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Coady and Partners Working Together for Social Change
Coady Institute’s 2024-25 Annual Report illustrates a commitment to providing programs focused on asset-based and community-driven development and adult education.
Warm Hearts, Wider Change
Warm Hearts Foundation in Uganda focuses on empowerment through practical tools. From cosmetology and beautification skills to backyard farming and legal literacy, the foundation builds pathways to dignity, income, and self-sufficiency.
Honoring Dr. Leonard Pluta
Coady Institute shares with great sadness the death of Dr. Leonard Pluta. A former St. Francis Xavier University Economics professor, Leonard worked closely with Coady Institute during the 1970s and 1980s conducting field research and teaching around the world. He...
Lessons in Adaptability for Canadian Youth Interns in Bangladesh
Coady Institute has supported the International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) by facilitating connections between ACIC and partner organizations of the Engage: Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship project.
Wallace Internships Combine Entrepreneurship and Social Awareness
The Wallace Family Internship exemplifies how institutional partnerships can help bold ideas take root and how, through mentorship and mission-driven learning, they can grow into something with lasting impact.
Welcome Home
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.