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Coady Institute Sets Path Forward 

Coady’s strategic plan is also guided by and contributes to the university’s overall strategic framework. The plan articulates the Coady team’s values in interacting with each other and in its work with communities and also outlines six core beliefs that will serve to guide the Institute’s work.

Claiming ‘Equal Voice’ at the Grassroots in Nepal, Bangladesh 

Despite advances in women’s voice in democratic spaces and local governance in Nepal and Bangladesh, merely having women’s representation in leadership is not enough. Women from disadvantaged areas and from traditionally-excluded communities – including grassroots...

Call for Proposals

LEARNING WITH COMMUNITY, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education Regional Atlantic Conference

Topshee Taxation and You

Coady, NSFL to Hold Town Hall on Taxation

Coady Institute and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour are renewing their partnership for the Topshee Memorial Webinar Series. This year’s first webinar, Fair Taxes, Affordable Futures, will take place March 20, from 7 to 8 pm AT. Well-known Economist Lars Osberg...

Coady grads to speak during International Women’s Day webinar

In advance of International Women’s Day (IWD) (March 8), Coady Institute will be hosting an online seminar featuring two graduates of the Global Change Leaders (2016) program. Salome Nduta and Jaya Luintel are using their learnings from Coady to champion the rights of...

Coady, SEWA Release Research Report

A new publication takes a closer look at various forms of gender-based violence. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, in collaboration with Coady Institute conducted the participatory research initiative over the course of three years.

International Development Week at Coady

International Development Week takes place the first full week of February to recognize and celebrate how Canadians and Canadian organizations are helping to eradicate poverty worldwide

The International Youth Internship Program

The program offers youth the opportunity to gain valuable international work experience through 4-month internship placements with partner organizations in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, and Central America.

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Coady Staff Publish Article on Inclusive Governance

Coady program staff member Julien Landry and associate Carmen Malena recently published an article focused on Coady’s pedagogies in the context of their work with “From Open to Inclusive Governance”

‘Engage’ Leaders Convene in Antigonish and Ottawa

The Executive Directors from each of the five Engage partner organizations arrived at Coady Institute in early October. We were thrilled to welcome Tsigie Haile of Women in Self Employment (WISE), Ethiopia, Smita Bhatnagar of Self-Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA)...

Upcoming Events

North of Nowhere

EVENT: An Author Reading and Discussion with Marie Wilson – NORTH OF NOWHERE: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner.

Learning with Community

EVENT: Hosted in partnership with Coady Institute and ENGAGE: Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship.