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Rethinking Partnerships with Municipal Leaders
Our Rethinking Partnerships class met with Antigonish and Haifax Mayors last week.
Lifelong Learning and the Fight for Social Justice
Reflecting on her relationship with Coady – first as a student, then as a member of its advisory board, and now as its seventh Coady Chair in Social Justice Sadi says, “The work of Coady is highly regarded in South Africa.”
Coady Sponsors Inaugural Award
In celebration of 100 years of the Antigonish Movement and 90 years of StFX Extension Department as well as the upcoming 60th anniversary of Coady International Institute in 2019, there can be no better time to introduce the Kay Thompson Desjardins Award for Social Entrepreneurship sponsored by Coady and presented by the Antigonish Chamber of Commerce.
Global Youth Leaders Graduate
We recently celebrated the graduation of 13 young leaders from 10 countries who have successfully completed Coady’s Global Youth Leaders program.
Coady Staff Publishes Book
Coady staff member Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier recently co-published a compilation of 18 peer-reviewed essays that aim to help prepare pre-services teachers for the field, titled “Readiness for the Field: Perspectives from within the Triangle of Teacher Education”. In...
Welcome Global Youth Leaders
Welcome to the 2018 Global Youth Leaders who have arrived on the StFX campus as they work to complete this three-week intensive certificate. These 13 young leaders, between the ages of 20 – 30 years, have arrived from 10 countries including, Afghanistan, Ghana, India,...
Coady Participant Takes Pride in Being a Role Model
Diploma in Development Leadership participant profiled in The Casket newspaper.
OPINION: ‘Morning’ not ‘Mourning’ at Coady Institute
A message from Gord Cunningham, Assistant Director, Coady Institute.
EMPOWER – Feminism in Zambia
We are pleased to welcome 13 women leaders from Zambia, Ethiopia, and Ghana, to the Coady graduate network. Last week, they each completed a certificate in Women’s Leadership in Community Development in Lusaka, Zambia as part of Coady’s EMPOWER program.
The latest from Coady International Institute
Read the latest edition of The Coady Connection.
Local meets Global
As part of the revamped Coady Neighbours Program, Coady is partnering with local organizations to host events where Coady participants and community members can engage, learn, and share with each other.
Coady graduate, Abiodun Essiet
Having acquired much knowledge, skills and field experience in community development, Mrs Essiet said she decided to run for political office due to the gap she saw between government and people in rural communities in Nigeria. Read more.
A Full and Abundant Life For All
Learn more about how our graduates, supporters, donors, and friends are contributing to StFX’s and Coady’s commitment to social justice, social responsibility, innovation, equity, and inclusion by reading our 2017 – 2018 annual report.
A Coady Welcome
We celebrated the arrival of 41 global leaders from 19 countries for the 2018 Diploma in Development Leadership program to Coady, StFX University, and the communities of Antigonish at the annual Coady Welcome Social.
Canadian Prime Minister visits Coady
Coady participants were among the hundreds of people who welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the campus of St. Francis Xavier University July 17.
2018 Diploma in Development Leadership Participants Arrive
They’ve arrived!
The 2018 Diploma in Development Leadership participants have arrived here at StFX University.
Coady’s Global Change Leaders 2018
Congratulations to the new graduates of Coady’s Global Change Leaders program. This year’s program included 25 women from 22 countries.
Field Trip! ABCD in Pictou County
Coady’s 2018 Asset-based and Citizen-led Development class traveled to Pictou County to lead a session in mapping assets.
Livelihoods and Markets Field Trip
The 2018 Livelihoods and Markets class take a field trip to North Bay Fisherman’s Coop, Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre. and Scotchill Holsteins.
Coady grad receives international award
Congratulations to graduate Sophia Mwakagenda, a Member of Parliament in Tanzania.