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Welcome to the Community of St. Andrews
We are featured in film & book!

Building on the legacy of pioneering Scottish and, later, Dutch immigrants, St. Andrews, Nova Scotia, a rural agricultural community in Canada, has been able to muster active and enthusiastic volunteers for a series of ambitious community initiatives and has maintained a thriving community into the 21st century.

By Their Own Hands is a 22 minute film that explores some of the reasons why this has been possible. At its base is a set of values that puts a premium on self-sufficiency, community spirit, and care for others. By pooling resources, ideas, and talents, St. Andrews has been able to build a variety of new infrastructure and community services.

Full length film "By Their Own Hands":
http://coady.stfx.ca/work/abcd/st-andrews/index.htm

Short version taken from "By Their Own Hands"



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From Clients To Citizens: Communities Changing the Course of Their Own Development ia a book of 13 case studies of communities around the world edited by Alison Mathie and Gord Gunningham of the Coady International Institute. This book is available from the StF.X. Campus Book Store, Word By Word on Main Street, Antigonish.
 
 
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