Coady News

From Global Change Leader to Obama Foundation Scholar

From Global Change Leader to Obama Foundation Scholar

Rosario Diaz Garavito (Global Change Leaders, 2015) is the Founder and Chief Executive Director of The Millennials Movement – a youth-led, nonprofit organization in Peru that strives to engage citizens, especially youth, and social actors in the sustainable development process of their communities.

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Coady, FESA Partnership Going the Distance

Coady, FESA Partnership Going the Distance

An Alberta adult education organization and Coady Institute are developing further ways to collaborate. Further Education Society of Alberta’s (FESA) Executive Director Elaine Cairns and Project Manager Teal Dratowany visited Coady May 24 to 25 as a...

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OceanPath Fellowship Graduate Receives Award

OceanPath Fellowship Graduate Receives Award

Coady graduate Ruth Nara (OceanPath Fellowship, 2018-2019) recently received University of Ottawa’s Joseph De Koninck Prize. The Joseph De Koninck Prize at the master’s level is awarded in recognition of a major contribution to knowledge in an interdisciplinary program.

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Global Women Leaders Lay Out Action Plans

The 21 women leaders from 11 countries who recently attended Coady’s Women’s Leadership in Community Development certificate program presented their leadership action plans May 23. The presentations ranged in topic from women and girls’ education, to financial literacy, to gender-based violence (GBV) health centres, to agriculture and economic empowerment.

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