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Minutes of meeting

Quote: Item 6. Meeting of January 4, 1954 The minutes of the January 4th 1954 meeting illustrates the democratic, co-operative spirit, as they carry out the tasks of […]

Social gathering in 1954

They would soon embark on the project of a lifetime – building homes together. Although people of all ages participated, many were young and newly married, some with […]

Handwritten notes for newspaper article

This handwritten announcement by Bob Walsh turned up in the Grimsby Historical Society Archives, along with the final printed version. Walsh was a strong believer in the co-operative […]

Father O’Brien and Father Sherlock

O’Brien and Sherlock had been introduced to co-operative methods a few years earlier, as students at St. Augustine’s Seminary, when Father Marrocco had come to lecture. After the […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 4 The Legal side of Co-operative Housing

page 3 The National Housing Act – Under Part 1, Section 4, Subsections 6, 7, 8 of the NHA, joint loans for co-operatives may be made. Two types […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 3 Financing Co-operative Housing

page 5 The National Housing Act is a Federal Act of Parliament, designed to help more people obtain money for home construction under NHA, loans can be made […]

Father Francis Marrocco

Father Marrocco would become a key figure in the Institute of Social Action (ISA) in 1949, inspiring and challenging his students. He was well prepared. He had travelled […]

Mary Arnold with co-op builders in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia

Arnold, a Quaker and an American activist in housing co-operatives, went to study the work being done at St. Francis Xavier University’s Extension Department in 1937. She remained […]

Father Moses Coady

Father Moses Coady was a cousin of Tompkins. Like Tompkins, he was relentless in spreading the message that, through education and co-operation, people could better their lives and […]

Co-operative fisheries, Pictou, Nova Scotia

It took a few years, but eventually Father Tompkins encouraged the fishermen to work together. They needed to understand what was causing their poor circumstances and learn how […]

Co-operative fisheries, Caribou, Nova Scotia

It took a few years, but eventually Father Tompkins encouraged the fishermen to work together to understand their financial situation and to learn how to improve it. Economic […]

Knowledge for the People Booklet

“Knowledge for the People” was written by Father Jimmy Tompkins and published in 1921. Some 5000 copies of this pamphlet were circulated in Nova Scotia. With unemployment driving […]