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Global Graduations
More than 50 participants have graduated from Coady’s off-campus offerings over the past month.
Participant Wins at National Honey Show
Cecil Wilson is a current participant in Coady’s Diploma in Development Leadership program. He is the Country Coordinator for Universal Outreach Foundation and co-owner of Liberia Pure Honey.
Ave Maria in Cree
Rhonda Head is a participant in Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program. She is an event planner, a brain tumor survivor, and a five-time international classical award-winning artist.
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.”
Oceanpath Fellowship: Improving Menstrual Health in India
For Vali, she decided to return home and this week her social enterprise packaged their first product, aimed to help improve menstrual health in rural India.
Salome Nduta Mbugua to Receive Human Rights Award
Salome Nduta Mbugua (Global Change Leaders, 2016), a Protection Officer for the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya will be awarded the inaugural Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award at a ceremony in Edinburg this November.
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.
Partnership in Vietnam
“It is an amazing group of change leaders,” says Gord Cunningham (Assistant Director, Coady International Institute).
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.