Social Democrats of the North: Moses Coady, Antigonish Awakening
About this episode
The episode discusses Moses Coady's impact on Nova Scotia's political culture through the Antigonish Movement.
Coady's ideas about collectivism and co-operation represented the first real challenge to the conservatism of Nova Scotia’s political culture. Moses Coady was a Catholic priest, a scholar at St. Francis Xavier University and, most importantly, he was an organizer who was best known for leading the Antigonish Movement: a co-operative movement focused on adult education, microfinance, and rural development. The Antigonish Movement, based at St. FX, sparked a co-operative movement wave across th...
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