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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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Message from our Executive Director
As communities around the world face the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, I want you to know, on behalf of Coady Institute and St. Francis Xavier University Extension, that each and every one of you is in our thoughts during this time of great uncertainty. The ongoing spread of COVID-19 is affecting all of our communities, leading to changes in our daily lives that few of us could have imagined only a week or two ago.
Postponement: Global Change Leaders
Dear Women Leaders, The world as we know it has been overturned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of our countries are in various states of curfew and lockdown and all of us are being encouraged by local, national and global health authorities to significantly change our...
Postponement: Leadership for Citizen-Led Development
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, many countries are currently in various states of lockdown and all of us are being encouraged by local, national, and global health authorities to significantly change our personal and organizational...
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