- 1975-08-00 — Auxiliary Board Member Angus Cowan announced the appointment Mrs Stuart Hanks as Assistant for the province of Manitoba, Mr Don Rogers as Assistant for the province of Saskatchewan and Mrs Joyce McGuffie as Assistant for the First Nations communities.
Auxiliary Board Member David Smith announced the appointment of Mr Douglas Wilson as Assistant for the territory of Central and Eastern Ontario. [CBN No 287 Aug/Sep 1975] - 1976-01-01 — 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]
- 2003-04 — The National Convention was held at the Louis Bourgeois Bahá'í Centre in Montreal, QC. Dr. Eugene Andrews, represented the Continental Board of Counsellors.
The following were elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly: Mrs. Karen McKye, Mrs. Judy Filson, Mr. Husayn Banani, Mr. Mark Wedge, Mr. Gordon Naylor, Mr. Enayat Rawhani , Mrs. Susanne Tamas, Mrs. Susan Lyons, and Mr. Donald Rogers. [BC Vol 16 no 3 July 2003 p15]
- 2004-04-21 — The National Convention was held at the Toronto Bahá'í Centre. Counsellors Dr. Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian and Dr. David Smith represented the Continental Board. Those elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly for 161 B.E. were: Husayn Banani, Enayat Rawhani, Donald Rogers, Mark Wedge, Fariborz Sahba, Judy Filson, Susanne Tamas, Karen McKye, and Gordon Naylor. [CBN Vol17 no2 Jun 2004 p5]
- 2006-04-28 — The 57th Bahá'í National Convention was held at
the newly renovated
Toronto Bahá'í
Centre. This year's
Convention was attended by Dr. Ann
Boyles and Mr. Dan Scott,
members of the Continental Board
of Counsellors in the Americas. The newly
configured space at the Toronto
Centre made it possible as well for
more than 100 observers to watch
the Convention proceedings on a
large screen in a conference room
on the floor immediately above
the Convention Hall.
The Convention also welcomed Mr.
Douglas Martin, former member of the Universal House of Justice
who now resides in Canada, and
Mr. Larry Clarke, retiring after
more than 20 years of service at
the Bahá'í National Centre.
Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly for 163 B.E. were: David Smith, Gordon Naylor, Fariborz Sahba, Don Rodgers, Enayat Rawhani, Mark Wedge, Judy Filson, Susanne Tamas, and Karen McKye.
Annual report of the
National Spiritual Assembly [BC Vol 19 No 1 May 2006 p7-8] - 2019-04-28 —
The passing of Don Otto Rogers (b. 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan) a former member of the International Teaching Centre, in Picton, Ontario. He was buried in the Rose Cemetery in Waupoos, ON.
- He enrolled as a believer in 1960 while resident in Saskatoon. [CBN No 124 May 1960 p6; Bahá'í Canada 30 April 2019]
- He served as an Auxiliary Board Member and then as a Continental Counsellor followed by a decade as a member of the International Teaching Centre and upon returning to Canada, served on the National Spiritual Assembly.
[BWNS1323; Wikipedia.]
- As an accomplished artist, he was known as "Otto Rogers". He taught at the University of Saskatchewan (1959-1988) after receiving his MA in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin. Mr Rogers helped sustain the Emma Lake Workshops, a meeting place for some of North America's leading artists including Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski and Mr Rogers himself. His work was held in more than 30 public collections including: the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
- His website.
- His works at the Oeno Gallery in Prince Edward County.
- Canadian Art.
- Video The Artist In Us Interview—Painter Otto Rogers.
- A talk by Otto Rogers entitled Artist's Studio.
- The Canadian Encylopedia.
- The National Gallery of Canada
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