Learning at Coady
Coady Institute offers educational programming for emerging and established community leaders with a passion for social change. Coady’s approach to adult education is practice-focused and participatory, informed by learner-centered and asset-based methods that hold the potential for both personal growth and societal transformation. Courses are hosted on-campus at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada, off-campus in communities around the globe, and online using various communications platforms.
The following programs are open for registration:
Asset-Based and Community-Led Development Principles
ONLINE. This 8-week course introduces you to fundamental Asset-Based and Community-Led Development (ABCD) theories and principles.
Grassroots Peacebuilding
ONLINE. This 8-week course is an introduction to peace and conflict while examining the nature, effectiveness, and challenges of grassroots peacebuilding.
Transforming Conflict and Building Peace
On Campus Program. This learning opportunity will open space for community members to explore together the underlying structural, political, economic and social, causes of conflict at the local level, and the necessity of peacebuilding to address the root causes of conflict within their communities.
Building Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
ONLINE. This course is designed for anyone interested in exploring climate change impacts at the community level and engaging in community resilience building – addressing injustice, (re)building relationships, and exploring solutions to the challenges of a changing climate.
Future of Work and Workers
ONLINE. This course will help participants better understand the magnitude and intensity of the current changes shaping the world of work and provide a peek into what is to come.
Feminist Leadership for Capabilities, Ecology, and Transformation
ONLINE. In this 8-week course, we will focus on a political understanding of gender, power, and patriarchy in the current milieu.
Leadership for Young Professionals
ONLINE. This course will offer participants the chance to grow their understanding of what leadership means, explore their own personal strengths as leaders, learn new skills, and begin to think through how they can apply their leadership in the workplace.
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