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Introducing the 2023-24 Pathy Fellows
We are pleased to announce the incoming young leaders for the 2023-24 Pathy Foundation Fellowship at Coady Institute.
Event: Topshee Memorial Webinar Series Women in the Workplace
Webinar Recording | In keeping with the spirit of International Women’s Day, please join us to hear from four incredible women leaders as they share their workplace insights – what’s been achieved for women workers and what remains.
Event – Healing and Wellbeing from a Feminist Perspective
APR 3 | Hope Chigudu is an uncontainable feminist activist with decades of experience in feminist movement building and feminist leadership development.
Event – IWW #EmbraceEquity: International Perspectives with Coady Graduates
MAR 7 | Join us for an International Women’s Week panel featuring Coady graduates from around the world who will discuss what it means to #EmbraceEquity in their own contexts.
Graduate Support Networks in Zimbabwe
Saliwe Mutetwa-Zakariya and Yeukai Muzezewa are part of a network of more than 100 Coady graduates in Zimbabwe, and though they live and work on opposite ends of the country, they share a common bond. They are dedicated advocates for women and girls’ empowerment through education, health, and business.
Keep the Promise: An open letter to Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
At a time when communities around the world need the support of Canada,we cannot afford to let them down.
Event: Topshee Webinar Series – African Heritage Month
As we celebrated African Heritage Month in Nova Scotia, we welcomed three panelists to honour the legacy and contributions of Black workers in our province and discussed issues people continue to face.
Event: Feminist Leadership Speaker Series with Violeta Barrientos-Silva
Feb 22 | Violeta Barrientos-Silva is a writer, woman, and LGBT activist based in Peru. She is a part-time professor on violence against women, sexual and reproductive rights, and feminism at the Catholic University and San Marcos University in Lima.
Celebrating Coady Supporters Dr. Dorothy Lander and Dr. John Graham-Pole
On February 16, Coady Institute hosted a celebration in honor of supporters Dr. Dorothy Lander and Dr. John Graham Pole.
Event: Reema Nanavaty Keynote – International Development Week (IDW)
FEB 8 | Join Coady Institute and the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) for an International Development Week keynote with Reema Nanavaty of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India.
Event: Celebrating Dr. John Graham-Pole and Dr. Dorothy Lander
FEB 16 | Join us as we celebrate the contributions of Dr. Dorothy Landers and Dr. John Graham-Pole.
Event: Seeds of Survival
FEB 28 – MAR 1 | This online event will bring together seed security and seed sovereignty practitioners from around the world to discuss current work to support farmer seed systems. Featuring both presentations and participatory writing sessions, the online conference will also provide the direction for two potential regional gatherings in 2024.
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Coady Staff awarded at StFX Convocation
On December 4, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) hosted their Fall Convocation ceremony graduating more than 350 students. At the ceremony, Coady staff Yogesh Ghore (Strategic Partnerships Advisor, Senior Program Teaching Staff) was awarded the university’s Outstanding Staff Teaching Award which recognizes those who have contributed exceptionally to students’ learning experiences.
An International Perspective on The Right to Choose Safely
Nov 30 | Join Coady Institute’s 2022 Katherine Fleming International Development Award recipients Saliwe Mutetwa and Vera Elikem Awuye as they discuss The Right to Choose Safely.
New Provincial Housing Association Forms in Nova Scotia
Two days of meetings amongst non-profit housing providers and the housing groups, networks, and coalitions who support their work has culminated in the formation of a new provincial association aimed to strengthen the community housing sector in Nova Scotia.
Statement for Solidarity with the People of Iran
Coady Institute expresses our solidarity with the progressive people of Iran and acknowledges the struggles of all people facing oppression, subject to the historical development of dominant power relations.
Truth and Reconciliation | Orange Shirt Day
Today, and every day, we strive to repair relationships with each other as we acknowledge the many tragedies Indigenous people across this country have and continue to endure.
Coady Connection – September 2022
Welcome to this new edition of Coady Connection and warm greetings from the Coady team. Wherever you are in the world, we are wishing you well and commend you for your work in creating an equitable and “full and abundant life” for all.
Circle of Abundance Ezine August
Circle of Abundance - E-zine, August 2022 Welcome to the Circle of Abundance Ezine – Third Issue ‘Entrepreneurs’. We all know that Indigenous commerce and trade date back with each other to our existence of being, long before contact of the colonizers. As hunters and...