Also present at the invitation of the National Assembly was Mrs. Peggy Ross, now 93 years old, a former National Spiritual Assembly member and Auxiliary Board member (at the same time even!) who has attended every Canadian Convention since its inauguration in 1948.

Those elected as members of the National Spiritual Assembly for 1994 - 95 were: Judy Filson, Reginald Newkirk, Husayn Banani, Louise Profeit-Leblanc, Enayat Rawhani, Ann Wilson, Margot Leonard, Ed Muttart and Susan Lyons. This was the first time in Canadian Baha'f history that five women have been elected. [BC Vol 7 No1 May/Jun 1994 p143-17]

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.