Are you a First Nations, Inuit, or Métis woman from Canada who is committed to community development and social change?
The Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program is now accepting applications for 2019.
After attending a three-week intensive education program at Coady International Institute, located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), you will have the opportunity to lead a development project in your community with the guidance of an established mentor.
Learn about previous community projects
This program uses Coady’s innovative and blended approach to asset-based leadership development, and prioritizes indigenous knowledge and ways of learning.
Now entering its ninth year, alumni from this program continue to make great strides in their communities.
Alumni Stories
The Coady Connection Newsletter – August 2020
Read the August edition of The Coady Connection. We are pleased to share with you this collection of stories, accomplishments, and news from the past three months. We value your connection, support, and dedication toward Coady International Institute. Please continue...
Amplifying Indigenous Art and Culture through Storytelling
Lynda Fox Trudeau is an Anishinaabe-Odawa woman from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory located on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. A graduate of Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program (2015), she is the General Manager for the Debajehmujig Theatre Group.
For Future Generations: Supporting Indigenous Women Leaders through Mentorship and Advocacy
Karen MacKenzie is a proud Cree-Métis woman, business owner, knowledge keeper, community supporter, and a program Mentor for Coady Institute’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program.