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...

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

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...

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...

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

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.

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”

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)...

November 22 is National Housing Day in Canada – a day that recognizes the importance of safe and affordable housing for all, and the need for collaborative solutions to housing insecurity.