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Service Canada officially began operations on September 14, 2005 with a mandate to provide a single point of access to a range of government services and benefits either in person, by phone, by internet, or by mail. Service Canada's origins, however, date back to 1998 when the Government of Canada began developing an integrated citizen-centred ...
The 2005 appointment of journalist Peter Jennings was announced under these circumstances; [1] his daughter, Elizabeth Jennings, accepted the insignia on her father's behalf in October, 2006. [2] The oldest person ever to be invested into the order was Cornelius Wiebe, who was 106 years old at the time of his investiture in 1999. [3]
The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development was created in December 2003, when Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) was split into two separate departments: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Social Development Canada (SDC). Though they continued to share many common services and operations, Human ...
Virginia Mason Medical Center is an integrated hospital, training and research facility located in Seattle, Washington, USA.It was the founding location, in 1920, of the private, non-profit Virginia Mason health organization; in January 2021, the Virginia Mason organization merged with CHI Franciscan to form Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, under the parent company CommonSpirit Health.
The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [2] Using the format specified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Recommendation E.164 for telephone numbers, a Canadian number is written as +1NPANXXXXXX, with no spaces, hyphens, or other characters; e.g. +12505550199.
Prior to introduction of responsible government in 1848, the Province of Canada, then a British colonial possession lacked an organized civil service. [5] Positions in the colonial administration were then largely filled through patronage, with appointments almost exclusively controlled by the sitting governor, often under the advisement of members of the ruling Family Compact, who would ...
Emily Virginia Mason was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on 15 October 1815.Emily was born into the prestigious Mason family of Virginia; her father was lawyer John Thomson Mason, a federal marshal and hero of the Texas Revolution, her grandfather Stevens Thomson Mason was a US senator from Virginia, and her great-grandfather Thomson Mason was the younger brother of United States Founding Father ...
The Mason family of Virginia is a historically significant American political family of English origin, whose prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics, business, and the military. The progenitor of the Mason family, George Mason I (1629–1686), [1] [2] arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on the ship Assurance in 1652.