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Peace: Our Collective Responsibility
Peace: Our Collective Responsibility By Digafie DeBalke and Darlene O’LearyEarlier this month, we were happy to participate in an event with the Walking Together for Peace group that is using walking as a powerful opportunity to learn, educate, and demonstrate their...
Annual Report 2023-24
In this report, we highlight achievements and milestones that have defined this year. We are proud to share the stories of key participants, alumni, and partners of resilience, creativity, and collaboration that have emerged from our work.
We hope you take a moment to read and learn more about the collective impact we are having in today’s world.
Event: Conversations with Coady (StFX Homecoming)
Oct 4 | Join us as we present the Katherine Fleming International Development Award to Tsigie Haile, founder and director of the Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE), in Ethiopia.
Event: Movement Building with Coady Institute and StFX
Oct 4 | As we start Homecoming Weekend, join us for a conversation with five dynamic women leaders and Coady graduates leading gender equality and community change in India, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Haiti.
Cross Project Work Strengthening Women’s Empowerment in Tanzania
In her work as a member of the Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) – one of five partners in Engage! Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship – Jovita Mlay supports community members in entrepreneurship and advocacy approaches to increase women’s empowerment. Her connection with Coady extended beyond the Engage project in 2023-2024 when she mentored Pathy Fellow Jacqueline Tomazic in Moshi, Tanzania.
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.
Coady Connection May 2024
We are thrilled to share with you the latest edition of The Coady Connection. We invite you to delve into this newsletter and join us in celebrating the achievements of our graduates, partners, and staff.
Together, we are cultivating a future where everyone has the opportunity to lead, inspire, and create lasting change.
Introducing the 2024-25 Pathy Fellows
We are pleased to announce the incoming young leaders for the 2024-25 Pathy Foundation Fellowship at Coady Institute.
The incoming Fellows will attend skill-building sessions and planning workshops at Coady Institute before commencing the ten-month community phase. Fellows will work with community partners to implement a broad diversity of projects, from capacity building and advocacy work with blind youth through storytelling in Nepal, to enhancing equitable access to haircare for Black youth in Ottawa, Ontario, to creating culturally sensitive spaces for addiction support in Edmonton, Alberta, and more
Now Open: 2024 Sister-to-Sister Program
The Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) has opened applications for the 2024 Sister-to-Sister feminist peacebuilders leadership program. Women are indispensable in peacebuilding though historically overlooked and marginalized in formal peace processes. This understanding,...
Event: Pathy Fellowship Poster Fair
May 23 | Join the 2023-24 Pathy Fellows as they share their experiences implementing innovative projects around the world. Nine Fellows working in Canada, Pakistan, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi on a diverse range of social-change initiatives will present their projects.
Coffee House: Bottom-up Peacebuilding and Un-building the Structures of Violence
On April 24, Coady staff Digafie Debalke and the graduating Grassroots Peacebuilding cohort met for a discussion focused on peacebuilding and dismantling structures of violence.