Alumni Voice – The Impact of Covid-19 on Development (Zimbabwe)
Written by Mpho Mpofu, Zimbabwe (Diploma in Development Leadership, 2018)Executive Director, The Voice of Africa Trust The world has been hit by one of the deadliest pandemics we have seen and experienced in a while. For millennials it’s the first of its kind and l...
Alumni Voice – Supporting Livelihoods and Community Spirit through COVID-19 (Kenya)
A letter from Coady graduate Patrick Ekodere, The COVID-19 pandemic has struck us hard, physically, financially, emotionally, and psychologically. As a social enterprise, my work has borne the brunt of this pandemic from closure of all livestock markets to diminished...
Graduate Initiates PPE Production Collective in Response to COVID-19 (Canada)
When Jordan Bowden attended Coady’s OceanPath Fellowship (now Pathy Foundation Fellowship) in 2016, he launched an initiative in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada aimed to connect people with disabilities with local “makerspaces” where they can use communal...
Amplifying Voices of First Nation Youth through Asset-Based Development
Qalipu First Nation, one of the largest First Nation groups in Canada, spans across 67 traditional Mi’kmaq communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, and abroad. Jasmine Collis (Indigenous Women in Community Leadership, 2019) is a Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)...
Nova Scotia Councillor Learns to Find Strength in Peace
Kaytland Smith is a councillor for the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s in Nova Scotia, Canada. She recently completed the inaugural offering of Coady Institute’s Advancing Women’s Leadership in Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding and Community...
Award Recipient Furthers Work in Name of (late) Katherine Fleming
When Grace Arach attended Coady’s Diploma in Development Leadership in 2018, she was awarded the prestigious Katherine Fleming International Development Award. Family and friends of the late Katherine Fleming created the scholarship in support of African women leaders...
Sister-to-Sister Mentorship Program Nominations Open
Deadline: April 17, 2020 Nobel Women’s Initiative, in partnership with Coady International Institute Do you work with an incredible young woman activist who could benefit from intensive communications and advocacy training? If so, we want to hear from you! We are...
Message from the Director of Education Programs
The world as we know it has been overturned by the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. Many of our countries are currently in various states of lockdown and all of us are being encouraged by local, national, and global health authorities to significantly change our...