Coffee with Coady Celebrates 20 Years of Katherine Fleming International Development Award
Each year, Coady International Institute presents an African woman leader the prestigious Katherine Fleming International Development Award at the StFX Homecoming Coffee with Coady event. Family and friends created the annual award in memory of the late Katherine...
Coady Welcomes Certificate Participants for New Thematic Programs
How can we prepare our communities to respond to changes in environmental, economic, political, cultural, and social systems? How do we ensure a voice in public decisions and actions that affect our lives, hold power holders accountable for their actions and...
Global Change Leaders Celebrate Graduation
Eighteen women leaders from 18 countries graduated September 27 from Coady’s Global Change Leaders program in a ceremony with participants, staff, community members, and family. “Thank you for offering women leaders from different countries a chance to strengthen our...
Coady Grad Receives Global Award for Commitment to Human Rights
Dr. Mamatha Achanta is a women’s and children’s rights activist, pro-bono lawyer, and founder of Tharuni – a non-government organization working for the welfare of adolescent girls and women. She is a graduate of Coady’s Community Development Leadership by Women...
New Online Course Focuses on Climate Change and Community Resilience
The second of a set of new online course offerings will focus on climate change and community resilience. Climate change is the most pressing global issue of our time. How humans have historically lived, played, and dreamed is changing. The impact of climate change is...
Coady Institute Launches New Flagship Program
Change Leaders to Engage on Issues of Poverty, Climate Change, Gender Inequality, and Political TurmoilAs Coady International Institute marks 60 years of asset-based, citizen-led and community-driven development, work on an innovative slate of course offerings for...
Youth Leaders Begin Nine-Month Community Phase for Social Change
Revitalizing Mi’kmaq youth, supporting refugee and newcomer mothers, and empowering youth for climate justice – these are just three of the nine initiatives designed by young leaders for implementation in local communities. “Having programs like this where they...
Global Change Leaders #ActForTheAmazon with Public Statement
PUBLIC STATEMENT from the 2019 Global Change Leaders participants We, women from 19 different countries, participants and members of the work team from the Global Change Leaders Program of the Coady International Institute, join the global call for action from the...