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The first non-U.S. chapter was created in 1956 in Ontario, Canada. The first YPO University was held in Miami Beach, Florida. YPO merged with its graduate organization, World Presidents Organization (WPO), in 2007. The YPO Global Pulse survey launched in 2009, and is a quarterly economic confidence index that shares business insights from CEOs ...
This is a list of years in Canada. Prehistory to 1 BC; 1st millennium ... Post-Confederation timeline. 1860s: ... multiple names: authors list ; Riendeau, Roger E ...
Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD ( hc ) DLitt ( hc ) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research
August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War; August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy; October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed; November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan; December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.
William Lyon Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48) Longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history - Berlin now Kitchener. Paul Martin – 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006) – Windsor; James McMillan – Hamilton; Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963-1968) – Newtonbrook
A series of labour movements collectively known as the "Canadian Labour Revolt" begin, lasting 6 years. 1919: Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [91] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [92] 1919
Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. In June, 1975 Ovivo , a water and wastewater treatment and purification company, is founded in Quebec as Laperrière & Verreault Inc. (rebranded in 2010).
September 30 - Charlotte Whitton becomes mayor of Ottawa and Canada's first woman mayor of a major city. October 27: The cobalt bomb cancer therapy is first tested in London, Ontario; The Duke of Edinburgh, and The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), attend an Edmonton Eskimos home game. In the western semi ...