- 1970-1995: Newspaper articles archive, by Various. (1970-1995) Collection of newspaper articles from 1970-1995.
- A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. (1956) Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, the 1956 message to the Iroquois Indians in Mohawk and English, and a biography of the translator, "Charles A. Cooke, Mohawk Scholar," by Marius Barbeau.
- Abdu'l-Baha in Montreal, by Jack McLean. (2007-09-12) Overview of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Canada in 1912, written in commemoration of its Centenary.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the West: A Biographical Guide of the People Associated with His Travels, by Jan Teofil Jasion: Review, by Anne Gordon Perry. (2015)
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounter with Modernity during His Western Travels, by Wendi Momen. (2012) Abdu'l-Bahá's responses to the West's technology and innovations on the one hand, vs. its archaic racist and sexual philosophies on the other.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Prophecy, by Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. (2019) Slide-show overview of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's prophecy "these Indians will enlighten the whole world."
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to North America, 1912: A Preliminary Analysis, by Robert Stockman. (2012) Overview of the itinerary of this tour, the state of the Bahá'í community and the general social context of the time, and some themes of Abdu'l-Bahá's teachings.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts, Marlene Macke, comp. (2012-08) Lengthy collection of passages from the books Origins of the Bahá’í Community in Canada, Maxwells of Montreal, Mahmúd’s Diary, and Abdu’l-Bahá in Canada, the newspaper Montreal Gazette, and other sources.
- Address to the 6th Annual ABS Conference in Canada, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1981) Address to the 6th Annual Association for Bahá’í Studies Conference, Canada.
- Advent of Divine Justice, by Shoghi Effendi. (1971) A letter from Shoghi Effendi to the Bahá’ís of North America, dated 25 December 1938; the Bahá'ís' achievements and responsibilities; the crises affecting the world; the destiny of America.
- America and the Most Great Peace interactive study guide, by Duane Troxel. (2004-08-26) A PDF interactive study guide to Shoghi Effendi's letter "America and the Most Great Peace," which was published in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
- Angel Ruckus, by B. K. Filson: Review, by Albert Ouimet. (1999)
- Autobiography of Harper John Pettypiece (1921-2002), by Harper John Pettypiece. (1999) Detailed life of a Canadian who found the Faith in 1952 in Toronto, and had personal experiences with many well-known Bahá'í figures and authors across North America and Europe.
- Bahá'í Architect (82) Receives Honorary Degree: Transcript and video, by Various. (2024-05-31) Graduation ceremony at the University of British Columbia honoring Dr. Hossein Amanat, architect of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, who shares his insightful perspective.
- Bahá'í Community of Canada, The: A Case Study in the Transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements to Western Societies, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (1996) The origins and early life of the Bahá'í community in Canada as a sociological case study in the transplantation of non-Western faiths into Western settings.
- Baha'i Faith, by Douglas Martin. (1997-09-06) Includes overview of the Bahá'í Faith in Canada.
- Bahá'í Faith and Globalization 1900-1912, The, by Robert Stockman. (2005) Abdu’l-Baha’s thinking inspired much of the practice of Baha’i proselytising; overview of the practical activism of the early American Baha’is and the mutual bonds of assistance between the Baha’i communities of North America and Iran.
- Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education, The: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran, by Bahá'í International Community. (1999-04-01) Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely decentralized, university system run by Bahá'ís in Iran.
- Baha'i Temple for Canada, A, by Susanna A. Khodarahmi-Bron. (2003) Proposed design for a future possible temple in Markham, Ontario; characteristics of Bahá'í temples; overview of symbolism and sacred place; influences on design of Canadian culture and architecture.
- Bahá'í Village Granary, The: Spiritual Underpinnings and Applications to North America, by Peter Calkins, Benoit Girard. (1998) A village granary helps lay the systemic foundations of Bahá’u’lláh’s spiritualized new world economic order for both rural and urban society, the capstone of God’s progressive revelation of rural institutions for the sustainable use of natural resources.
- Black Roses in Canada's Mosaic: Four Decades of Black History, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, Lynn Echevarria-Howe. (1994-02) Survey of African-Americans in Canada, their activities in the Bahá'í community, and statistical information.
- Broad Contours of the Canadian Baha'i Community, by Will C. van den Hoonaard, Deborah K. van den Hoonaard. (1994-09-05) Historical and sociological overview of the Canadian Bahá'í community.
- Building Intercultural Community: Insights from Indigenous Bahá'í History, by Chelsea Horton. (2016) Bridging Bahá'í communities with Indigenous populations in Canada and the United States was not easy, and was especially fraught for native believers, who also confronted tensions of intercultural understanding and sometimes outright racism.
- Canadian Bahá'ís 1938-2000, The: Construction of Oneness in Personal and Collective Identity, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). (2005) On how globalization includes greater consciousness of the whole world, and a sociological perspective on how this consciousness has been nurtured within the Canadian Bahá'í community.
- Canadian National Convention functioning, by Universal House of Justice. (1982) Reply to questions from an individual about the functioning of the National Convention in Canada with specific reference to the tellers report and the election of officers.
- Choice of the West for Abdu'l-Bahá's Epoch-Making Trip, The, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. (2012) Reasons for Abdu'l-Bahá choosing Western nations for the climax of his ministry, and results he achieved in Europe and the United States.
- Community Histories, Richard Hollinger, ed. (1992) Essay on the diversity of Western Bahá'í communities, followed by six histories of selected local communities in the United States, Britain, and Canada.
- Concepts of Spirituality in The Works of Robert Houle and OttoRogers with Special Consideration to Images of the Land, by Nooshfar B. Afnan. (2000-12-06) The attitude of native Canadians toward the land and the prairies, as expressed through the work of two artists, their spiritual iconography, and Bahá'í teachings regarding nature.
- Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light, by Jack McLean. (2022) Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and other Europeans; recollections of Shoghi Effendi by ten individuals; dreams and visions; eulogies of the author's parents; travel teaching across Russia.
- Cultural Reconciliation in Canada, by Universal House of Justice. (2000-06) The Universal House of Justice suggests to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada that their efforts at unity and reconciliation should focus on culture rather than on race.
- Cultural Reconciliation in Canada - questions, by Universal House of Justice. (2001) Reply from the House of Justice to a request for a reexamination of the assumptions on which its letter to Canada of 5 September 1999 was based.
- Deganawida, the Peacemaker, by Christopher Buck. (2015) Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
- Demystifying Shoghi Effendi's Advent of Divine Justice: Condensed Deepening, Hui Bau, comp. (2020) A study guide and compilation regarding the Guardian's call to action to American and Canadian Baha'is to engage spiritually in the path towards God.
- Demystifying Shoghi Effendi's Advent of Divine Justice: Condensed Text and Deepening, by Hui Bau. (2020/2021) A condensed presentation of the Guardian's call to action to American and Canadian Baha’is to engage spiritually in the path towards God. The accompanying deepening uses a more visual format to help develop one's own plan of action.
- Development and Decline of an Early Bahá'í Community: Saint John, N.B., 1910-1925, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (1992) The brief early history of the Saint John Bahá'ís. Established in 1910, the Bahá'í community struggled in the hostile environment of New Brunswick. In 1925 the community disappeared, to be reestablished only in recent times.
- Divine Simplicity: Remembering the last Hand of the Cause of God, 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa, by Jack McLean. (2008-09-18) Biography of Dr. Varqa, partly based on interviews with people who knew him in Iran.
- Early Believers in the West, Some, by Grace Shahrokh. (1992) Stories of Thornton Chase, John David Bosch, Lua Moore Getsinger, May Ellis Bolles Maxwell, William Sutherland Maxwell, Thomas Breakwell, John Ebenezer Esslemont, George Townshend, and Horace Hotchkiss Holley.
- Encouragement, Challenges, Healing, and Progress: The Bahá'í Faith in Indigenous Communities, by Alfred Kahn. (2016) On the challenges of community-building among Indigenous people, written from the perspective of a childhood spent among Bahá'í pioneers on Native American land, and on reconciling traditional views with global Bahá'í teachings.
- Greenland Promise, The, by Harry Liedtke. (2012) Commentary on the misunderstood prediction of Abdu'l-Bahá that Greenland would one day become green again.
- Helen Frances Grand (1865-1944): Traces of a Bahá'í Life, by Marlene Macke. (2020) Glimpse of one small facet of the Bahá’í Faith’s beginnings in cities like Toronto in the early decades of the 20th Century.
- Human environment interactions and collaborative adaptive capacity building in a resilience framework, by Peter T. Bruss. (2012) Lengthy study of human effects on the environment informed by a Bahá'í perspective, with passing mentions of the Faith and the Native American Bahá'í Institute. Link to offsite document.
- In the Face of Oppression, by Geoffrey Cameron. (2011-07-29) The Bahá'ís in Iran have long been persecuted, but stand strong in their pursuit of a just society.
- Indigenous Messengers of God, by Christopher Buck, Kevin Locke. (2014-2020) 68 essays on Native American theology and history from the perspective of Bahá'í teachings.
- Jack Boyd memoirs, by Jack Boyd. Gary Fuhrman, ed, Jonah Winters, ed. (2004/2013) Memoirs of Jack and Eileen Boyd, pioneers in Canada, covering the years 1960-2012. Includes recollections of travel, biographies of other Bahá'ís, and historical observations.
- Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude, by Roshan Danesh. (2012) The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Bahá’u’lláh speaks about the collective spiritualization of humanity — creating new patterns of community and social relations — as the "journey" of the human body politic.
- Legacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to America, 1912, The, by Robert Stockman. (2012) Overview of Abdu’l-Bahá’s trip to the U.S. and Canada, its impact, his social action and public discourse, and comparison with similar "travel-teaching" trips by Protap Chunder Mozoomdar and Swami Vivekanada (Hindus) and Anagarika Dharmapala (a Buddhist).
- Letter to the United States and Canada on Racism, 1961, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1961-03-09)
- List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org, by Christopher Buck. (2014/2020/2024) List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- Love That Could Not Wait, A: The Remarkable Story of Knights of Baha'u'llah Catherine Heward Huxtable and Clifford Huxtable, by Jack McLean. (2016) The story of the Canadian Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, Catherine Heward Huxtable and husband Cliff Huxtable, who opened the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia to the Bahá'í Faith in October, 1959.
- Many Messengers of God, A Native American Perspective: Deganawidah The Peacemaker, by Paula Bidwell. (2011-07) Collection and analysis of proofs from the Bahá'í Writings about prophets from indigenous cultures. Includes illustrated slide-show presentation of the paper.
- Maps of the regions of North America, by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Frank Morton McMurry. John Conkling, comp. (1912) Maps of the five regions of North America as published in an American geography book in 1912 and known to have been read by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa/'Akka while writing Tablets of the Divine Plan.
- May Maxwell and the Maxwells of Montreal, by Jack McLean. (2019-10) Presentation of Violette Nakhjavani's book The Maxwells of Montreal.
- Mehrangiz Afnan (1937-2018), by Anonymous. (2019) Afnan was an Iranian Bahá'í and medical doctor who settled in Canada where she and her husband, Muhammad Afnan, established an Institute for Bahá’í Studies in Persian; the couple worked in the Bahá'í Research Department in Haifa for a number of years.
- Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere, by Rúhíyyih Khánum. (1969) Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Bahá'í Writings that their future is very great, and that they themselves best help to fulfill these promises by taking the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh to their own people.
- Messages to Canada, by Shoghi Effendi. (1965)
- Messages to Canada: 1999 edition, by Shoghi Effendi. (1999) Updated and expanded version of the 1965 book.
- Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán, by Christopher Buck, Donald Addison. (2007) The indigenous peoples of the Americas have their own claim to wisdom tradition, which derive from Messengers of God to First Nations. This principle is anchored in the Tablet to Amír Khán Áhan.
- Native American Vision and the Teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by Paula Bidwell. (2011) Presentation addressing issues of concern to Native Americans, cast in the light of statements of Abdu'l-Bahá from his 1912 visit to the United States.
- Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry, Paula Bidwell, comp. (2014) Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Bahá'ís, both from the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska, and indigenous Bahá'ís elsewhere around the world.
- Native Messengers of God in Canada?: A Test Case for Bahá'í Universalism, by Christopher Buck. (1996) Explores the possibility of including other great religious figures in the Bahá'í category of "Manifestations of God" using the Iroquois prophet Deganawida as an example.
- Native Messengers of God in Canada? A test case for Bahá'í universalism, by Christopher Buck: Commentary, by William P. Collins. (1998)
- 'Never Again': Kevin Gover's Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, by Christopher Buck. (2006) This article does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, but was published in a social justice and human rights journal and written by a Bahá'í.
- New Cycle of Human Power, A: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists, by Robert Weinberg. (2021-01) On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a society undergoing rapid, radical change.
- New Skin For An Old Drum, A: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria). (2008 Fall) On the construction of the religious self through the storytelling processes of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá’ís: how do people put together stories to construct their contemporary Bahá’í identity?
- Nine Valleys - Towards Embodied Experience, The: Understanding the Confluence of Material and Spirit in the Design of a Bahá'í House of Worship, by Vedad Haghighi. (2022) Detailed proposal, with extensive site photographs and illustrations, for a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Thorhill, Ontario (location of the Canada Bahá'í National Centre); discussion of the embodied experience of worship in a temple to promote unity. (offsite)
- Notes on Words of the Guardian, by Virginia Orbison. (1956) Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11".
- Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada 1898-1948, The, by Will C. van den Hoonaard: Review, by Loni Bramson (published as Loni Bramson-Lerche). (1998)
- Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A, by Patricia Verge. (2016) On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Bahá'ís; pioneering to the Nakoda community; and the importance of learning, listening, and personal transformation.
- Plan of Unified Action to Spread the Bahá'í Cause, A: Throughout the United States and Canada January 1 1926 - December 31 1928, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. (1925-12) The first of two plans of systematic activity in Bahá'í history, followed by "A new plan of unified action to complete the Bahá'í temple and promote the cause in America 1926-1930."
- Poems from a Misty Island, by Jack McLean. (1997-1999) Poetry written while on a two-year stay on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
- Preparing Bahá'í Communities in the East and West to Embrace Gender Equality, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. (2011) The way Abdu'l-Bahá dealt with the matter of gender equality, some of his writings revealed in honor of the Bahá’í women in Iran and North America, and the practical ways he educated Bahá'í men to accept women as their equals.
- Promulgation of Universal Peace, The: Study Guide, Ehsan Bayat, comp. (2024) A detailed study guide on subjects such as the coming of age of the human race, the oneness and continuity of the Manifestations of God, and the oneness of religion as a social force for establishing world order and peace, from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's 1912 talks.
- Quiet Exodus, A, by Geoffrey Cameron. (2013-07) Recent history of immigration law and practice in Canada, and the Bahá'í community's involvement in governmental change. Includes addendum from Bahá'í News Canada.
- Rainn Wilson on His Baha'i Faith and Why His Success is Connected to His Spirituality, by Rainn Wilson, Tom Power. (2023-05-17)
- Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review, by Lee Brown. (2013) History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyendinaga First Nation in Ontario in 1948.
- Ridván 1996 (Four Year Plan) - To the Followers of Bahá'u'lláh in North America: Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the United States: Bahá'í Era 153, by Universal House of Justice. (1996) Country-specific portion of the annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world: North America.
- Ridván 2023: Bahá'í Era 180, by Universal House of Justice. (2023-04-30) Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
- Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation, by Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. (2023-01-08) Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted process of social transformation that genuine reconciliation implies.
- Roger White: An Obituary: Writer and editor, "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community (1929-1993), by Robert Weinberg. (1997) Brief biography, written as an obituary, of a famous Bahá'í poet.
- Rogers, Otto Donald, by Norman Zepp. (1997-09-06)
- Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (2009) On the Canadian Bahá’í of German-Jewish background named by Shoghi Effendi a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952.
- Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (1993-06) Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the Cause of God.
- Singular Room, A: An Exploration of Bahá'í Houses of Worship, by Sama Shodjai. (2023-12) Overview of the design principles followed in building the Bahá'í temples, and the intricacies and considerations involved in their design, using Canada as a case study. (Link to document, offsite).
- Social Activism Among Some Early Twentieth-Century Bahá'ís, by Will C. van den Hoonaard. (2006) Socialist involvement of some of Canada's earliest Bahá'ís, before and after the prohibition of involvement in political affairs.
- Social Justice, Wealth Equity and Gender Equality: Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís of Alberta, by Leslie William Kuzyk. (2003-09) Bahá'í theology takes distinctive positions on wealth distribution and gender equality. These issues are causal factors in a more just model of society. A social survey establishes empirically whether a Bahá'í population differs from common society.
- Ten Year Retrospective, 24 July 2023, by Executive Committee of the Association for Bahá'í Studies North America. (2023-10) Retrospective outlining some of the ABS' key developments over the last ten years in response to the invitation of the Universal House of Justice to help build “the capacity of the friends to contribute to the prevalent discourses of society”.
- Tending the Garden: A Biography of Emeric and Rosemary Sala, by Ilona Sala Weinstein. (1998/2016) Detailed story of two pioneers from Canada to South America and Africa, told through reference to letters, papers, and archival documents.
- Top Court Appointee a Model of Diversity, by Mahmud Jamal. (2021/06/18) Brief bio of Mahmud Jamal, the judge "poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada."
- Wayfarer between Two Worlds, A: Recollections, by Harry Liedtke. (2013/2022) A chronicle of some of the highlights of the author's seventy-five years as a Bahá'í, and covering the years 1927-2022, including periods in Germany and Canada and historical events from each. Includes poems and photographs.
- Wisdom of the people: Potential and pitfalls in efforts by the Comanches to recreate traditional ways of building consensus, by Benjamin J. Broome. (2001-01-01) Includes mention that a few Indian nations have adopted the Bahá'í "consultation" method of decision making.
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