Welcome to the 2010 Economic Assembly blog and information centre. Keep up to date with all Assembly related news and information here!
We have added a new page for all documents relating to the Assembly – Assembly Documents
Currently you will find the 2010 Economic Assembly Factbook, Bill McEwan’s speech, Thomas Homer-Dixon’s speech, and articles from The Casket and the Chronicle Herald.
Check back often as we will be adding more items!
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We thank everyone who attended the 2010 Economic Assembly! It was a great success due to the engagement of all delegates.
Please leave a comment with any additional ideas/actions/strategies that you would like to be included in our analysis. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can send them to officemanager@antigonisharea.com
We look forward to the ongoing process and continuing the efforts of the Assembly!
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UPDATED April 26- The Factbook is now a bookmarked PDF- find what you are looking for quickly and easily!
The Regional Factbook is a compendium of data and related information intended to inform delegates and support considerations at the 2010
Economic Assembly. The contents of this Factbook have been compiled and presented by the Antigonish Area Partnership, the Project Managers for the 2010 Economic Assembly. Financial support for the production of this document has been generously provided by Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation (Keith Ashfield, Minister).
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The Factbook is divided into a number of major sections. Each section presents a range of information about the topic at hand in a combination of graphic and tabular format as appropriate.
The data is focused on four “Quad” counties (Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness, and Richmond) which have closely interwoven economies. There is a significant trading and mobility relationship between all four counties — this is an economic map, not a political one.
The Factbook will be available in print form to all delegates at the Assembly.
Download the 2010 Regional Factbook – web version!
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We are pleased to announce our panelists for the 2010 Economic Assembly:
Dr. Joan McArthur Blair, CEO of Nova Scotia Community College
Sean Murray, CEO, Advocate Printing
Peter Moreira, Author of Backwater: Nova Scotia’s Economic Decline
Frazer Hunter, Owner of Knoydart Farms
Moderated by Phil Davison, StFX Extension Department, our panel will share and discuss their ideas about regional economic growth with each other and with the delegates. Following the discussion will be an interactive Q &A session from the delegation to the panel.
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Registration is now open for the 2010 Economic Assembly at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre on April 14, 2010.
We are delighted to invite you to become a delegate for the 2010 Economic Assembly, an event which has been created as a catalyst for cooperation within our region. Now is the time for you to step up and join your fellow citizens as we work together to secure our collective futures here in this wonderful part of the world. If you have a passion for the future of our region and want to take part in an exciting process to add momentum and direction to our economic growth and sustainability, then we want you!
The Assembly is seeking delegates from all over the region and from all walks of life. The registration fee of $150 covers all Assembly events, materials and amenities including the Keynote Luncheon and the 2010 Economic Assembly Factbook.
Delegates may register on the Internet here. Space is limited, so act now!
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We wish to extend our thanks to the following for their generous sponsorship of the 2010 Economic Assembly!
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Our sponsorship package is now available. Please visit the Sponsorship Opportunities tab at the top of the page for further details, or download our Sponsorship Package.
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Thomas Homer-Dixon holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada, and is a Professor in the Centre for Environment and Business in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo.
He was born in Victoria, British Columbia and received his B.A. in political science from Carleton University in 1980 and his Ph.D. from MIT in international relations and defense and arms control policy in 1989. He then moved to the University of Toronto to lead several research projects studying the links between environmental stress and violence in developing countries. Recently, his research has focused on threats to global security in the 21st century and on how societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological change.
From http://www.homerdixon.com/biography.html
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