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| 2003 3 Mar | The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Una Dean, née Townshend, in Edmonton, Canada. Una lived a full life of Bahá'í service. In 1946 she was the first Bahá'í in Dublin and was later a member of the first spiritual assembly. She also helped to form the first spiritual assembly in Liverpool. In October 1953 she was the first Bahá'i in Malta, a goal of the Ten Year Crusade. In 1954 she returned to Ireland to tend to her ailing father and to assist him in writing Christ and Bahá'u'lláh. After his passing in 1957 she moved to America, met and married her husband, Dick Dean, and moved to Edmonton where she served on the Local Assembly until 1987. [BW02-03p269] | Edmonton; Alberta; Canada; Malta; Ireland; Liverpool; Dublin | Una Dean; Una Townshend; Knights of Bahaullah; Births and deaths; In Memoriam |
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| 1911 (In the year) | The first Alberta Baha’i, Esther Rennels, is reported to have lived in Edmonton from 1911-1917. The Bahá'í community has been in continuous existence only since 1940. [OBCC152; History of the Bahá'ís of Edmonton] | Edmonton, AB | Esther Rennels | |
| 1913 (In the year) | Esther R. Rennels was first recorded Bahá'í in Alberta. [Edmonton Bahá'í History; OBCC306; A.Pemberton-Pigott Thesis p23] | Edmonton, AB | Esther R. Rennels | |
| 1940 (In the year) | Mary E. Fry moved to Edmonton from Vancouver. [OBCC217] | Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC | Mary Fry; pioneer | |
| 1940 (in the decade) | The Baha’i group in Edmonton made contact with “liberal Christians, Theosophists, and others [A.Pemberton-Pigott Thesis p3] cited in OBCC217. | Edmonton, AB | Teaching | |
| 1941 (In the year) | Long-time Alberta resident Mabel Pine moved to Edmonton from Vermilion. [OBCC:217; Edmonton Bahá'í History]
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Vermillion, AB; Edmonton, AB | Mabel Pine | |
| 1942 (In the year) | Muriel Warnicker moved to Edmonton from Vancouver and Marcia Atwater moved to Edmonton from the United States.[ OBCC217] There were only a few isolated Baha’is living in Alberta. [A.Pemberton-Pigott Thesis p8] | Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC | Muriel Warnicker; Marcia Atwater | |
| 1942 (In the year) |
In the Baha’i group in Edmonton as in other groups, it was not uncommon to find women among the first believers or “pioneers.” Although there was a Baha’i group in Edmonton in 1911, apparently the Bahá'í community has been in continuous existence only since 1940. [OBCC152]
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Edmonton, AB | Anne McGee; Lyda Martland; Milwyn Davies; Kay Rimell; Anita Ioas; Anita Chapman | |
| 1942 (In the year) | Four others joined the Faith in Edmonton in 1942. [Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB | enrollment | |
| 1942 Sep | Ina Trimble, a widow, was the first Edmonton resident to become a Bahá’í (Edmonton Bahá’í Community 2012).” Shortly after in the same year, four people from Edmonton became Baha’is. [OBCC217; Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB | Enrollment | |
| 1943 Apr | As of this date the Edmonton Bahá'í Community had formed a Spiritual Assembly, the ninth Local Spiritual Assembly in Canada. It was composed entirely of women. [OBCC217; Edmonton Bahá'í History]
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Edmonton, AB | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation | |
| 1943 12 Nov | The Edmonton Baha’i community organized a Race Unity meeting with Muslims, Jews, Ukrainians and one Chinese in attendance. [Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB | Race Unity; Interfaith | |
| 1945. c. Mar | 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]
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Edmonton, AB | Friends of the Indians Society | |
| 1946 (In the year) | The first male Bahá’í in Edmonton, Roland McGee, arrived with his wife Anne, in 1946. [Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB | Roland McGee; Anne McGee | |
| 1947 Oct | Noel Wuttunee (Eagle's Tail Feathers) a Cree from Calgary was the first Indigenous Canadian to join the community. [Bahá'í Canada Site; OBCC153]
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Edmonton, AB; Calgary, AB | noel wuttunee; Eagles Tail Feathers; Prairie Indian Committee | |
| 1953. 17 May |
Following his attendance at the Intercontinental Conference in Wilmette Hand of the Cause Furutan made a tour of Canada with an interpreter, Mr M Anvar. They visited several communities in Western Canada and attended the Feast of Grandeur in Edmonton. [CBN No 41 June, 1953 p3]
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Winnipeg, MB; Edmonton, AB; Ottawa, ON; London, ON; Kingston, ON; Moncton, NB; Saint John, NB | Hand of the Cause Furutan | |
| 1953 Jun | Hand of the Cause Siegfried Schopflocher made a tour of Western Canada to inform the friends of his trip to Haifa, his talks with the Guardian and his plans for the Ten Year Crusade. Stops were made in Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary and Edmonton. [CBN No 43 August, 1953 p2] | Winnipeg, MB; Regina, SK; Saskatoon, SK; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB | Hand of the Cause Siegfried Schopflocher; Travel teaching | |
| 1955. c. Feb | A celebration to mark the 10th anniversary in Edmonton of the Friends of the Indians Society was held with some four hundred white and Native people in attendance.
The anniversary meeting of the Society, at which Cree First Nations danced with the skill of professionals, First Nations handicrafts and artifacts were displayed, and a full-blooded Haida spoke. His message was directed to the Native people to take up their responsibilities as citizens, to avail themselves of education and adapt themselves to the encroachment of modern civilization. The Friends of the Indians (First Nations) Society did much during its 10 years of existence to promote its aims, through monthly meetings to which Indians are invited, through representations to government bodies, by enlightening public opinion through press releases, and through direct welfare and charity when needed. Its present executive committee include a Roman Catholic priest, a Unitarian minister, a Mormon elder, a Bahá'í, and others who are able to work together in harmony and unity. {CBN No63 PE 1955 P3] |
Edmonton, AB | Friends of the Indians Society | |
| 1958 Apr | The Canadian Bahá'í News reported that as of this date 10 Local Assemblies had been incorporated in Canada. They were: Edmonton, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Scarborough, Toronto, North York Vancouver Vernon, and Winnipeg. [CBN No 99 April 1958 p3] | Edmonton, AB; Hamilton, ON; Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON; Scarborough, ON; Toronto, ON; North York, ON; Vancouver, BC; Vernon, BC; Winnipeg, MB | Local Spiritual Assembly, incorporation | |
| 1970. 12 Jan | An animated presentation entitled "The Community of Baha'u'llah" made its initial presentation at the Art Centre in Ottawa. They had just come from their trial run in St. Lambert, Quebec and had a plan to visit Oshawa, Hamilton, Guelph, North Bay, Fort William (Thunder Bay), Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Kelowna, Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria before doing their final presentation in Toronto just before the National Convention.
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St Lambert, QC; Ottawa, ON; Oshawa, ON; Hamilton, ON; Guelph, ON; North Bay, ON; Fort William, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Brandon, MB; Regina, SK; Saskatoon, SK; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Kelowna, BC; Vancouver, BC; Nanaimo, BC; Victoria, BC; Toronto, ON | Proclamation; The Community of Bahaullah; Al Houdek; Gerry Bourrassa; Leslie Houdek; Sandra Kostaschuk; Gary Berteig; Garry Brown; Valerie Berteig; Dick Stanton; Fred Ward; Gale Bundy; Bob Kingdon | |
| 1982. 20 Jan | The passing of Mabel Harriet Pine (b. 1882 Bristol, England) in the Norword Auxiliary Hospital in Edmonton. [Bahá'í Canada Vol 4 No3 July/Aug 1982 p46]
As a young woman born into a privileged class she was a suffragette and a reformer. She worked as a nursemaid and governess then moved to Algiers and then Chile. After returning home she decided to emigrate to Canada and lived first in Vancouver and then in Edmonton where she trained as a nurse and married. [With thanks to Allion Stecyk for her tribute to her mother Mabel Harriet Pine: Unsung Heroine of Canada and to Joan Young for her research assistance.] |
Edmonton, AB; Scollard, AB; Vermillion, AB; Calgary, AB; Armstrong, BC; Vernon, BC; New Westminster, BC | Mabel Pine; In Memoriam; Mabel Pine; Claudia Coles; Allison Stecyk; Joan Young; Mary Fry; Esther Rennels | |
| 1994. 13 Mar | 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] | Edmonton,AB | In Memoriam; Gladys McLean | |
| 2003 3 Mar |
The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Una Dean, née Townshend, in Edmonton, Canada. Una lived a full life of Bahá'í service. In 1946 she was the first Bahá'í in Dublin and was later a member of the first spiritual assembly. She also helped to form the first spiritual assembly in Liverpool. In October 1953 she was the first Bahá'i in Malta, a goal of the Ten Year Crusade. In 1954 she returned to Ireland to tend to her ailing father and to assist him in writing Christ and Bahá'u'lláh. After his passing in 1957 she moved to America, met and married her husband, Dick Dean, and moved to Edmonton where she served on the Local Assembly until 1987. [BW02-03p269; Find a grave]
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Edmonton, AB; Canada; Malta; Ireland; Liverpool; Dublin | Una Dean; Una Townshend; Knights of Bahaullah; In Memoriam; Dick Dean | |
| 2012 (In the year) | There were 400 Baha’is in the Edmonton Baha’i community representing “a wide variety of races, cultures and social classes. [Edmonton History] | Edmonton, AB | Statistics | |
| 2014 1 Apr | Allison Healy, a residential school survivor and member of the Bahá'í community of the Kainai First Nation, Alberta, spoke regarding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final national event in Edmonton, “The truths have been told, we all have learned about the horrible truths; now we really have to move forward to reconciliation and act.” [CBNS. 2014]. “Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final National Event concludes in Edmonton.” Canadian Bahá’í News Service. Edmonton, Alberta). | Kainai First Nation, AB; Edmonton, AB | Allison Healy; Truth and Reconciliation Commission | |
| 2019 (Fall) | The publication of Hidden Words and Sounds: Tracing Iranian Legacies and Traumas in the Music of the Bahá’ís of North America by Daniel Akira Stadnicki, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Music at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. This dissertation examines music in North American Bahá’í communities and artistic contexts by focusing on the Faith’s legacy of Persian culture, aesthetics, and history of religious persecution. | Edmonton, AB | Daniel Akira Stadnicki; thesis | |
| 2022. 22 Sep - 1 Oct | Edmonton filmmaker, Nauzanin Knight debuted two short films at Edmonton international Film Festival: Colourblind and Abu & Mo; Two Orphans . Colourblind , is about a white supremacist who has a laser eye surgery mishap, goes blind for a day, and falls in love with a Black woman while Abu & Mo is Set in 1889 Damascus and loosely inspired by real events about two orphans who, despite the differences in their religious backgrounds, develop an abiding friendship and inspire a divided community to come together to pray. | Edmonton,AB; | Nauzanin Knight; film |
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