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Cathy

|2009-07-22 13:12:19

Having read the book and as a resident of Antigonish, it is remarkable that Moses Coady's teachings continue to be felt today. Antigonish Reads may be a wonderful way of introducing the younger generation to the globally known Antigonish Movement!

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Jim Cameron - Coady the psychologist

|2009-07-22 13:25:13

Coady's book is so instructive about many things-community life, education, the economy, human psychology, etc. I especially like the way he justifies using economic issues to propel adult learning. He says this about adult educators who begin with academic and culture subjects: "They would offer the masses caviar before they had learned to like olives and even before they had acquired the wherewithal to purchase them" (p. 110).

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Anonymous

|2009-07-25 11:22:56

Dr. Moses Coady gave me inspiration to work with the people, love the people, respect another people, grasp live principle. Even I have'not seem him when I come to Coady International Institute for Diploma Program I was impress with his philosophy, prinsiple, and ideologi

Abdul Chamid

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Janet - Lifelong learners

|2009-08-04 22:22:42

It is refreshing to read a book that challenges us to be lifelong learners. The idea that we must continue to look for avenues to learn with and from each other if we are to build strong communities is both refreshing and challenging.

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Conrad Poirier

|2009-08-17 08:55:56

79 years ago, fishermen at Ballantyne's Cove gathered together to discuss, study and get organized. Within a year they were receiving 47% more for their lobsters.
Presently faced with low prices for their product lobster fishermen seek government handouts, while the provincial government is requiring them to purchase a license if they wish to sell directly to the consumer. Is it time for co-operative study and action? Is it time to "take the University to the people"?
Study is all important for human advancement. "Ignorance, like a dark cloud, hangs over the world and is the cause of most evils." (p.30)
"If we are seriously interested in raising the cultural level of the masses of men we will help in solving the economic problem first so that they may cease to worry about bread and begin to enjoy their Brahms." (p.118)
"It befits the genius of our people that they should think their way through. It is more honorable, more dignified, and much more fun to win in a battle of brains. Then the argument for bloody revolution need have no meaning because the intellectual revolution can do the job." (p.138)
I read "Masters of Their Own Destiny" in 1960, when I was studying for a B.Ed. degree and a course on the Antigonish Movement, taught by Frank Glasgow, was part of our program.

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