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Gender-transformative Agroecology for Climate Resilience
March 8 to 13, 2027
Building Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
September 14 to November 6, 2026
Asset-Based and Community-Led Development Principles
February 2 – March 30, 2027
Tools for Conflict Sensitive Development
October 19 to December 11, 2026
Grassroots Peacebuilding
February 2 to March 30, 2027
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Change Happening Now
58 Social Change Leaders Graduate from On-Campus Certificate Programs
On Friday, June 30, fifty-eight social change leaders from countries around the world celebrated their graduation from one of three on-campus certificate programs: Feminist Advocacy for Agency, Equity, and Justice, Livelihoods and Markets, and Community Led Solutions for Climate Change.
Event – Closing Celebration
Jul 20 | Please join us for learning and celebration with the 2023 Diploma in Development Leadership participants as they end their 10-week stay with us in Antigonish and prepare to travel to their home communities to implement their change initiatives.
Coady Welcomes the World: 68 social change makers now taking courses on campus
Whether it is in the classroom or in the hallways, there is renewed energy and excitement at St. Francis Xavier University’s Coady Institute as 68 social change makers from 22 countries around the world are now studying on campus.
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