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Annual Report – 2025 – 2026
Explore Coady Institute’s 2025–26 Annual Report and discover how learning, leadership, and partnership are helping people and communities turn knowledge into collective action and lasting change.
Nine Years After Coady: Carrying Leadership Forward
In 2017, Dr. Smita Dharmamer came to Nova Scotia as one of 19 women leaders from 17 countries to participate in Coady’s Global Change Leaders Program. Nine years later, the connections and lessons from that experience continue to shape her work with Aangan Trust in India.
Leadership in Action: Stories from the Coady Community
This edition of the Coady Institute newsletter celebrates the strength of its global community through stories of leadership, learning, and impact.
Investing in Leadership: Participants’ Sacrifices Inspire Coady Employee to Give
As both a long-time staff member and donor, Lola hopes Coady will continue to champion citizen-led development and the transformative learning that has defined the Institute for generations.
Nepal Workshop to Welcome Indo Pacific Feminist Leaders
Participants from the Samaan Aawaaj / Equal Voice project will gather August 17 to 21 in Nepal for a Feminist Leadership Workshop. The workshop brings together participants, feminist leaders from across the Indo-Pacific region, and two St. Francis Xavier University...
Diploma Graduate Launches Podcast
Coady graduate and Katherine Fleming International Development award recipient Kate Ibeanusi (Diploma in Development Leadership 2014) writes about her efforts to bring about positive social change in Nigeria through Sheerah Verenda Full Life Initiative (formerly...
StFX Students Selected for Feminist Leadership Workshop in Nepal
StFX students Maria Young and Fiona Boyd have been selected to travel to Nepal this August through Coady Institute’s Samaan Aawaaj (Equal Voice) project. They will join feminist leaders from across the Indo-Pacific region for a week of learning, dialogue, and cross-cultural exchange on leadership and social change.
Impact Snapshot Highlights Year One Progress of Samaan Aawaaj / Equal Voice
The first year of the Samaan Aawaaj / Equal Voice project has demonstrated the power of local leadership, collective action, and inclusive participation in strengthening democratic spaces in Nepal and Bangladesh.
From Nova Scotia to East Africa: Stories of Leadership and Community Action
From global gatherings in East Africa to local initiatives in Nova Scotia, this edition highlights the impact of the global Coady community while inviting readers to explore upcoming learning opportunities focused on leadership, resilience, peacebuilding, and community development.
Sometimes Seeing is Believing
A visit to Tanzania and Kenya gave StFX Academic Vice President Dr. Amanda Cockshutt a powerful first-hand look at the profound global impact of Coady Institute and its community-led development programs.
Walking with Community: Coady Graduates Excelling
Every month, we are inspired by updates from Coady graduates leading change in communities around the world. In this feature, we spotlight stories, reflections, and words of wisdom shared by members of our global Coady community since our last newsletter.
Theatre Society Featuring Moses Coady, Sisters of St. Martha
The Ships of 1801 Society has focused recent productions on the Keppoch, an area of Antigonish County settled by Scottish and Irish immigrants. This year’s show has connections to Coady Institute and the Antigonish Movement.
Helen Neufeld Donor Profile
Helen Neufeld has always believed in the importance of sharing what you have where there is need. For her, the values of development, peace, and community responsibility were instilled early and have remained central throughout her life.
‘Engage’ Gathering marks 6.5 years of Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship
More than 100,000 women in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, and Tanzania have engaged in community-based activities such as livelihoods and leadership training, advocacy efforts, and community organizing through Engage partner organizations over the past six...
Travel and Learn in Nepal
StFX students are invited to apply for a fully funded opportunity to travel to Nepal and participate in a five-day Feminist Leadership Workshop with global activists and community leaders.
From Agroecology to Advocacy: Coady’s Work for a Sustainable World
From Earth Hour to Earth Day, Coady Institute is marking this season of climate awareness by walking alongside communities and partners across the globe - and close to home - to advance agroecology, biodiversity, and climate resilience in pursuit of a healthier, more...
Whose Knowledge Counts?
Coady’s Marian Turniawan travelled to Kenya to help lead a groundbreaking collaborative research process that placed rural women farmers at the heart of the study — not just as subjects, but as co-researchers shaping the future of gender-transformative agroecology.
The Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT and Coady Institute Host Forum
Coady Institute and Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT brought together global experts in Cali, Colombia to explore how carbon and biodiversity credit markets can better serve frontline farming communities.
A Journey of Giving Back
Empowered by her experience at Coady Institute, Prossy Nantongo has transformed her own journey into a powerful force for change – equipping marginalized girls across Africa with the skills, confidence, and support to shape their own futures.
Loretta Bennett-Donor Profile
Education Helps Women Reach Potential.
“Contributing to the Coady scholarship fund is the least I can do to help these young women as they work to make their communities a better place.”