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ABCD course helps UHAI create ‘mind shift’
While UHAI and its partners continue to be realistic about the immense barriers they face, UHAI program officer Astheie says that a “mind shift” to focusing on the ABCD principles is necessary for building relationships and making progress.
Engage Partners Convene at Coady Institute
It was four years in the making but there were a lot of smiling faces and plenty of enthusiasm as partners from around the world gathered at Coady Institute early this summer for four days of meetings. Representatives from all partners of the ENGAGE! Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship project met at the Coady Institute July 15-18, 2024.
Coady Stands with People of Bangladesh
Such moments are delicate times and present the real risk of opportunism, co-option, and strengthening of systems that prevent local strengths and voices. Based on Coady Institute’s values, work, and experience in Bangladesh, we see a better, brighter, more hopeful future.
Welcoming Pathy Alumnx Aubrey Apps to Fellowship Team
As a recent Pathy Foundation Fellowship alumnx, Aubrey Apps knew she wanted to continue in a role dedicated to social impact work and adult education. Now, as the Pathy Foundation Fellowship Program Assistant, Aubrey supports the program’s marketing and promotion, recruitment, candidate advising, and work with the Fellows on their Pathy journeys.
Meet the 2024 Coady Summer Interns
An invaluable part of the team at Coady Institute are the student interns who dedicate their summer months to learning, leading, and supporting the work of the Institute. This year we have four students employed across various projects and teams including the Centre for Employment Innovation (CEI), Circle of Abundance, Education Programs, and Marketing and Communications.
National Indigenous People’s Day 2024: Uplifting Indigenous Women Leaders through Mentorship
For many generations, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people have celebrated their culture and heritage on the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. We join in celebrating the diverse cultures of Indigenous people across Turtle Island with the intentions of solidarity, community, kinship, and reconciliation.
Today, we highlight some of the invaluable Mentors for the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program.
ENGAGE: Increasing women’s participation in Haiti with Assuntha Fleurant (CLE)
Assuntha Fleurant of le Centre Haitien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE) says Engage has been “one of the best experiences” and that witnessing the accomplishments of women through the program has been “inspiring.”
Welcoming the World!
EVENT: Join us as we welcome more than 50 Coady participants to Coady Institute, StFX, and Antigonish!
People’s School on Arts and Health Equity
EVENT: The People’s School on Arts and Health Equity will explore the connections between the arts, the social determinants of health equity, and social justice.
Sharing our Voices through Photography: Women’s Experiences with the Engage Program in Bangladesh
On a recent trip to Bangladesh, Engage project manager Eric Smith met with representatives of CCDB and travelled to the country’s Southwestern region to visit some of the project’s sites and speak with some of the 400 women involved in Engage. The women participated in a photovoice exercise, which provided them with the opportunity to take pictures that assisted in explaining their stories and narratives.