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The Canadian Red Cross was established in the fall of 1896 as an affiliate of the British Red Cross Society (then known as the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War). George Ryerson , who had founded Canada's St. John Ambulance Association in 1895, spearheaded the organization's founding. [ 5 ]
Héma-Québec is a non-profit organization that supplies blood and other biological products of human origin to hospitals for the Canadian province of Quebec.The organization's headquarters is located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, and it was created on March 26, 1998, as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency on recommendation of ...
The German Red Cross (DRK) was founded in 1921, bringing together various independent Red Cross associations that had previously operated autonomously within the German states. These regional branches trace their origins back to the former independent members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
The Canadian Red Cross set the standards for health and safety in the collection, testing, storage, and distribution of blood and its components until 1989. [9] In 1981, the Canadian Blood Committee was created by the provincial ministers of health and funded the Red Cross's blood transfusion service. [9]
1909 First Canadian Ambulance division (No. 1 Forest City) is formed in London, ON. 1911 - June 24 marks the founding of the British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan 'Councils' of St. John Ambulance in Canada (i.e. formal organizations associated with the Dominion Council of Canada operating in Ottawa as the Canadian Centre of the Grand Priory)
CISEPO was founded in 1984 by Arnold Noyek M.D., with an initial focus on addressing hereditary deafness. [3] [4] The organization received Government of Canada funding to implement newborn hearing screening in Jordan in 2007. [3] The organization was awarded the Canadian Red Cross Power of Humanity Award in 2004, presented to CISEPO by Rania ...
Charity Intelligence Canada is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization which posts assessments of the finances and impacts of Canadian charities on its website. Founded in 2007 by former equity analyst Kate Bahen, using unconventional methodologies drawn from Bahen's stock market background.
Ryerson helped establish the St John Ambulance Association in Ontario and the Canadian Red Cross Society. On November 14, 1882, he married Mary Amelia Crowther, daughter of barrister James Crowther. They had five children: George Crowther (born 1883), Yoris Sterling (born 1886), Eric Egerton (born 1888), Arthur Connaught (born 1890), and Laura ...