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Remembering Wilf Bean
Wilf Bean was Director of Education Programs at Coady Institute from 1987 to 1999 and subsequently co-facilitated several courses in the areas of adult education and skills and strategies for social change.
April 2022 Edition: E-zine Highlights Circle of Abundance Experiences
April 2022 Edition: E-zine Highlights Circle of Abundance Experiences This Ezine has been created to hold and share space so we can share stories, highlight alumnae successes, experiences and learning about life after living through the Circle of Abundance networking...
Welcoming Eileen Alma as Interim Director as Executive Director Gord Cunningham Retires
We are pleased to be welcoming Eileen Alma as the Interim Director of Coady Institute beginning June 1, 2022 as Executive Director Gord Cunningham retires.
Community-Building with the 2021-22 Pathy Fellows
Thirteen young leaders from across Canada recently completed capacity-building and planning components of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship, and are now in the midst of a nine-month journey implementing their planned initiatives alongside their respective community partners.
IWW Spotlight: Jaime Smith
Jaime Smith is a passionate activist for gender and race equality. As the Director of Social Innovation and Executive Lead for Employment Innovation at Coady, Jaime works with communities, businesses, institutions, and governments exploring, co-developing and evaluating innovations for social, environmental and economic wellbeing, ensuring “a full and abundant life, for all.”
IWW Spotlight: Ulilia Chamisa
As the Team Leader for Start4Girls in Zimbabwe, Ulilia Chamisa works with girls and adolescent women, their communities, and religious and traditional leaders to promote the return to school or entrance into vocational skills training for girls who have dropped out, especially married girls and teenage mothers.
IWW Spotlight: Mica Francis
“As a women’s support worker, I am inspired every day by the people for whom we provide services. In the face of poverty, mental health concerns, gender-based violence and constant social and economic barriers, these women-identified persons exude such resilience and perseverance to not only survive, but thrive, and provide for and care for their families and communities.”
IWW Spotlight: Tsigie Haile
Tsigie Haile established Women in Self Employment (WISE) in 1993, which provides a space for women’s empowerment in Ethiopia. The organization has been working with low-income, self-employed women and girls in their efforts to achieve self-reliance and improve the quality of their lives.
IWW Spotlight: Hannah Chisholm
With a passion for food, sustainability and entrepreneurship Hannah Chisholm created and launched Eggcitables. Eggcitables’ flagship product is a chickpea alternative to eggs.
IWW Spotlight: Denise McLeod
Denise proudly defines herself as an urban Indigenous Indigi-Queer woman, and is interested in the reclamation of language, culture and ceremony as that has been a large part of her healing.
$14.8 Million announced for ‘Rural Women Cultivating Change’
Tuesday, March 8 - International Women's Day - Global Affairs Canada announced a $67.5 million investment "for projects putting gender equality at heart of climate action". The investment includes $14.8 million for Rural Women Cultivating Change, an initiative led by...
IWW Spotlight: Eileen Alma
As the Director of the International Centre for Women’s Leadership at Coady Institute, Eileen Alma focuses on advancing the leadership of persons identifying as women in political, economic, social and legal spaces, key to addressing poverty and inequalities both locally and globally.
IWW Spotlight: Sylvia Parris-Drummond
As CEO of the Delmore ‘Buddy’ Daye Learning Institute, Sylvia Paris-Drummond helps improve the education environment for African Nova Scotian learners and educators.
We Stand with Ukraine: Reflections from Coady staff, Robin Neustaeter
Dr. Robin Neustaeter, who leads Coady Institute’s work in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, gives moving remarks about the lived realities of war and the precariousness of peace.
Introducing the 2022-23 Pathy Foundation Fellows
We are pleased to announce the incoming young leaders for the 2022-23 Pathy Foundation Fellowship at Coady Institute.
ABCD in Cameroon with Research and Advocacy for Gender Justice (RAGJ)
Coady graduate, Patience Agwenjang recently spoke with Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) alongside the High Commissioner of Canada in Cameroon, Richard Bale on the site of their “ABCD Institute” workshops.
Engage Learning Forum (2022)
A key component of the Engage program is the priority placed on creating a co-learning environment whereby the partner organizations have ongoing opportunities to share their expertise, learn from each other, and collectively explore new ideas, techniques and tools. The annual Learning Forum is one of the venues for this collaborative learning process.
Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Leadership in Latin America
A partnership between Coady Institute and the Santiago, Chile-based Educación Popular en Salud (EPES) Foundation has strengthened Latin American women’s networks through the course Women’s Leadership, Participation and Community Works, held November 8 to 26.
Saugeen First Nation Youth Council – One Day Leadership Training
Youth from Saugeen First Nation came together on Friday, November 5, 2021 to participate in a one day Leadership Training facilitated by Coady’s Circle of Abundance Teaching Staff, in partnership with the Saugeen Youth Council and Further Education Society of Alberta (FESA).
The Coady Connection Newsletter – November 2021
Read the November edition of The Coady Connection. We are pleased to share with you this collection of stories, accomplishments, and news from the past six months.