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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.”
Learning across borders: ‘Engage’ fellows at CASAE Conference
In May 2025, nearly one hundred students and practitioners of adult education gathered at Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University for the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) Atlantic Regional Conference, Learning with Community....
Holding Each Other to Our Values: A Collective Practice of Feminist Leadership
Samaan Aawaaj advances feminist leadership as a collective, accountable, and values-driven practice that intentionally shares power, centers excluded voices, builds allies, and persistently challenges inequitable systems to support just and thriving communities.
Hugh Landry
Coady Institute is saddened by the death of Hugh Landry who passed away January 21, 2026.
Between Rupture and Renewal: Education in a time of Interregnum
Community engagement gives me hope.
Coady to Celebrate International Development Week
As part of International Development Week (February 1 to 7), Coady Institute and the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) …
Making Communities Safer in Nigeria
Kate Ibeanusi is a Nigerian justice advocate and Coady Institute graduate …
Finding Her Voice
How Heidi Abramyk Reclaimed Culture and Confidence Through IWCL.
Support Social Change
At Coady Institute, we believe that lasting change begins when people come together to learn, share knowledge, and lead within their own communities.
Your Coady Connection: Inspiring Change, One Story at a Time
Welcome to this edition of the Coady Connection. As we walk with community—on campus, locally, and around the world—we’re reminded that real change grows from strong relationships.
A Great Place to Live is A Great Place to Visit
Across rural communities in Atlantic Canada and beyond, a quiet transformation is underway in the tourism sector: one that puts residents’ well-being at the forefront and reimagines development as a community-rooted process.
Climate Smart Farming Techniques Improving Lives in Cameroon
Coady graduate Jicenta Nchangnwie Foncha is using the knowledge gained from her studies to lead ELAM—an organization she co-founded in 2024—to train and support small-scale farmers in Cameroon.
Help Coady Take Flight
Coady Institute’s Help Coady Take Flight Aeroplan campaign invites donors to contribute Aeroplan points to support participant travel, reduce program costs, and help bring Indigenous and community leaders to Coady courses in Canada and around the world.
Advocacy for Children and Women in Kenya
Peggy Namadi Saka empowers marginalized children and youth to shape policy and development in Kenya, a mission strengthened by Coady Institute’s training and the Katherine Fleming International Development Award.
Katherine Fleming Award Continues to Strengthen Communities and Inspire Change
Friends, family, and supporters of the Katherine Fleming International Development Award came together during St. Francis Xavier University homecoming celebrations earlier this month to honour and remember the woman who inspired the award.
A Lifetime of Advocacy Through Women for Change
For more than two decades, Emily Sikazwe dedicated her life to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of rural communities in Zambia.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
As an institution focused on the local as well as the global, we are also mindful of the vast range of Indigenous voices, languages, cultures, histories, and lived experiences.
Coady and Marthas Deepen Roots
“With shared commitment toward social justice, truth, and reconciliation.”
Coady and Partners Working Together for Social Change
Coady Institute’s 2024-25 Annual Report illustrates a commitment to providing programs focused on asset-based and community-driven development and adult education.