COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A CURRICULUM
SUPPLEMENT
FOR
ATLANTIC
CANADA IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
D
R A F T
Acknowledgements:
This grade 9 curriculum
on community economic development (CED) is part of a broader CED awareness
project sponsored by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the
Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development, under the auspices of
the Canada Nova Scotia Cooperation Agreement on Economic Diversification.
The curriculum itself has been developed in collaboration with the Nova
Scotia Department of Education and was overseen by a steering committee
made up of CED practitioners and social studies teachers.
Special thanks
go to steering committee members Jo Ann Fewer, Anna Parks, Ishbel Munro,
Paul Lalande, Peter McAllister, and Pat Milligan. Curriculum writer
John Stone dedicated months of his time to the research and preparation
of this curriculum. We are also grateful for advice and feedback provided
by Harold Verge, Doreen Parsons, and Chris Bryant.
CED is a process
that depends on the participation and enthusiasm of a broad representation
of the community. It is therefore fitting that in our small province,
more than 100 Nova Scotians have kindly volunteered themselves as local
CED contacts for teachers and students.
They are listed
in the resource section of this supplement.
Finally, we wish
to acknowledge the many Nova Scotians involved in CED who inspired this
curriculum.
Elizabeth Haggart
Communications Specialist
Community Economic Development
Department of Economic Development
Rick MacDonald
Social Studies Consultant
English Program Services
Department of Education
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