Documentary Organization of Canada
• 1983 – First meetings, first intervention letter. CIFC is founded in Toronto.
• 1985 – First newsletter is sent - by fax. It eventually becomes POV Magazine.
• 1988 – Montreal chapter (later to be known as Quebec chapter) is formed.
• 1991 – A National Executive is formed - John Walker, President.
• 1991 – First edition of POV Magazine, edited by Wyndham Wise – Geoff Bowie, first Publisher.
• 1994 – The first edition of Hot Docs is held- Paul Jay was Chair of CIFC and Founding Chair of Hot Docs!
• 1995 – Atlantic chapter is formed.
• 1996 – BC chapter is formed.
• 1997 – Hot Docs incorporates as a separate charitable organization.
• 1998 – First coast-to-coast National Executive elected - Gary Marcuse, Chair.
• 2003 – The CIFC changes its name to DOC.
• 2006 – Ottawa chapter is formed.
• 2006 – Newfoundland chapter is formed.
• 2007 – Winnipeg chapter is formed.
• 2008 – Alberta chapter is formed.
• 2009 – Newfoundland chapter folds.
Compagnie générale de la télégraphie sans fil
From the mid-19th century the world was connected with an increasingly dense network of telegraph wires and submarine cables.
In 1887 Heinrich Hertz of Germany conclusively proved the existence of electromagnetic waves.
Alexander Stepanovich Popov of Russia developed antennas to transmit and receive radio waves.
Scientists such as Édouard Branly and Nikola Tesla also contributed to development of the concepts.
In 1895 Guglielmo Marconi, a student at the University of Bologna, invented wireless telegraphy.
In 1897 he founded the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in England.
Its subsidiary the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America was formed in the US in 1899.
The Telefunken company was created in Germany in 1903 as a joint venture of Siemens and AEG.