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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.
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* 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.
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.
The Antigonish Movement later evolved into the Extension Department ( now the Coady International Center ) of St. Francis Xavier University.
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
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The highest temperature ever recorded in the province was 38. 3 ° C ( 101 ° F ) on August 19, 1935, at Collegeville, which is located about 15 km southwest of Antigonish.
Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County ( Antigonish County ) was divided in 1836.
* The little girl on the train is reading " Antigonish " ( a poem by William Hughes Mearns ), which was inspiration for David Bowie's " The Man Who Sold The World ".
Another major employer in Antigonish is Canada Post's National Philatelic Centre ( closed as of 2011 ), which provides mail-order services for worldwide collectors of Canadian stamps.
During Father Le Loutre ’ s War, on February 21, 1753, nine Mi ' kmaq from present-day Antigonish ( Nartigouneche ) in canoes attacked an English vessel from Canso, Nova Scotia which had a crew of four at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia.
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The band started their career with the name One I'd Trouser, a line taken from a song in Monty Pythons ' " The Meaning of Life ", when they formed while in high school in Antigonish Nova Scotia, before changing their name to Trouser, and eventually The Trews.
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* Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia
In Antigonish County, next to Guysborough County in Nova Scotia there are a few rural Irish villages despite the predominance of Scottish in most of that County.
Antigonish Town is a fairly even mix of Irish and Scottish, and the Irish presence contributes to Nova Scotia's Celtic cultural character.
St. Ninian's Cathedral is located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It is located in northern Nova Scotia on the Northumberland Strait and its county seat is the town of Antigonish.
After completing high school in Sussex, New Brunswick, he completed a bachelor's degree at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
* Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Category: People from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
MacKay was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the June 2, 1997 federal election for Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, a riding in northeastern Nova Scotia.
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John Lent was born on July 8, 1948, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Category: Geography of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
* Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre, based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
* West River ( Antigonish, Nova Scotia ) in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
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.
This is reflected by the majority representation of Catholics in areas and towns of Nova Scotia such as Antigonish and Cape Breton.
Havre Boucher () is a Canadian village in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
Category: Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
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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.
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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.
Antigonish and Moses
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.
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