagle" Sep/Oct 1992 Vol IV no. 1 page 1] | Maxwell International School, Canada; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Shawnigan Lake, BC | |
1991 14 Nov
199- |
In a message from Hand of the Cause A.M. Varqá, the Office of the Trustee, the Institution of the Huqúqu'lláh, to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, the formation of the Board of Trustees of the Huqúqu'lláh was announced. Members were Mr. Husayn Banání, Dr. Mohsen Enayat, Dr. Gerald Hanks, Dr. Bill Hatcher, and Dr. Michael Rochester. [CBNJan92 p2] | Huqúqu'lláh; Firsts, other; Huququllah, Trustees of; Husayn Banani; Mohsen Enayat; Gerald Hanks; Bill Hatcher; Michael Rochester | |
1991 18 Jun
199- |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, John Aldham Robarts at Rawdon, Quebec. He was born in Waterloo, Ontario 2nd of November, 1901. [VV124]
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* Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; John Robarts; - In Memoriam; Rawdon, QC | |
1991 Ridván
199- |
Delegates to Canada's 43rd annual National
Convention, held in Charlottetown, PE, have
elected the members of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada.
The nine members are Husayn Banani,
Hossain Danesh, Margot Leonard, Ed Muttart,
Reggie Newkirk, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, Enayat
Rawhani, Michael Rochester, and Ann Wilson. The Canadian Bahá'í community elected 171 delegates at the Unit Conventions, as instructed by the Universal House of Justice. Of the 171 delegates, 164 cast ballots to elect the National Assembly. Of the 164, 155 cast their ballots in person at the Convention. Canada's 43rd annual National Convention will be remembered for many reasons, but especially for its focus on teaching French Canadians and Natives. [BC Vol 4 No 2 June 1991 P3] |
National Convention; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Husayn Banani; Hossain Danesh; Margot Leonard; Ed Muttart; Reginald Newkirk; Louise Profeit-LeBlanc; Enayat Rawhani; Michael Rochester; Ann Wilson; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
1991
199- |
Statistics Canada reported 14,730 Bahá'ís from 1991 census data. [Bahaipedia] | Statistics; Canada | |
1990 16 Oct
199- |
The passing of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis (b. 22 March 1912 Waywayseecappo First Nation) in New Westminster, BC. In 1978 she received the Order of Canada in recognition of her life-long work for First Nations people. Her name, Maquabeak, means "Sitting Bear Woman". [BW20p990-991] | Dorothy Francis; - In Memoriam; Order of Canada; New Westminster, BC | |
1990 5 Sep
199- |
The passing of Emeric Sala (Emereich Szalvetz ) (b.12 November, 1906 in Havas Dombrovitza, Hungary (later Romania)). He was buried in Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery in Victoria, BC. [Find a grave]
He was a founding member of the Montreal Youth Group along with Rowland Estal and George Spendlove, the first organized youth class in the Western Hemisphere. From that youth group came a Hand of the Cause of God, a member of the Universal House of Justice, two members of the Continental Board of Counsellors, three members of National Spiritual Assemblies, and the authors of three Bahá'í books. He and Siegfried Schopflocher were instrumental in purchasing and developing the first Canadian Bahá'í property at Beaulac, north of Montreal. In 1940 he and his wife Rosemary pioneered for one year to Venezuela and served as travelling teachers throughout South America. In 1945 he published This Earth One Country. He wrote about such revolutionary concepts as a "planetary economy", "a supranational community" and a "world plan". [TG86-92] Both he and Rosemary were elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada when it was formed in 1948. In 1953 they tried to pioneer to the Comoro Islands but could not get residential status from the French government so they settled in Eshowe Zululand, now South Africa. When the government would not renew their licence to trade they moved to Port Elizabeth. They returned to Canada briefly in 1963 and pioneered to Guadalajara, Mexico and travelled extensively throughout Central America. Rosemary died at her post in February of 1980. In 1980 he married his second wife, Donya, and together they travelled through the Americas, China, India and Europe until they both passed. [BW20 p993-995; Bahá'ís of Canada] His biography and that of his wife Rosemary, Tending the Garden was written by his niece Ilona Sal Weinstein. This publication is also available in the e-book format. |
Emeric Sala; - In Memoriam; Victoria, BC; Montreal, QC; Beaulac, QC; Eshowe, South Africa; South Africa; Gqeberha, South Africa; South Africa; Guadalajara, Mexico; Mexico | |
1990 22 Feb
199- |
Jalál Kházeh, (b. 24 February, 1897, Tihran) Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Toronto. He was buried in York Cemetery in Toronto. [BINS219:90] Note: VV123 says it was 20 February. |
Jalal Khazeh; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Toronto, ON |
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