ann ual ▁General ▁Council , ▁and ▁chair ing ▁meet ings ▁of ▁the ▁General ▁Council ' s ▁Executive ▁and ▁Sub - Exec utive . ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Office ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁United ▁Church ▁of ▁Canada ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁General ▁Coun c ils ▁were ▁b ian n ual , ▁giving ▁each ▁moder ator ▁a ▁two - year ▁term ▁of ▁office . ▁( The ▁exception ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁moder ator , ▁George ▁C . ▁P idge on , ▁who ▁only ▁served ▁for ▁one ▁year .) ▁At ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁General ▁Council , ▁the ▁commission ers ▁voted ▁to ▁make ▁General ▁Coun c ils ▁tri ann ual , ▁thus ▁increasing ▁the ▁moder ator ' s ▁term ▁to ▁three ▁years . ▁ ▁Although ▁most ▁moder ators ▁have ▁been ▁ord ained ▁minister s , ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁requirement ▁of ▁office , ▁and ▁to ▁date , ▁four ▁moder ators ▁have ▁been ▁lay ▁persons . ▁If ▁the ▁moder ator ▁is ▁ord ained , ▁he ▁or ▁she ▁is ▁sty led ▁the ▁" Right ▁Re ver end " ▁while ▁in ▁office , ▁and ▁the ▁" V ery ▁Re ver end " ▁afterwards . ▁ ▁Current ▁and ▁Past ▁Mod er ators ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Can ad ian ▁cler gy ▁* <0x0A> </s> ▁In ▁statistics , ▁canonical ▁analysis ▁( from ▁ ▁bar , ▁meas uring ▁rod , ▁r uler ) ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁regression ▁methods ▁for ▁data ▁analysis . ▁Reg ression ▁analysis ▁quant ifies ▁a ▁relationship ▁between ▁a ▁predict or ▁variable