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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.
    Larry Rowdon was born in St Catharines, ON in 1923. He was educated in Canada and abroad, serving with the Canadian Armed Forces and gravely wounded in the Normandy landings in 1944. He became a Bahá'í in 1951 while living in Kingston, ON, then later with his wife Margaret and their year-old daughter Ayn, pioneered (1954-1969 to the Magdalen Islands. This is the story of the early part of their lives, living and raising a family on this archipelago. [CBN No 24 December 1951 p3; CBN No 68 Sep 1955 p3]
  • See a book review by Will C. van den Hoonaard.
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
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