Island society has inherited a rich endowment from the Rural Development Council (RDC), a community empowerment organization which flourished briefly in the early 1970s. This legacy includes heightened awareness of rural development issues, the highly popular Community Schools program, and a generation of political and business leaders who received invaluable on-the-job training as RDC staff workers. Notable among these — and there are a surprising number of them — are Pat Binns, [former] Premier of Prince Edward Island, and Joe McGuire, Member of Parliament.
— Harry Baglole, from the Foreword
ISBN 0-919013-29-5, 98 pp. $5.00, coil bound.
Institute of Island Studies