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News and Events
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women Virtual Vigil
Dec 6, 7pm AST – The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women is December 6, in memory of the 14 women who were murdered at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal on this day in 1989. This year’s mass shootings that claimed 22 lives in Nova Scotia will also be recognized as violence with misogynistic roots.
A Conversation with Rudy Karsan
Kitchen Table Webinar Series On The Future Of Work And Workers A Conversation with Rudy Karsan Wednesday, December 2, 202010:00 to 10:10 AM AST Rudy Karsan founded Kenexa in 1987 and built it into one of the world’s most successful...
Women Weave Change in Latin America: Course Equips Women with Capacities to Transform their Communities
Between November 2-20, Coady International Institute, in partnership with EPES, held its first leadership course for Latin American women, bringing together 24 grassroots leaders from 13 countries. Originally planned as an in-person seminar in Santiago, circumstances of the pandemic compelled an online format. Participants in this vivid expression of Latin American diversity—students, indigenous women, community educators, feminists, rural leaders and urban activists—shared two salient characteristics: all were women and all were striving to transform their respective communities.
StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’
StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaw people. The Mi’kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’