April 2022 Edition: E-zine Highlights Circle of Abundance Experiences
April 2022 Edition: E-zine Highlights Circle of Abundance Experiences This Ezine has been created to hold and share space so we can share stories, highlight alumnae successes, experiences and learning about life after living through the Circle of Abundance networking...Welcoming Eileen Alma as Interim Director as Executive Director Gord Cunningham Retires
We are pleased to be welcoming Eileen Alma as the Interim Director of Coady Institute beginning June 1, 2022 as Executive Director Gord Cunningham retires. Gord came to the Institute in 1997 as a Microfinance Specialist. Throughout his 25 years at Coady Institute, he...Affordable Housing and Poverty
UN SDGs and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia Affordable Housing and Poverty The first of five Online People’s Schools on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia. Webinar Summary Thematic...
Community-Building with the 2021-22 Pathy Fellows
Thirteen young leaders from across Canada recently completed capacity-building and planning components of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship, and are now in the midst of a nine-month journey implementing their planned initiatives alongside their respective community...
IWW Spotlight: Jaime Smith
Jaime Smith Director of Social InnovationCentre for Employment Innovation, Coady Institute, StFX University Jaime Smith is a passionate activist for gender and race equality. As the Director of Social Innovation and Executive Lead for Employment Innovation at Coady,...
IWW Spotlight: Ulilia Chamisa
Ulilia Chamisa Team Leader, Start4Girls, CARE ZImbabweWomen’s Leadership in Community Leadership, 2021 As the Team Leader for Start4Girls in Zimbabwe, Ulilia Chamisa works with girls and adolescent women, their communities, and religious and traditional leaders...
IWW Spotlight: Mica Francis
Mica Francis Women’s Support Worker, Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services (AWRCSASA)YIP Intern (1999) In 1999, Mica Francis graduated from StFX University at the top of her class with a BA in Human Kinetics, with an advanced major in Women...
IWW Spotlight: Tsigie Haile
Tsigie Haile Executive Director, Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE)Asset-Based Community Development (2015) / ENGAGE partner In 1993, Tsigie Haile established WISE – which stands for Women in Self Employment. WISE provides a space for women’s...