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The search for a new way : the story of New Dawn Enterprises / Rankin MacSween.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacSween, Rankin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community development corporations.
- Nova Scotia--Cape Breton (County).
- New Dawn Enterprises.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Limited, [2023]
- Summary:
- The definitive history of Canada's oldest community-development corporation, written by its former President and CEO.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Soil
- The Physical Landscape
- The Historical Landscape
- The Search for a New Way
- Chapter 2: The Seeds
- A Political Blow
- Industrialization
- Standing the Gaff
- The Visible Hand of Government
- The Cape Breton Development Corporation
- Civil Society: The Foundation of Democracy
- An Unintended Consequence
- The Laird
- Chapter 3: The Planting
- The Antigonish Movement
- Cape Breton University
- MacLeod Begins to Probe
- Cape Breton Association for Co-operative Development
- Chapter 4: New Dawn Begins
- Dental Clinics
- New Dawn as a Demonstration Project
- The First Challenge
- Moving Out: Moving In
- Tom O'Leary
- TEX Used Auto Parts
- O'Leary's Departure
- The End of the Beginning
- How to Move Forward
- Chapter 5: Brutal Facts, Unwavering Faith
- A Grand and Bold Project
- A New Executive Director
- The Province as a Partner
- The Personal Touch
- The Volunteer Resource Centre
- Chapter 6: The Issue of Capital
- The Mondragon Perspective
- Business Possibilities
- The Problem of Capital
- The Dental Lab
- Wallboard
- New Dawn Home Care
- Chapter 7: Finding a Path
- New Dawn and Chrysler
- The Radar Base
- Winterizing the Base
- Taking Possession
- Home Living at Pine Tree Park
- Saving the New Dawn Guest Home
- The Future Gets Darker
- The Break
- More Challenges
- The New Dawn Guest Home Opens
- Carefield Manor
- A Visit by the Minister of Health
- New Dawn's Day in Court
- Chapter 8: A Mortal Struggle
- The Triggering Event
- Save Harmless
- DND Visits New Dawn
- New Dawn Goes to Ottawa
- 98Too Good to be True
- The DND Plan
- The King and the Pauper
- A Slight Adjustment to the Plan
- The Search for a Back Channel
- Back to Ottawa
- The Sydney Tar Ponds.
- 108A Plea for a Help
- An Organizational Reset
- Powerless Politicians
- Powerful Public Servants
- Managing the Message
- The Cape Breton Community Development Advocacy Committee
- The Final Battle
- The Settlement
- Chapter 9: Everyone Could Have Enough
- The Capital Context
- Community Banking and Credit Unions
- A First Attempt
- An Unexpected Call
- A New Direction
- A Centre for the Arts
- A Beautiful Building-Eltuek Arts Centre
- Chapter 10: Who Owns this Town?
- The Sydport Industrial Park
- Laurentian Energy Corporation
- Two Perspectives Emerge and Converge
- The Cast of Characters
- An Analysis of LEC's Predicament
- The Sydney Marine Group (SMG)
- A Multinational Arrives
- ECBC and Sydport Go Back to the Future
- New Dawn co-Chairs LEC
- The Melford Concept
- ECBC Versus New Dawn
- A Conflict of Interest
- The Vote
- The Shareholders Agreement
- New Dawn Meets John Lynn
- The Arbitration Decision and its Implications
- Restructuring LEC
- Another Unnamed Company with an Unnamed Purpose
- An Unexpected Development
- Council Decides
- LEC Decides
- New Dawn Makes an Offer to Purchase the Other Assets
- Sydney's Strategic Location
- Chapter 11: A Tale of Two Islands
- The Context
- Cape Breton as an Orphan
- Immigration and Emigration
- PEI's Immigration Experience
- From an Industrial to a Knowledge-based Mode
- Two Objections to the PEI Model
- An Opening
- Chapter 12: The Necessity of a New Way
- Principle of Subsidiarity
- The 2012 and 2016 Municipal Elections
- The Data is too Frightening
- Allying with Mi'kmaw Communities
- Chapter 13: A New Narrative
- New Dawn as a Progressive Organization
- New Dawn as a Learning Event
- Freedom
- Conversation/Dialogue
- Identity
- Competence
- Action and Reflection
- Leadership
- A New Narrative
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements.
- Appendix I: Key Dates
- Appendix II: Key Characters
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: MacSween, Rankin The Search for a New Way
- ISBN:
- 9781774711958
- OCLC:
- 1378936101
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