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  2. Confederation College - Wikipedia

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    Confederation College was founded as a trade school in 1967, during the formation of Ontario's college system. Douglas Bradshaw was the first president of Confederation College from March 6, 1967 to 1974. His vision of an aviation program in the north was implemented in the College's Aviation Centre of Excellence. He died on 1 October 1996.

  3. Aviation Centre of Excellence - Wikipedia

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    Confederation College - School of Aviation. /  48.37806°N 89.31472°W  / 48.37806; -89.31472. The Aviation Centre of Excellence (ACE) is the aviation department facility for Confederation College. The building consists of two hangars, classrooms, shops, labs, and offices for the three aviation programs available at the School of Aviation.

  4. Confederation - Wikipedia

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    A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. [1] Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government ...

  5. Confederate States of America - Wikipedia

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    The Confederate States of America ( CSA ), commonly referred to as the Confederate States ( C.S. ), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. [8] The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession and warred ...

  6. Congress of the Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781, until March 3, 1789, during the Confederation period. A unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it was composed of delegates appointed ...

  7. Old Swiss Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Old Swiss Confederacy, also known as Switzerland or the Swiss Confederacy, [6] was a loose confederation of independent small states ( cantons, German Orte or Stände [7] ), initially within the Holy Roman Empire. It is the precursor of the modern state of Switzerland . It formed at the end of the 13th century, from a nucleus in what ...

  8. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...

  9. Camosun College - Wikipedia

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    Camosun College is a public college located in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The college has two campuses, Lansdowne and Interurban, with a total full-time equivalent enrollment of 4,946 students in 2022/23. [4] Camosun College also provides contract training for local business; research, innovation and prototyping services for industry ...