Bahai Library Online

Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith in Canada

World Canada
any   all   exact phrase

Date 1945, descending — sort earliest first

date event tags firsts
1945 20 Oct
194-		 Emeric and Rosemary Sala of St. Lambert, Quebec departed on a four month tour of Central and South America. They visited 19 republics and Mr Sala gave seventy-nine talks. They visited many pioneers and paid homage at the grave of May Maxwell at Quilmes, about one hour from Buenos Aires. [TG93-101] Emeric Sala; Rosemary Sala; May Maxwell; St. Lambert, QC; Travel Teaching
1945 19 Aug
194-		 Lloyd Gardner held the first public Bahá'í meeting in St. John's, NL entitled, "A Bahá'í Lecture on World Unity". [OBCC193] Lloyd Gardner; Teaching; St. Johns, NL
1945 c. Mar
194-		 The establishment of the Friends of the Indians Society in Edmonton. Its chief aims "to assist in the promotion of better understanding and grealter cooperation between the Indians and the Canadian people in general" and "to aid in the establishment of the Indian people as an important part of Canadian society." [CBN No63 Apr 1955 p2]
  • Note: The Committee of Friends of the Indian (after 1951 known as the Friends of the Indians Society), was led by Reta Rowan. [Seen but Not Seen: Influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to Today by Donald B. Smith]
    		•  Friends of the Indians Society; Edmonton, AB
    1945 (In the year)
    194-    		 Emeric Sala's book was This Earth One Country was published by Bruce Humphries Publishers in Boston. The first run was 5,000 copies. It was written with David Hofman as the intended reader in mind. [TGpXI,86, BEL7.2336]
  • This book is not available for purchase but can be read at Bahaiworks.
    		•  Emeric Sala; This Earth One Country; David Hofman
    Home divider Site Map divider Tags divider Search divider Series
    Chronology divider Links divider About divider Contact divider RSS
    smaller font
    larger font