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Wallace Internships Combine Entrepreneurship and Social Awareness

The 2025 Wallace Family Internships ended earlier this month with four student entrepreneurs making presentations about their 12-week experience. The interns reflected on a transformative journey; one rooted in curiosity and driven by community impact. Supported...

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Coady Institute welcomed members of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Martha to campus July 16. The visit was a part the Antigonish Heritage Museum’s launch of “Gospel Hospitality in Action: Sisters of St. Martha in the Antigonish Area.” More than 20 Sisters, and 100...

New Report: Assessment of Women’s Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence – The Case of WISE SACCOs

Gender-based violence is a persistent threat to women’s empowerment in Ethiopia, as it is globally. Therefore, WISE developed a mixed-methods study to investigate the extent to which WISE SACCOs play a role in reducing domestic violence. In other words, WISE sought to explore the relationship between enhancing women’s economic empowerment and their experiences of domestic violence.

Reflections from a Community Peacebuilding Workshop

There is something about handing over a half-finished painting to someone else that feels like surrender, not of defeat, but of trust. That was the second day of the workshop: each of us had two minutes with a brush before passing our canvas to the person beside us, inviting them to continue the story. We did not know where it would go. We just knew it did not belong to us alone.

Silence is not an option

Dr. Marie Wilson served six and a half years as a TRC Commissioner, and she recently visited Coady Institute to share her experiences.

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Coady Research Officer Focuses on Plight of Refugees

One of Coady Institute’s newest employee’s work is already being recognized by her peers.

Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities – Q & A Session

The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities invites potential authors to submit abstracts for the Special Issue which will be dedicated to publishing academic papers and reflections on practice from the practitioners on Asset-Based and Community-led Development in Ethiopia.

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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...

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