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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.
Coady Partner CCDB Celebrates 50 Years!
Please join us in congratulating Coady Partner the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) who are celebrating 50 years today.
We are proud to work alongside CCDB now, and throughout the past 50 years, as our connection dates back as far as 1972.
Pathy Fellow Raising Mental Health Awareness in Pakistani Schools
Sara-Maya Kaba is using her Pathy Foundation Fellowship to support mental health in Pakistan. Through the Fellowship, Maya launched آواز (Aawaaz) which translates from Urdu to English as ‘sound’ or ‘voice’. She has been working with students and teachers to improve mental health outcomes through arts and sports activities.
South Africa’s Journey to Reconciliation and Healing: Lessons for the World
WEBINAR RECORDING: With His Excellency Mr. Rieaz Shaik, High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Canada
Journey of WISE over the past 25 years
WISE starts with the resources, skills and solidary women have and unlocks their potential as community and business leaders. They help them overcome their fears and realize their full potential. Everybody has worth, contributions, knowledge and strengths. “From the...
Pathy Fellow Supporting Student Athletes to Lead Cultures of Consent
Aubrey Rose Apps is a recent graduate of Queen’s University where she co-chaired a student-based advocacy group called Consensual Humans. Motivated to continue this work beyond the walls of her alma mater, she is using her Pathy Fellowship to support student athletes to become leaders in consent education.
Jeannine Deveau Education Equity Fund Commits $14.5M to StFX including Renewed Commitment to Coady’s Circle of Abundance
StFX University announced an outstanding $14.5 million contribution from the Jeannine Deveau Education Equity Fund. This funding will support the creation of two new centres on campus – the Deveau Centre for Indigenous Governance and Social Justice and the Black Student Success Centre.
It also includes a five-year commitment to Coady Institute’s Circle of Abundance – Amplifying Indigenous Women’s Leadership programs alongside many other programs and projects.
Pathy Fellow working with Nigerian Rickshaw Drivers to Transition to Clean Energy
Anthony Ighomuaye is in Nigeria where he is using his Pathy Foundation Fellowship to convert rickshaws from fuel to solar energy, helping drivers save on fuel costs and power their homes while minimizing negative environmental impacts.
Investing in Women with ENGAGE Partners
EVENT: On March 8, 2024, we celebrated International Women’s Day with partners from ENGAGE: Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship.
Passing of Rt. Honourable Brian Mulroney
We at Coady Institute are saddened by the passing of the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada. We offer our condolences to his wife, Mila Mulroney and the entire Mulroney family.
Pathy Fellowship adds Alumnx Seat to Selection Committee
The Pathy Foundation Fellowship is pleased to announce that for the first time, a designated Pathy Alumnx position will be added to the program’s Selection Committee. Daniela Gallardo (Cohort 6, 2021-22) will become the eighth member of this year’s Selection Committee and will contribute to interviewing, evaluating, and deliberating which candidates will form Cohort 9 of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship.
Coady Connection, February 2024
This newsletter tells the story of what the Coady Institute team and our partners have been working on during the past eight months here in Nova Scotia, Canada, and countries around the world.
Engage Partner CLE Prepares for Second Cohort of Social Enterprise Fellowship for Women in Haiti
Twenty-five women graduated from the first cohort of the Centre Haitien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE)‘s Fanm Angaje in 2022. After the success of the program’s initial offering, the centre is now preparing for a new cohort of Haitian women in social enterprise.