Linda Teteruck, chief advisor and longtime CDA employee, travelled to the East Coast for the first time to attend the convention. “The 1975 CDA AGM was held during the convention,” she says. “I was a new CDA employee, having just started a few months before. I felt privileged to attend. I was the secretary to one of their reference committees at the meeting. Our governance structure was very different from what it is now, and these reference committees met and reported out at the AGM.” She says that the local organizing committee was very creative and showcased the outstanding hospitality for which Newfoundland and Labrador are renowned. Dentists who travelled to St. John’s in 1975 were encouraged to participate in special tours, planned by a NLDA committee, before or after the convention that included “fishing expeditions on the Kepimet River or Byron Bay in Labrador” and “boat trips to points of interest in the Gulf of St. Lawrence such as St. Pierre/Miquelon.” “Attending the convention is memorable for me since it was my very first CDA convention and this gave me the chance to visit and learn about a part of Canada that I’d never been to before,” says Teteruck. “I was a big city gal, at the time, living in Toronto, where the CDA was then headquartered. Attending the CDA convention in St. John’s opened up for me an awareness of the majesty and diversity of this great country and the knowledge that CDA serves the profession across Canada, and we must be mindful of this in all our activities.” “I was not with the dental association at that time, so I did not attend the conference,” says Tony. “I think back to that time and realize that only dentists attended, it was much later that it grew to include other dental professionals and staff.” In a 1975 issue of the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, a wrap-up of the convention says that it “turned out to be a real pleasure because everything they say about Newfoundland hospitality is true.” CDA delegates discovered “themselves that Newfoundland can mount a parade of outstanding entertainment, fine food and unlimited enthusiasm.” In a 1975 issue of the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, a wrap‑up of the convention says that it “turned out to be a real pleasure because everything they say about Newfoundland hospitality is true.” Dr. Joseph Rosenblat, a student from the University of Toronto, with his contribution to the 1975 student table clinic program. 24 | 2025 | Issue 2 Issues and People
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