February, 1980

GRADUATION EXERCISES 1979

The 1979 six-month diploma course came to a close on December 9 with the awarding of diplomas. Forty-nine students attended the program; twenty-six followed the Community Studies stream and twenty-three followed the Cooperative Studies stream.

The convocation exercises were addressed by Canadian Federal Fisheries Minister, Honorable James McGrath, P.C., M.P.

The following is an abridged edition of that speech:

**The name of St. Francis Xavier is known and respected throughout the world. No aspect of the life of this na-tion has not been influenced or touched by St. Francis Xavier and its graduates. The social principles which radiate from this institution have had an impact which is being felt on eyery continent. The Antigonish Move-ment of social reform through adult education and economic cooperation took the university off the campus, out of the ivory towers, and into the coal mining towns, the crossroads hamlets and the fishing villages of the world.

It has been said that Dr. M. M. Coady was a gener-ation ahead of his time. He was light years ahead of society in his perception of issues and ideas.

Almost fifty years ago he warned of poisoning our earth and our waters when pollution was but a shadowy spectre - visible on the horizon to only a few. He called for research in industry. He called for regional economic planning. He urged scientific thinking in a generation of men and women who were often inclined or directed to parochial notions, hearsay and superficial catchwords and whose reasoning frequently leaned not on logic but on mental crutches. He warned that institutions which resist change or tried to ignore change would be destroyed by change.

Dr. Coady was twenty-five years ahead of Pope John the Twenty-Third's Vatican Two Council. He was break-ing windows in musty institutions many years before Pope John was opening windows to allow fresh breezes to blow through. He said that one could not speak of Catholic cooperation or Protestant cooperation, of Buddhist, Mo-hammedan, Shinto or Hebrew economics any more than one could speak of Quaker chemistry of Mormon mathematics.

Dr. Coady fought against discrimination. He fought for the consumer. He fought for modern approaches to international development. He fought for the concept of one world of men. Today, in a world shaken by disorder, violence and deepening conflict, in a world where five hundred million people are hungry - his teaching has be-come prophecy; and his message vital to the survival of civilization.

Students from the class of '79

We have an urgent interest in seeing the Third World advance so that today's aid recipients become tomorrow's trading partners. Their long-term interest and the in-terest of Canada are not opposed but convergent. The best prospects for all countries lie in a world of healthy and mutually beneficial economic activity. Foreign aid is more than just sending money. We must do more than simply transfer resources. Development is not simply an economic process, but a complex matter of helping people help themselves.

Problems of want must be attacked on all fronts. It is insufficient for an individual to enjoy full human rights before the law if he or she does not have the basic necessities of life: enough food, health care, edu-cation, shelter.

This university long ago placed its scarce resources and its abundant talents at the service of the fore-gotten people in this little corner of the world that is Atlantic Canada. So unusual was that initiative, and so luminous its example, that people think of it first whenever the name of St. Francis Xavier is mentioned.

A social conscience formed at this place will surely see the duty - and help others see it - of this country to lead by the power of our example, in attacking the problems of scarcity and poverty in the world. It is, if I may be permitted to say so, the vocation of this place, and the vocation of our country in the world. And I use the word vocation in the sense that it has tradit-ionally been used in places such as this - vocation as a gift of God, and a call from God that must be answered."

OVERSEAS SEMINARS DEVELOPMENT CENTRES — REPORT OF A STUDY Seminars, training workshops and consultations are

now underway in India, Liberia, South Africa and Latin America.

Seminar staff members, Eric Amit and Fr. George Top-shee, are conducting seminars in Calcutta, Vijayawada, Meerut, Pondicherry and the Kolar Gold Fields in India during February. A Liberian seminar was held from February 4 - 9 as part of a three-year training package that includes two scholarships and one seminar a year for the next three years in addition to consultation services. Len Oja is now working in an advisory capacity in Liberia. Joe Chiasson conducted the Liberian seminar.

Dr. Alex A. MacDonald is in South Africa where three training workshops are planned. In July, John Rausch will travel to South Africa for additional workshops.

Fr. Alex MacKinnon is now in Latin America with the Guatemala and Peru seminars. In April he will travel to the Ghana seminar.

Two seminars, conducted by Fr. Howie Gardiner and Eric Amit, will take place in Trinidad in May and two seminars are being planned for Nigeria in July.

THE 1980 COURSE PROGRAM AT THE INSTITUTE

In addition to the regular diploma course, the following courses and workshops will be offered by the Institute during the summer and fall of 1980:

1) Workshop on Implementation of Social Policy -July 4 - August 1, 1980. This workshop is designed for senior adminis-trators of public sector agencies and private sector organizations involved in the development process. It will include analyses of project man-agement and program evaluation methods. Preference in qranting bursary assistance will be given to LDC (less developed country) candidates.

2) Workshop on Development Issues - July 26 - August 15, 1980. This workshop is designed primarly for first world candidates. The general objective is to create awareness of development issues in LDCs as well as in Canada. Case studies of development situations will be presented by LDC resource persons.

3) Credit Union Development Course, September 2 -October 6, 1980. Design of the course is pending input from the Credit Union Confederations which normally sponsor candidates for the course.

4) Weekend Workshops on Development (4). These workshops will be designed to heighten con-sciousness of development issues among leaders of community and local organizations, teachers and other professional workers within Nova Scotia. Two of the workshops will be co-sponsored by the Centre for Development Studies, St. Mary's, and the Centre for Development Studies, College of Cape Breton.

CAMPBELL AWARD

The Samuel Joseph Campbell Memorial Gold Medal was awarded to Anthony Scoggins. The award was presented at the convocation ceremonies.

Over the years, many training or development centres which promote the Antigonish program have been established. Some of them have been established with the assistance of the Coady International Institute. Some have been estab-lished independently by its graduates. Still others have been staffed at senior decision making levels by gradu-ates. We estimate that to date 40 such centres are oper-ating and that they are being set up roughly at the rate of two per year.

The Institute's information on these centres is gener-ally poor. To correct this, Dr. Pluta of the University's Department of Economics and Mr. Amit, the Institute's Assistant Director, Overseas Programs, recently conducted a preliminary study of some centres and a detailed field study of four of them. The centres studied were: Develop-ment Centre, Roseau, Dominica, established in 1951 by Sr. Alicia de Tremmeres (St. F.X. '53); Community Edu-cation Centre, Sierre Leone, established in 1972 by Sr. Carmel Tuite (Coady '72); Social and Economic Development Centre, Sri Lanka, established in 1968 by Rev. Joseph Fernando (St. F.X. '56); and Populorum Progressio In-stitute, Taiwan, established in 1971 by Mr. Matthew Wang ^Coady '71).

The study was originally planned as a first step in an endeavour to identify, document and evaluate the effectiveness of such development centres. The scope of the study was expanded to ascertain what role, if any, these centres could play in an enhanced effort by Canada in working towards the solution of the world food problem. This expanded scope arose from the initiative of the Science Council of Canada which is studying the possible role of Canada in world food production. The Council fi-nanced the major costs of the project. The study showed that the four centres are engaged in programs for the development of institutional and human resources in their respective countries; that they share common problems in mounting their development programs; that they would bene-fit by a link-up system on a regional and international basis; and that they should be strengthened,given their important role and its potential in the development pro-cess.

This study is now being followed up by a program of three consultations. The first will be held in May to cover the Asian region. This will be followed by con-sultations in October and November to cover the African and Latin American centres. These consultations will bring the directors of centres together to share exper-iences and to map out a program for mutual support and growth. Coady's supportive role in this process will be identified and spelled out.

THANK YOU We have received two generous donations to Coady and

wish to express thanks to our benefactors.

Dougald MacDougall has provided us with a color tele-vision monitor. Mr. MacDougall, who works for CUMIS, was taking part in the Coady program as a lecturer when he discovered he was unable to show his instructional material in color. So he went out and bought us the solution.

Coady students also noticed a gap to be filled. Future students will now have a short-wave radio to pull in the news from home - courtesy of the class of '79.

The director and staff wish to acknowledge receipt of the many Christmas greetings that were sent to the In-stitute.

COADY GRADUATES 1979 John Baptist Ackon, c/o Bishop's House, P. 0. Box 450, Sunyani, B/A, Ghana, W.A. Agnes I. Ajogwu, c/o Bishop's House, P. 0. Box 55, Idah, Benue State, Nigeria G. Asirvadam, Cuddapah Dist. Agric. Labourers', Sarvodaya Sangham, Nabikota, Cuddapah 516 003, A.P. India Abel Moises Cansino, Sarteneja, Corozal District, Belize, C.A. Kevin Cook, 13 Mansfield Street, Glebe 2037, N.S.W. Australia Rev. Timoteo D. Dayak, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines Rev. Martin Ibrahim Debaleh, Archbishop's House, P. 0. Box 248, Kaduna, Nigeria Sr. Felicitas DeLima, O.S.A., Fatima Center for Human Development, San Agustin, Irigacity (Camarines sur) Philippines Ameer El-taweel, Head of Agri. Dept. of C.E.O.S.S., Box 50, Mini a, Egypt Rev. F. J. Gomendo, Roslin House, Rooms 58/60, Third Floor, Baker Avenue, Salisbury, Zimbabwe Maria Fatima Gwata, 2431 Glen Norah, P. 0. Glen Norah, Salisbury, Zimbabwe Sr. Mary Theresa Hawes, Kamogelong, P. 0. Box 285, Kanye, Botswana Gazi Lutfor Hossain, c/o Mr. Abdul Halim Khan, "Khan Manzil" Munshipara 1st. Lane, Khulna, Bangladesh Rev. Ivan Joseph, 45 Bishop's House, Varanasi Cannt. U.P., India Rev. George Kalam, Archbishop's House, Changanacherry P.O., Kerala, India Leonorah Khanyile, 505a Mofolo Village, P. 0. Dube 1800, Republic of South Africa Dong-young Lee, 294-168 Whikyung-dong, Tongdaemoon-ku, Seoul, Korea Lip Pak Choy, Flat 3, 9/F, Blk. H, Havelock House, Hung Horn Bay Centre, Hung Horn, Kin., Hong Kong Rev. Joe Mary M. Lobo, Christa Sharan, Birur, 577 116, Karnataka, India Sophie N. Mazibuko, P. 0. Box 188, Orlando, 1804, South Africa Virginia Gugu Mbatha, Bishop's House, P. 0. Box 19, Manzini, Swaziland, Southern Africa Emmanuel Mondal, Karpashdanga, Kushtia, Bangladesh Monica Noni Mosala, P. 0. Box 193, Kwa-Xuma 1868, Soweto, South Africa Ruth Mpisaunga, 3553 Old Highfield P.O. Highfield, Salisbury, Rhodesia-Zimbabwe, Africa Rev. Joseph Mulloor, Chancery Office, I Mahatma Gandhi Path, Bhagalpur - 1, Bihar, India Dominic Mungai, P. 0. Box 54456, Nairobi, Kenya Mzikayise Vincent Ngema, P. 0. Box 40, Ulundi 3838, KwaZulu, Republic of South Africa Nqobizizwe Nkehli, Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe, Private Bay 9, Ulundi 3838, Republic of South Africa Eileen Eidana N. Nkosi, P. 0. Box 2, Ulundi 3838, KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa Mthunzi Nkosi, 1734 Block H, Soshanauve 0152, Republic of South Africa Sr. Mary Cordialis Nyamayaro, Mother House Regina Mundi Convent, Box D.H. 61, Highfield, Salisbury, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Anthony Omoteso Ogunyemi, P. 0. Box 894, Ibadan, Nigeria Rev. Sebastian Ousepparampil, Bishop's House, Dimapur 797 112, Nagaland, India Sr. Angelina Roche, Fr. Patrao Hospital, 574 215, Darbe, Puttur, DaKa, Karnataka, S. India James A. Ross, Liberia Credit Union National Association, 45 Ashmun St., P.O. Box 2428, Monrovia, Liberia, W.Africa Alfred Roy, 19/A, Municipal Office Street, Dacca - 1, Bangladesh

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Rita Roy, D-101 , Vishal Apts., Andheri East, Bombay 400 069, India Anthony Scoggins, 62 Place Ste. Claire, Ste. Rose de Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7L 3H4 Michael 0. Shaibu, Local Government Authority, Secretariat Office, Dekina, Benue State, Nigeria Henry Sun, 4 Ping Ho Lane, Chang Ping Rd., Taichung (400), Taiwan, R.O.C. Rev. Ghirmay Tesfay, Adiggrat (Tigray), P. 0. Box 8, Ethiopia Alice W. Thiongo, Wambui Farm, P. 0. Box 368, Ruiru, Kenya Sr. Rita Thyveettil, Holy Cross Convent, Tiruchirappalli 620 001, Tamil Nadu, S. India Venansi B. Tinkamanyire, P. 0. Box 216, Hoima, Uganda Josefina 0. Tolentino, 251-C Prudencio, Sampaloc, Metro Manila, Philippines Rev. George Vanderwood, S.J., P.O. Box 528, Brick Dam Presbytery, Georgetown, Guyana Eli ana Vargas Miranda, Casilla 6181 (Plande Padrinos'), La Paz, Bolivia, South America William Walsh, Maas, Glenties, Co. Donegal, Ireland Griffiths Zabala, 3840 Chiawelo, P. 0. Chiawelo, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa 1818

SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES 1979

Romarico S. Abad, Provincial Development Office, Tabuk, Kalinga-apayao, Philippines Angela Alexander, P. 0. Box 9 2 , St. Andrews Theological College, San Fernando, Trinidad Wilfredo S. Bagasao, MLGCD, Tuguergarao, Cagayan,- Philippines Carlos N. Baquiran, Ministry of Local Gov't & Comm. Dev., Region 2, Tuguergarao, Cagayan, Philippines Charlito M. Barut, Lasam Cagayan, Philippines Beverly Ann-Marie Beckles, 45, St. John Street, Via Fairley Street, Tunapuna, Trinidad Perfecto M. Dacanay, Solana, Cagayan, Philippines Benjamin Emmanuel, P. 0. Box 935, Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies Adrian St. A. Fraser, P. 0. Box 554, Kingstown, St. Vincent, West Indies Gloria 0. M. Garbutt, #2 Vernon & Alexandria Sts., Belize Sr. Mary Heyser, 972 Walnut Avenue, Grand Junction, Co. 81501, U.S.A. Feliza G. Jimenez, Alicia, Isabel a, Philippines Rodolfo A. Labog, Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines Nigel H. Lawrence, 201 Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1C 1R2 Rodrigo V. Mangalindan, 534 L. Isla Street, Munoz, Nveva Eeija, Philippines Ernesto B. Manzano, Mangandingay, Cabarroguis, Quirino, Philippines Concepcion A. Maramag, District No. 3, Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines Cesar T. Melegrito, 104 West Calao, Santiago, Isabela, Philippines Antonia Modhu, Community Centre, 5, Sadar Road, Barisal, Bangladesh Jerome Modhu, Community Centre, 5, Sadar Road, Barisal, Bangladesh Heskeith Nixon, Coop. Officer, Local Gov't & Comm. Dev., High Street, Roseau, Dominica, West Indies Dominga V. Pagurayan, Sto. Nino, Cagayan, Philippines Alex A. Queppet, Minante II, Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines-V i r g i1i o B. Rico, R i z a 1 District, D i f f u n , Quirino, Philippines Cipriano Giron Santiago, MLGCD, Tabuk, Kalinga-Apayao, Philippines

Augustin Scotland, Comm. Dev. Officer, Local Gov't & Comm. Dev., High Street, Roseau, Dominica Sylvesta Serieux, Mon Repos, St. Lucia, West Indies Sr. Amelie Starkey, RSHM, 972 Walnut Avenue, Grand Junction, Co. 81501, U.S.A. Alberto S. Tabada, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines Rogelio M. Tiburcio, 69 Paguirigan Street, Jones, Isabella, Philippines Joan L. Tillett, 17 Gibnut Street, Belize

CREDIT UNION CONFERENCE GRADUATES 1979

Herman W. Abel, Coop League, 17 Winston Lane, Goodwill, Roseau, Dominica Shiro Asano, 10-2-505, Tsujido-Nishikaigan 2-chome, Fujisawa-shi, 251, Japan Betty Doreen Bacchus, 18, St. John Road, Blue Range, Diego Martin, Trinidad Leslie Barrett, 63 University Crescent, Kingston 6, Jamaica Linda M. Besson 12, Citrine Drive, Diamond Vale, Diego Martin, Trinidad Samuel 0. Chambers, Lot 249, Braeton New Town, Bridgeport P.O., St. Catherine, Jamaica Chiu-wah Chim, 6/F, Apt. 3, Jade Mansion, 40 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong Omar M. Darbo, Dept. of Community Development, Mansakonko, LRD, The Gambia, West Africa Paul A. Delisser, Seaview Road, Stony Hill, Kingston 9, Jamaica Anthony Kenawa Fatoma, Cooperative Inspector, Sumbuya, Sierra Leone Joseph G. Kanyehara, P. 0. Box 1043, Bukoba, Tanzania Damian Katutu, CUSA Regional Office, P. 0. Box 14, Mpika, Zambia Chang Hae Kim, #600-8, Samdo-ildong, Cheju do (prov.) Korea Henry Q. Lavala, P. 0. Box 2428, LCUNA, Monrovia, Liberia Gabriel Markus Makama, Icaduna State Coop Fed. Ltd., PMB 2236 Kd., Nigeria Martin Mariadoss, Program Director, Sunandha, Coromandel, Kolar Gold Fields 563 118, Karnataka, India Gaseikanelwe Lucia Masuga, P. 0. Box 86, Gaborone, Botswana Patricia Melville, 8 New Road, Upper Bombay Street, St. James, Trinidad John M'ltiiri, Box 28403, Nairobi, Kenya John Mom, P.O. Box 144, Goroka, Papua, New Guinea Filbert Denis Msewa, Box 651, Lilongwe, Malawi Abraham Bikene Ndofor, CAMMCCUL Ltd., Box 41, Bamenda, Cameroon Alexis Mahau Nqosa, Box MC 10, Machache - 130 - Lesotho Nikolas Pranadiningrat, Babakan Peundeuy No. 18, Bogor, Indonesia Michael Rodriguez Seijas, 23 Strathaven Avenue, Glencoe, Trinidad Nikom Subongkot, Credit Union League of Thailand, P. 0. Box 24-65, Bangkok 24, Thailand Ralio Kojo Ton, Ghana Coop Credit Union, Box 434, Tamale, Ghana

WE HEAR FROM James Dasah, Peter Per and Luke Koo all of '76 continue to work together. They have organized six one-week sem-inars for credit union officers of Ghana and three one-week seminars for treasurers. They have organized edu-cational committees in fourteen credit unions. James is presently employed by the Ministry of Economic Planning as a trainer/consultant with the District Councils and District Department heads. With two management consult-ants he organized management seminars for district coun-sellors, regional and district heads of departments, school boards and corporations.

Mathias Yego '76 has left his work with cooperatives to become the field staff supervisor of family planning in Kenya. Living on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, he continues to use the organizational techniques acquired at Coady.

Lung Chun-kei '75 is currently a community worker at the Yang Memorial Social Service Centre and a part-time lecturer at the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. There he teaches inter-personal communication, group dynamics and organization development.

Gonzalo Rave Zapata '71 is working with 1400 workers of Enka Enterprises in the Department of Training and Com-munication in Colombia.

Qluwole 0. Qjikutu '75 has completed his degree in economics at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, in '78, where he specialized in Industrial and Labour Development. His re-search paper was on the contribution of the Coop Thrift and Credit Societies to the financial sector of Nigeria's economy.

Anthony Sets'abi '63 is presently the director of the In-stitute of Extra-Mural Studies at the National University of Lesotho. The Institute is involved with the organization of short courses and conferences throughout the country.

Kanakmal Gandhi '76 is secretary of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, in Warda, India. During the past year 43,000 people visited the centre. Contact with the 40 surrounding villages through the medium of non-formal adult education is seen as a top priority.

The Inter-American Foundation has approved a project pro-posal submitted by Keith Wright '76 on behalf of a Bee-keepers Cooperative. Working with the Farmers Cooperative a second project proposal to assist in the production of corn and beans has also been approved.

Sister Nancy O'Hannigan '75 of Zimba, Zambia, held a residential course for grade seven school-leavers, followed by a non-residential course on nutrition. Sister Nancy keeps in close contact with the Farmers' Clubs and put on a successful course for the female members.

Paul D'Rozario '71 is an educational officer with the Caritas Regional Office in Rajshahi District of Bangla-desh, where he plans and implements motivational edu-cation programs for cooperatives and credit unions. He recently attended a seminar in Bangkok on the promotion of credit unions.

Ernesto B. Manzano '79 at present is serving as general instructor on agriculture and cooperatives to rice far-mers who are members of Samahang Nayons (a pre-coop association) which is one of 95 pilot associations in the Cagayan de Oro Valley, a joint project of CIDA and the Republic of the Philippines.

Sr. Evelyn O'Neill '67 is providing information materials to development workers in Zambia through the Diocesan Communications Centre.

Sr. L.P. Ekwere '71 informs us that she has successfully completed her N.C.E. examination at the College of Edu-cation, UY0-CR State, Nigeria.

Dominic Mwaogbe '72 has earned a B.A. and M.A. since leaving Coady. He is now working on his law degree in the United States. Dominic Mwaogbe is from Nigeria.

Nolasco Dias '77 writes of the goat project he has started in three villages in the Andaman Islands, India. He hopes to extend this project to other villages. Providing recreational'facilities for villagers is another priority he is working on.

Joe Mombo '78 is organizing credit unions in the mining companies of rural Liberia. The Lamco Mine Workers Credit Union, which was started in April, is the first. By the end of January, 1980, two more will be organized. After this is achieved, work will begin to organize a credit union for the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company workers. On a community level, Joe has organized the Kakata Pro-gressive Credit Union.

Henry Makoni ' 76 is temporarily in Kenya. Recently he has been in touch with Fr. Louis Plamadon, Kenya, and Nancy Croupe, Maritius. He sends greetings to all the class of '76.

A.P. Eugene '74 is now in Kenya where he hopes to become involved in projects related to youth and coops.

Fr. Tim Elliott '77 is acting vicar-general during the ab-sence of his bishop. This, in addition to his work with Justice and Peace, keeps him travelling throughout Papua, New Guinea.

Margaret Nansubuga '77 continues with her position at the Kampala Co-op Savings and Credit Society, Uganada.

Charles Opponc, Angelina Wood and Amankwah Bartholomew, all of '77, work closely together in Ghana conducting dis-cussion groups and trying to help discover community pro-blems and solutions in Kumasi.

Carl E. Dahlgren '62 is editor of the Co-operative Con-sumer Viewpoint, a newsletter filled with interesting and informative articles-

Peter Gain '77 is Chairman and Director cf the barisal Cooperative Training Centre, Bangladesh, where their second venture to train the grass roots leaders in the philosophy of the Antigonish Movement has just been com-pleted. Instructional staff included Linus Das '78 and Abdul Halim '78 among others. During the past eight years Sister Tessa Wolf, F.M.M. '71

has been a community development worker, marriage coun-sellor and a trainer of National Social Workers in Papua New Guinea.

Dan Karobia '77 reports his association and involvement with the Commonwealth Africa Youth Development Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. Their nine-month long course is similar to Coady's leadership course. This year there were thirty-three students from fourteen Commonwealth countries.

In an area where there are no social services,Sister Dolores Fortier '74 distributes grain, milk and children's food supplements to the needy of the famine striken Adigrat, Ethiopia.

Father Luigi Zucchinelli '68 is no longer in Bangladesh. He is now at the Instituto Teologico Saveriano, Viele S. Martino 8, Parma, Italy, 43100. He would like to hear from some of his fellow graduates.

Norah (Humerez) Comtois '70 is conducting a research on the feasibility of training for teachers of cooperation in Quebec, Canada.

W. de S. Ratnawera '65 has been appointed secretary to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Employment in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Fr. Edwin Pinto '74 coordinated a two-week seminar on "Development Through Cooperatives" in Mangalore, India, in February '79. The Coady staff members in attendance were Eric Amit and Joe Chiasson. Fr. Pinto was assisted by Fr. Ligouri Menazes '72, Sister Rosetta '65, Miss Rita Noronha '77, Denis D'Souza '78, Sister Shanti Lobo '75, and Fr. Peter Noronha '76.

Sister Catherine Hoi lis '74 writes from Kiribat, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands, South Pacific. This newly independent state includes 33 islands and covers an area of 310 square miles. Sr. Catherine has been teaching school on these islands for the past twenty years.

Alhaji Datti Usman '78 has begun a poultry project with 300 chickens in Kano State, Nigeria. Usman is with the Department of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.

Hector Almendrades '74 of Peru visited the Coady Institute in October, 1979, en route to Toronto where he was a dele-gate to the "Development in the 80's" Conference. Hector's work takes him to small Peruvian villages where CIDA projects are to be implemented, assessed and eval-uated.

ANTIGONISH MOVEMENT SURVEY

Gilles Comtois, a former Coady graduate '74, is com-pleting research on the transferability of the Antigonish Movement. Would you be so kind as to answer three ques-tions to help in his survey? (1) Are the principles of the Antigonish Movement being transplanted to your coun-try? If yes, explain how. (2) Was any project or activity inspired by these principles or approaches? If yes, what one(s)? (3) What were the results of the pro-jects or actions in terms of community or cooperative development, socio-economic change? Please send your answers to: Mr. Gilles Comtois, 1690, Des Sables, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1J 1B8.

RECENT VISITORS

Professor M. R. Bhiday, University of Poona, India

Fr. Filipe Dayao, S.J., Philippines

Dr. N.O.H. Setidishc, Rector, University of Botswana

Carl Utterstrom, Harry Nystrom, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Augustine Kang (!67) General Manager, ACCU, Korea

CONDOLENCES

Our condolence to the family and friends of Lea Crane '77 of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Lea was killed in a car accident in May '79 in Vernon River, Prince Edward Island. At the time of his death he had been working with the De-partment of Development as a community resource worker.

We have received news of the death of Sr. Rosemary Neeson '69 who was killed in a car accident in November, 1979. Sr. Neeson was working in Nigeria.

John B. Ssemugoma '64 passed away in November, 1978, after a long illness in Kalungu, Uganda.

STAFF ADDITION

Nancy MacLean has joined the staff as secretary to the director.

The following editorial is reprinted from The Halifax Herald.

AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD

In a measure which few have realized, Nova Scotia, through the Coady International Institute, has exercised an influence for good which has extended to the far corners of the earth.

St. Francis Xavier University and Antigonish have be-come names which are familiar among the peoples of new and developing nations because of the learning experiences which have been made available there to visitors from abroad.

The program of the Institute also has brought benefits to Nova Scotia although, unfortunately, we have not per-haps appreciated the fact as fully as we might have done. And the resultant loss has been ours. There have been in our midst representatives of many lands through whom we might have gained a fuller knowledge of the culture and traditions of the countries represented on the campus at Antigonish.

It is particularly pleasing, then, to note that, in observance of the International Year of the Child, 40 students from the Coady International Institute are plan-ning to visit some of the schools in Antigonish town and county and in the neighbouring counties of Richmond' and Pictou. The visitors will tell the students about the life of children in the countries from which they have come, about housing, clothing, schools and so forth. It should be a more rewarding experience for the young folk into whose classrooms the guests come.

One of the great difficulties confronting youthful scholars is that of attaching reality to the people and places of which they study. It is difficult to conceive of children in other lands as living in situations dif-ferent from our own. And so it is difficult to cultivate an appreciation of the problems peculiar to those who live in other lands.

A problem in teaching another language is to convey a sense of relevancy. Students understand, for example, that people elsewhere speak a different tongue. What they seldom comprehend, unfortunately, is that those people do not know English and that an Anglophone in their midst can expect difficulties of communication.

So the forthcoming visitation of the Coady Inter-national Institute students in some of our schools should be of immense benefit to those of our young people who meet them. It promises to be a further breaking down of the barriers which separate men and nations.