* Moses Coady, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University

* James " Father Jimmy " Tompkins, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University

It also influenced the thought behind the Antigonish Movement, which implemented cooperatives and other measures to aid the poor in the Canadian Maritimes.

In Nova Scotia, St. Francis Xavier University, a Scot Catholic university associated with the Antigonish Movement and the highland games.

* Father Moses Coady, leader of the Antigonish Movement

* Antigonish Movement

Antigonish is notable for having a social movement named for it, the Antigonish Movement, launched from St. Francis Xavier University in the 1920s by local priests and educators including Rev.

The Antigonish Movement which started in the 1920s in Nova Scotia, through the work of Doctor Moses Coady and Father James Tompkins, has been particularly influential in the subsequent expansion of community economic development work across Canada.

Father James John " Jimmy " Tompkins ( 7 September 1870 – 5 May 1953 ) was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the Antigonish Movement, a progressive effort that incorporated adult education, cooperatives and rural community development to aid the fishing and mining communities of northern and eastern Nova Scotia, Canada.

Father Tompkins was the Spiritual founder of the Antigonish Movement.

As parish priest Tompkins observed firsthand the plight of the poor fishing community there and helped organize and lead what would become the Antigonish Movement of cooperative fisheries, stores, housing projects, and adult study groups.

The Antigonish Movement was eventually institutionalized in the form of the Extension Department at St. Francis Xavier, which was headed by Tompkins ' double-cousin Father Moses Coady and which included Father ( Dr .) Hugh MacPherson, A. B.

* Antigonish Movement, Center for Economic Development, Cape Breton University

Others were put directly onto emigration ships to Nova Scotia ( Antigonish and Pictou counties and later Cape Breton ), the Kingston area of Ontario and the Carolinas of the American colonies.

Moses Coady, a noted son of the Margaree Valley, attended school in Margaree Forks and later, taught there before completing his education in Antigonish and Rome.

Most of its territory ( except for the community of Sydney River ) was incorporated into a new riding called " Cape Breton — Canso ", and it also added a portion of Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough on the mainland.

In 1996, it was merged into Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, and Sackville — Eastern Shore.

The federal riding was dissolved in 1914 into the riding of Antigonish — Guysborough.

It was created in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish — Guysborough.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Bras d ' Or, Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough and Sydney — Victoria ridings.

The former Antigonish store has been converted into the distribution centre for the chain.

In 1882, when John Thompson was concerned about losing an electoral battle in Antigonish, Annie wrote him to say that " I wish I could be with you for one ten minutes to talk square to you ... So keep up your courage ... win or lose they can ’ t keep you from me much longer ... So now you must not be such an awful baby until you get home and then I ’ ll see how far you can be indulged.

Mearns is remembered now as the author of the poem " Antigonish " ( or " The Little Man Who Wasn't There "), but his ideas, about encouraging the natural creativity of children, particularly those age 3 through 8, were novel at the time.

Recent years have seen the conference held at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, NS, although for 2005 the Provincial Conference was moved to Acadia University in Wolfville, NS and has been held there for seven years now.

Since the group's inception, the musical director has been John C. ( Jack ) O ' Donnell, now Professor Emeritus of music at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

John Gaventa OBE ( born 1949 ) is the director of the Coady International Institute and Vice-President of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Antigonish is the seat of the Coady International Institute.

" Rethinking Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing ," the Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness was held in Antigonish, Nova Scotia June 20 – 24, 2005, co-hosted by Genuine Progress Index Atlantic ( proceedings online ); the Coady International Institute ; Shambhala ; the Centre for Bhutan Studies ; the Province of Nova Scotia ; the Gorsebrook Research Institute at Saint Mary's University ; and the University of New Brunswick.

St. Ninian's Cathedral is located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, he graduated from Morrison Glace Bay High School and then studied physical education at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.

He hoped to enroll next in the Bachelor of Arts program at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, but his family couldn't afford to pay for a university education so Macdonald obtained a teaching licence and taught for two years to finance his education.

* St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

St. Francis Xavier University is a primarily undergraduate university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Arichat College was moved to its present location in Antigonish, and established as St. Francis Xavier College in 1855.

Antigonish Highland Games St. Francis Xavier University was established in Antigonish in 1855, having been founded in 1853 in Arichat, Cape Breton and originally called the College of East Bay after East Bay, Nova Scotia where an earlier institution had once existed ( 1824 – 1829 ).

St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Canada. St.

Antigonish is home to three public schools: Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School, St. Andrew Junior School and the Antigonish Education Centre.

He earned a degree in English from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

* 1902 Rejoins staff at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

She was born in 1960 in Kingston, Ontario, graduated from Westmount High School in Montreal and then the Celtic Studies program at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Gallivan began his broadcast career at a local radio station in Antigonish, Nova Scotia while attending St. Francis Xavier University.

She graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.