N.B. defends $300K ad campaign
Charles Cirtwill AIMS Executive Vice President tells the Times & Transcript that marketing is good but the province should improve itself first.
Global guru: Perry Newman, Founder and director, Atlantica Group, Portland
This feature in a Maine business magazine on Atlantica Group CEO Perry Newman explains the Atlantica concept in day to day terms.
Class dismissed
This column by Halifax writer and journalism professor Stephen Kimber, questions whether parents and students are being short-changed in the recent review of Nova Scotia school governance. His comments mirror AIMS' recent Commentary "Yes, Minister" which urges a full discussion of all the options.
Not in our backyard
When the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal was looking for informed comment on the worsening economic climate, it turned to AIMS executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill. Speaking specifically of housing prices, he points out the scenario is completely different in Canada than what happened in the United States.
The U.S. financial crisis could spell trouble for the Atlantic Gateway project
The current economic woes may affect Atlantica in the short term, and AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro says government must present a competitive tax regime, promote schools and universities, and ensure the infrastructure is in place, such as good roads and ports, to accommodate increased traffic.
The South Shore Regional School board got its report card on Sept. 15.
After the government of Nova Scotia released student achievement data, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill was called on by reporters to explain how to use the information. He says parents and students should use the data as a starting point, and points out that there is still information missing.
School board goes on defensive following release of assessment results
Release by the provincial government of school by school student achievement results as demanded by AIMS prompts some indepth discussion at the Tri-County Regional School Board in Nova Scotia. School board members turn the debate to the plan to improve student results.
Canada-EU Trade Proposal Rivals Scope of NAFTA
TBA - EU - promixity to Atlantica - linking markets in NA with Europe - etc.
A rising tide: Scientists find proof that privatising fishing stocks can avert a disaster
You heard it here first. Fifteen years ago, in AIMS' infancy, it published a series of research papers and books on the commercial fishery proposing a move to property ownership to save the industry. This article in The Economist shows other leading research is finally catching up.
A new way of saving fisheries shows it can work; it deserves more attention
The prestigious Economist magazine may call it a new way to save the fishery, but it's a policy proposal AIMS made more than a decade ago. Property ownership in the fishery made sense to AIMS back then, and now more research supports that position today.