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Geographical scopeFinns in the area
The project serves as an umbella for local projects for British Columbia, Canada communities with significant Finnish population. If there is no suitable local project, you can add profiles of Finnish immigrants and their descendants also to this project.Please start a project discussion if you would like to have a new project established for a particular area.Existing local projects Vancouver ...
This project is to explore the connections of various people and families who lived in British Columbia, Canada
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
The cemetery, also known as Memorial Park Cemetery , is located on 3300 Memorial Park Lane. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This project is for those buried in Powell River Regional Cemetery, Cranberry, British Columbia. Notable Interments Ted Gerela (1944-2020) - CFL Player Lt. Col. John MacGregor (1889-1952) - WWI Victoria Cross Medal Recipient Links Official Website Find a Grave
Wikipedia Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university founded in 1942. Fairleigh Dickinson University is the first American university to own and operate an international campus and currently offers more than 100 individual degree programs to its students. The school has four campuses, two in New Jersey (United States), and one each in Vancouver, Briti...
This project is for those who are buried in Rolla Community Cemetery, Rolla, Peace River Regional District, BC. Find a Grave
The Colony of Vancouver Island (1849 to 1866)=The Colony of Vancouver Island (officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies), was a crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia. The united colony joined the Dominion of Canada through Confederation in 1871. The colony comprised Vanco...
Crinoline Cargo - The Bride Ship Girls=The arrival in 1862 of a ship full of single women eased the hearts of British Columbia’s lovesick bachelors — and lined the pockets of B.C.’s future premier.From a piece written by Terri Hunter — January 10, 2016“The girls are coming! The girls are coming! They'll be here any day!” So screamed the headlines of Victoria's British Colonist in September of 1...
This is the master project for all Canadians, who have or currently hold the position of Senator from British Columbia in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. All Canadian Senators are able to serve up and till the day that they turn 75, at which point they have to retire. They can retire from the job at any time before their 75th birthday.All members of the sub-projects should be added to the main Canadia...
The Premier of British Columbia is the First Minister for the Canadian province of British Columbia. The province was a British crown colony governed by the Governors of British Columbia before joining Canadian Confederation in 1871. Since then, it has had a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the Premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the...
This project has been created to house all current and former members of British Columbia's Legislative Assembly.=Sources=* Official site * Assemblée législative de la Colombie-Britannique, Wikipédia
The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ is the viceregal representative in British Columbia of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the presiding officer of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly.==The office of Speaker in British Columbia==The Speaker is elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly ("MLAs") by means of a secret ballot at the commencement of a new parliament, or on the death or retirement of the previous Speaker. Cabinet Ministers are t...
This is the sub-project for all Canadians with a district in British Columbia, who have or currently hold the position of MP (Member of Parliament) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.All members of this sub-project should be added to the master project as well.
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The Order of the Dogwood was the province of British Columbia's highest civilian honour for public service from 1966 to 1989. Only thirteen individuals were ever granted the honour.
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (British Columbia Section) ===Founding==The party was formed in 1933 as the British Columbia section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) by a coalition of the Socialist Party of Canada (BC), the League for Social Reconstruction, and affiliated organizations. In August 1933, the latter two organizations merged to become the Associated CCF Clubs....
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Camosun College is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2013-2014 fiscal year, it had more than 19,000 full-time and part-time students (9,793 FTEs)[1] between its Lansdowne and Interurban campuses. Each year Camosun welcomes over 1,000 Aboriginal students from 50 Nations including Métis and Inuit groups, and over 1,100 International students from 60 different countr...
British Columbia Fire Services Long Service Medal=Awarded by the Provincial Government of British Columbia to persons who have completed at least twenty-five (25) years of paid or volunteer fire service in British Columbia. This is to recognize the dedication and selflessness with which these individuals have served their community and this province in the protection of life and property. ==Bar...
British Columbia Fire Services Bravery Medal=The Medal of Bravery was established for members of the fire service, to express, on behalf of the citizens of British Columbia, their gratitude to the fire fighters who have performed acts of courage and bravery without concern for their own personal safety. Nominations must be made in writing, to the Fire Commissioner. Nominations will be researche...
The British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship is an honorary medal produced by the Canadian Province of British Columbia. It was established by the Government of British Columbia in 2015 to recognize people who "acted in a particularly generous, kind or selfless manner for the common good without expectation of reward". It is modeled after the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship.Recipients of t...