Graduate Earns Global “Her Ability Award”
Musola Cathrine Kaseketi is a filmmaker and activist from Zambia. Upon graduating from Coady’s Diploma in Development Leadership program in 2018, she was the class speaker for the convocation ceremony. Now, Light for the World has recognized Musola with the Her...
Discover to Recover: Graduate Publishes Book
In 2011, Mycel Acquaah-Mensah travelled far from her home in Ghana to attend Coady International Institute’s Diploma in Development Leadership in Canada. “During one of the leadership sessions there was an activity we did called ‘River of Life’,” Mycel says. “We were...
2019-2020 OceanPath Fellows Selected
Coady International Institute is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 OceanPath Fellowship cohort. The OceanPath Fellowship provides community-focused experiential learning opportunities for graduating students to become active and effective change-makers, bringing new...
Indigenous Women Leaders Celebrate Graduation
Fourteen Indigenous women leaders concluded Coady’s five-month Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program with a virtual graduation ceremony March 1. The graduates from communities across Canada joined Coady staff, partners, and their peers to celebrate their...
A Voice for the Voiceless: Malawian Graduate Enters Political Race
Andikuza Litete-Makhumula (Diploma in Development Leadership, 2013; Coady Women’s Fellowship, 2017) is the founder and executive director of Literacy for Change. “I was inspired to establish this NGO after my participation in [Coady’s] Diploma in Development...
International Women’s Day (Week!) 2019
Coady International Institute is pleased to collaborate with Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association (AWRC) and many local organizations for International Women’s Week Antigonish 2019 – featuring more than a dozen local events in...
Graduate Grace Arach Receives National Award
As a Coady participant, Grace Arach (Diploma in Development Leadership, 2018) received the 19th Katherine Fleming International Development Award for her work as the founder and executive director of Foundation for Women Affected by Conflicts (FOWAC). Now a graduate,...
Water Safety for Exceptional Youth in Pictou County
William O’Dwyer, a participant in Coady International Institute’s Oceanpath Fellowship for youth leaders is a recent graduate of partner-school St. Francis Xavier University. “This was my first experience learning about the background of community development,”...