Topshee Memorial Webinar Series: National Day of Mourning
On the eve of the National Day of Mourning, please join us for a discussion on worker safety in the workplace. Marked annually in Canada on April 28, the National Day of Mourning is dedicated to remembering those who have lost their lives, or suffered injury or...
Affordable Housing and Poverty
UN SDGs and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia Affordable Housing and Poverty The first of five Online People’s Schools on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia. Webinar Summary Thematic...
Affordable Housing and Poverty-Event
Affordable Housing and Poverty This is the first of five online People’s Schools on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia. A people’s school starts with the people in the room and provides a space for sharing their...
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...
IWW Spotlight: Jaime Smith
Jaime Smith Director of Social InnovationCentre for Employment Innovation, Coady Institute, StFX University 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,...
IWW Spotlight: Ulilia Chamisa
Ulilia Chamisa Team Leader, Start4Girls, CARE ZImbabweWomen’s Leadership in Community Leadership, 2021 As the Team Leader for Start4Girls in Zimbabwe, Ulilia Chamisa works with girls and adolescent women, their communities, and religious and traditional leaders...
IWW Spotlight: Mica Francis
Mica Francis Women’s Support Worker, Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services (AWRCSASA)YIP Intern (1999) In 1999, Mica Francis graduated from StFX University at the top of her class with a BA in Human Kinetics, with an advanced major in Women...
IWW Spotlight: Tsigie Haile
Tsigie Haile Executive Director, Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE)Asset-Based Community Development (2015) / ENGAGE partner In 1993, Tsigie Haile established WISE – which stands for Women in Self Employment. WISE provides a space for women’s...