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Record 1 2012-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Track and Field
OBS

From 1909 until the fall of 1967, the organization was known as the Canadian Track and Field Association (C.T.F.A). ... On June 17, 1990, at the annual general meeting of the C.T.F.A., a motion was adopted to change the name to Athletics Canada. The Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs of the Government of Canada accepted this name change officially on April 12, 1991.

OBS

Following preliminary meetings on April 11, 1884, where the athletics associations of Quebec and Ontario sent some 50 representatives to meet at the Toronto Fencing Club, the principal business was to ratify a constitution for the newly formed Canadian Amateur Athletics Association, the forerunner of Athletics Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Athlétisme
OBS

De 1909 jusqu'à l'automne 1967, l'organisation était connue sous le nom d'Association canadienne d'athlétisme (A.C.A.). [...] Le 17 juin 1990, lors de l'Assemblée générale annuelle de l'A.C.A., une résolution a été adoptée pour changer le nom en Athlétisme Canada. Le ministère de la consommation et des affaires corporatives du Canada a officiellement accepté ce changement de nom le 12 avril 1991.

OBS

[...] c'est le 11 avril 1884 que les Associations d'athlétisme du Québec et de l'Ontario ont envoyé environ 50 délégués pour se réunir au Toronto Fencing Club. Le principal point à l'ordre du jour était la ratification d'une constitution pour la nouvellement formée Association canadienne d'athlétisme amateur, l'ancêtre d'Athlétisme Canada.

Spanish

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