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  • Home
  • The Extension Department
    • Early Development
    • The Extension Department Takes Off
    • The Story Spreads
    • The Antigonish Movement Today
  • The People
    • Leaders of the Antigonish Movement
    • The Women of the Antigonish Movement
    • StFX Extension Directors
    • Coady Institute Directors
    • Champions of the Antigonish Movement
    • Graduates
  • The Ideas
  • The Impact
  • Coady Institute
    • Realizing the Dream
    • The First Two Decades, 1960s-1970s
    • Institution Strengthening, 1980s-1990s
    • The Coady Today

Coady Institute Directors

Msgr. Francis J. Smyth 1959-1970
D. Hugh Gillis (1970-1973)
Rev. George Topshee (1973-1979)
Dr. A.A. MacDonald (1979-1991)
H.R. (Eric) Amit (1991-1994), (1995-1996)
Francoise Belisle (1994-1995)e
Mary Coyle (1997-2010)
John Gaventa (2011-present)

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