Indigenous Women Leaders Celebrate Graduation
Fourteen Indigenous women leaders concluded Coady’s five-month Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program with a virtual graduation ceremony March 1. The graduates from communities across Canada joined Coady staff, partners, and their peers to celebrate their...
A Voice for the Voiceless: Malawian Graduate Enters Political Race
Andikuza Litete-Makhumula (Diploma in Development Leadership, 2013; Coady Women’s Fellowship, 2017) is the founder and executive director of Literacy for Change. “I was inspired to establish this NGO after my participation in [Coady’s] Diploma in Development...
International Women’s Day (Week!) 2019
Coady International Institute is pleased to collaborate with Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association (AWRC) and many local organizations for International Women’s Week Antigonish 2019 – featuring more than a dozen local events in...
Graduate Grace Arach Receives National Award
As a Coady participant, Grace Arach (Diploma in Development Leadership, 2018) received the 19th Katherine Fleming International Development Award for her work as the founder and executive director of Foundation for Women Affected by Conflicts (FOWAC). Now a graduate,...
Water Safety for Exceptional Youth in Pictou County
William O’Dwyer, a participant in Coady International Institute’s Oceanpath Fellowship for youth leaders is a recent graduate of partner-school St. Francis Xavier University. “This was my first experience learning about the background of community development,”...Combating Indigenous Youth Suicide
Rhonda Head is a participant in Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program, looking forward to graduating later this winter. As a five-time international award winning classical singer from Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Rhonda fuses classical music and the...
Oceanpath Fellow to Represent Canada at G(irls)20 Summit
Kaitlyn Gillelan is a participant in Coady’s Oceanpath Fellowship for young leaders. As part of the fellowship, she is completing a nine-month community phase, implementing an art therapy program for youth in the isolated northern community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut,...
Slow Cooked Dreams: Graduate Receives Provincial Award
Nadine Bernard launched Slow Cooked Dreams as a participant of Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program in 2017. The mentorship and community engagement phase of the program supports participants as they implement community initiatives that often...