COVER
2022-2023
ANNUAL REPORT 2022 / 23 ANNUAL REPORT | 1
CONTENTS Welcoming Participants Back to Campus Online Showcases
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Circle of Abundance Alumni Profile
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Engage! Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship Working Together with Global Partners
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Improving Access to Employment in Nova Scotia Youth-Focused Programming
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Build Together – Strengthening the Community Housing Sector in Nova Scotia
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Financial Statement
The Sisters of St. Martha Continue to ‘Change the World’ Our Supporters
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St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn. We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University. Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l l We are all treaty people. 2 | COADY INSTITUTE
EXCITEMENT
ONE WORD THAT SUMS UP HOW WE FELT ABOUT THE 2022-23 YEAR AT COADY INSTITUTE As the world emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a renewed enthusiasm for bringing together change leaders from around the world to learn how citizen-led, asset-based community driven leadership can bring about social and economic change. Over the year, we continued to offer online courses and webinars, and resumed a select number of programs on campus. We also increased our in-person work in communities here in Nova Scotia, across Canada, and globally. Our dynamic and experienced program staff began to travel again to work with partner organizations and participants who were eager to welcome them back to their communities. In Nova Scotia, our support for improving access to affordable housing continued as did the Centre for Employment Innovation’s intensive work in the Nova Scotia employment ecosystem. The Circle of Abundance continued to expand its engagement with various Indigenous communities such as the Saugeen First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Internationally, various projects continued in such places as Haiti, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, India, and Bangladesh. As part of our largest ongoing project, Engage, we ramped up activities including larger gatherings in Ethiopia and India where sharing and learning amongst members continued. These sessions were hosted by two longtime Coady partners celebrating significant milestones. The Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE) in Ethiopia celebrated its 25th anniversary with celebrations that included the President of Ethiopia. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India marked its 50th year of
service, now in support of 2.5 million women informal workers. We were honoured to celebrate their achievements in person. In late May 2022, we welcomed participants back to campus as participants of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship, Indigenous Women in Community Leadership, and Global Change Leaders programs gathered on campus. This was not only exciting for those travelling to Antigonish but also revitalized the campus and Coady spaces for our staff members. Our team’s commitment and efforts were instrumental in making those programs a success as we navigated the post-pandemic world. As we share highlights of the year in this report, you can see how important the efforts of community leaders are in making the world a better place for all. Our support for these leaders would not be possible without strong partnerships and donors who are so generous with their time and money. We thank you and appreciate each and every one of you. We are just as excited about our future and the further enhancement of our work with clear goals in mind. We look forward to sharing about these experiences in our next annual report. Until then, please continue to keep up to date on Coady Institute’s activities by visiting our website, following us on social media, and joining more than 12,000 other members of our global community who receive email updates and take part in our activities throughout the year. With appreciation, Eileen Alma, Executive Director 2022 / 23 ANNUAL REPORT | 3
EDUCATION PROGRAMS Coady Institute is renowned for its collaborative approach to educational programming for emerging and established community leaders with a passion for social change. Our approach to adult education is practice-focused and participatory whether in person on campus, off campus in communities here in Canada and around the world, or online. We continue to focus on leadership education for women, youth, and Indigenous leaders applying an asset-based, citizen-led, community-driven approach to learning. The 2022-23 educational program was highlighted by the return of on campus programs that included Canadian, Indigenous, and international participants.
On Campus:
Online:
Global Change Leaders
Developmental Evaluation for Social Impact
Indigenous Women in Community Leadership Enhanced Mentorship Program
Off Campus: Feminist Advocacy for Gender Justice (Tanzania) Feminist Advocacy for Gender Justice (Bangladesh)
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Countries
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graduates
204
Females
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Women’s Leadership for Community Development Introduction to Social Enterprise Research Methods for Social Impact Indigenous Women in Leadership Future of Work and Workers Feminist Leadership for Justice, Equity and Ecology Climate Basics for Community Resilience Asset-Based and Citizen-Led Development Leadership for Young Professionals
Having been born, raised and working among the marginalized community in the ASAL region in Kenya, I bear the burden to ensure that my community is knowledgeable on climate change and are able to adapt to the effects of climate change. The ABCD approach in addressing climate change was very enlightening as it promotes the role of the community in addressing climate change on their own with the support of various stakeholders. Development and climate justice needs to be done differently by encouraging inclusion, collaboration, and diversity - allowing the community to be at the table. I will strive to make a difference in my community and in Kenya by advocating for a more inclusive approach in addressing climate change. - MERCY KOINI, KENYA CLIMATE CHANGE BASICS FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
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WELCOMING PARTICIPANTS BACK to CAMPUS In 2022, as Covid-19 safety measures eased, we welcomed participants back to campus for three programs for women, youth, and Indigenous community leaders. The value of bringing people together to share and learn in person remains an integral part of our projects and education programs. The Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership hosted 18 participants from 16 different countries for seven weeks for the Global Change Leaders (GCL) program. These participants from developing countries came to strengthen their leadership capacities to contribute towards a feminist and just world. GCL participants Vera Elikem Awuye (Ghana) and Saliwe Mutetwa-Zakariya (Zimbabwe) were Katherine Fleming International Development Award recipients. The Pathy Foundation Fellowship welcomed six participants for the intensive, immersive, 12-month experiential-learning opportunity
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in youth leadership and community engagement. The fellowship provides comprehensive training, dedicated ongoing support, and $40,000 in funding to equip graduating students from five Canadian partner universities (Bishop’s University, McGill University, Queen’s University, University of Ottawa, and St. Francis Xavier University) with the best possible tools and supports to grow as leaders, make an impact in a community they are connected with, and gain competencies that will serve them for life. Grounded in relational practices and mentorship opportunities, the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program welcomed 15 participants to campus in 2022. IWCL’s approaches to development and social change are rooted in individual and collective responsibility; reciprocity to community; and relationship to one another and to the land. The program is delivered through Coady Institute’s Circle of Abundance.
I don’t think there’s any where you would want to learn more about community development and programs that change lives better than at Coady…. It gives you that opportunity to even strengthen your own values of non-discrimination, of tolerance, of building together through teamwork. Everybody needs to come and experience this for themselves. I can’t put it in words. It’s an experience that you need to have and there you can testify to it. - VERA ELIKEM AWUYE (GHANA) GLOBAL CHANGE LEADERS
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ONLINE SHOWCASES As we continue to support community development leaders in Canada and around the world through education programs and partnerships, Coady webinars and online events are important components. These offerings, whether as single events or as part of a series, not only provide learning opportunities, they also provide a forum for current and future participants, graduates, and partners to connect and build collaborative networks.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NOVA SCOTIA and the UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Join us for the second in a series of three webinars on the United Nations Sustainable Goals (SDG) and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia as we discuss the origin of the SDGs, why they are important, what is happening related to the SDGs in Nova Scotia, and how the SDGs intersect with affordable housing. with
Pauline MacIntosh Facilitator Coady Institute
Natalie Leonard Consultant and Engineer Founding Partner Passive Design Solutions
Ramzi Kawar Director Greening and Sustainable Business Practices
Feminist Leadership Speaker Series Brought to you by Coady Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership
TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST MOVEMENT:
A TRANSFORMING PERSPECTIVE AND PRACTICE A conversation with Sarika Sinha Coady Institute
Dr. Nancy Forestell
Professor Women’s and Gender Studies StFX University
Abha Bhaiya
Founder Trustee & Executive Director Jagori Rural Charitable Trust
Ross Chapin Architect, and author of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World
September 14, 2022 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Register: tinyurl.com/peopleschool1
Monday, May 1 | 9:00 AM (ADT) | 12:00 PM (UTC) Register at: tinyurl.com/feminist-movement
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia With funding from Employment and Social Development Canada, the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Affordable Housing in Nova Scotia project enabled Coady to connect housing organizations in the province through a series of county meetings to learn more about the SDGs that relate to affordable housing. Three webinars and five people’s schools provided opportunities for deeper discussion about how the SDGs can inform and inspire action in our communities. A digital map was also created to identify organizations whose work aligns with the SDGs as they relates to affordable housing in Nova Scotia.
Feminist Leadership Webinar Series We launched the Feminist Leadership Speaker Series to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Coady Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership. The series welcomes feminist leaders from around the world who share their work and knowledge while offering opportunity for those attending to ask questions and share their experiences.
With Coady, the Seeds of Survival Webinars of community activists and alumni: a group able to connect with on the important issue This enriched the dialogue and the follow up enriching two days of presentations and dia
- KATE GREEN MANAGER OF THE RURAL WOMEN CULTIVATING CH
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Seeds of Survival
Topshee Memorial Webinar Series
In partnership with SeedChange, this two day online event (February 28 and March 1, 2023) brought together seed security and seed sovereignty practitioners from around the world who discussed current work to support farmer seed systems. Featuring both presentations and participatory writing sessions, the online conference also provided the direction for two potential regional gatherings in 2024. The focus of the two online sessions were local seed production and marketing. Discussion of these issues also tied into key methods and topics of interest including Community Seed Bank systems, Indigenous knowledge and participatory plant breeding and varietal selection (PPB, PVS), varietal registration and local seed certification, Seed Security Assessments and Action Plans, and advocacy on Farmers’ Rights.
The Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, StFX Extension Department, and Coady International Institute – now Coady Institute – commemorated the National Day of Mourning by launching the Topshee Memorial Webinar Series in 2021. The series continues to honour the legacy of Rev. George Topshee and provides a space to connect with Labour in Atlantic Canada. Topshee served as director of both the StFX Extension Department (1969-1982) and Coady International Institute (1973-1979). Topshee saw the importance of workers in their trade unions and consumers and producers in their co-operatives and credit unions in the efforts to promote social justice and economic democracy. Previously, Tophsee conferences provided a space for discussion and learning. In addition to National Day of Morning, Topshee webinar topics have included workers’ rights and sick days in Nova Scotia, working while Black in Nova Scotia, and labour rights during Covid-19 from an international perspective.
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CIRCLE of ABUNDANCE In June 2020, Coady Institute launched the Circle of Abundance – Amplifying Indigenous Women’s Leadership bringing together the Institute’s work with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women leaders. The Circle of Abundance provides educational opportunities, learning events, and nurtures partnerships across the country. Our approach is informed by more than a decade of working with Indigenous graduates, mentors, and Elders and emphasizes the abundance of gifts, talents, and contributions that are alive in all Indigenous communities. We use a Two-Eyed Seeing (or Walking in Two Worlds) approach, meaning that teaching and learning practices are grounded in Indigenous worldviews, values, and teachings while sometimes using western tools and methods that align with those practices. Working alongside a Circle of Abundance Advisory Group, our team continues to look at ways to decolonize our programing both within the Circle of Abundance and across Coady while supporting Kiknu, StFX Indigenous Student Affairs.
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Our Building on Abundance in Indigenous Communities online course introduces Indigenous principles and practices for community work that build upon strengths and assets so that participants can help meet the needs of presentday Indigenous families, communities, and Nations. Other educational programs include our Indigenous Women in Leadership online course and the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership certificate program. We also have partnered with the Saugeen First Nation, AB; Further Education Society of Alberta, the Urban Aboriginal Voices Society, Red Deer, AB; Native Communities Cooperative Development; and Wapna’kikewi’skwaq, Women of First Light, for a various online and in person workshops, training sessions, and educational sessions.
Our team continues to look at ways to decolonize our programing both within the Circle of Abundance and across Coady.
Bijibah Begaye (Cooperative Catalyst of New Mexico), Karri-Lynn Paul (Coady Institute), Pamela Standing (Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance), and Trista Pewapisconias (Cooperatives First) touring the American Indian Community Housing Organization.
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ALUMNI PROFILE Indigenous Box Grows to $1 Million in First Year Mallory Yawnghwe is a 2016 graduate of Coady’s Indigenous Women in Community Leadership (IWCL) program. Now, more than six years later, she is the founder and CEO of Indigenous Box – a custom gifting and seasonal subscription box company that procures their products exclusively from Indigenous entrepreneurs.
entrepreneurs, promoting the Indigenous economy, strengthening the Canadian economy, and doing what we said we would do to elevate and champion Indigenous people in a way that is from us, made with us in mind, but for everybody to enjoy,” she says.
“We bring Indigenous values into modern commerce, where we're elevating and building the community, and creating and strengthening the Indigenous supply chain,” Mallory explains.
Mallory, who is from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, speaks of how the Institute’s award-winning IWCL program helped in her success.
This story isn't about me. It isn't about us building this business. It's about our community coming together and people seeing how, if we just work together, we can do some pretty incredible things. - Mallory Yawnghwe In 2021, Yawnghwe and her husband and business partner, Kham Yawnghwe, pitched Indigenous Box to an organization that offers start-up grants for Indigenous entrepreneurs. Their pitch earned them a $5,000 investment. In 2022, the company earned more than one million dollars in revenue. “We've been so fortunate because that means that hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone back into the pockets of Indigenous
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“It was an opportunity for me to talk about social enterprise, talk about what that could look like from an Indigenous lens, and also to hear all the perspectives of the other women who were all on their own journeys,” she says reflecting on her experience. In 2020, the Institute launched a campaign to expand their programmatic offerings for Indigenous leaders which led to a milliondollar fundraising campaign and the creation of the Circle of Abundance – led by an advisory group of Indigenous women leaders from across Turtle Island. Yawnghwe is an active member of the advisory group. “With the Circle of Abundance, my relationship with Coady has now come full circle – where I get to participate in providing a good space for other women to flourish.” Mallory says the key to the business’ success is simple: “connection”.
“Every post that I read, every unboxing video I see, people are talking about connections – understanding where they come from, understanding their responsibility to be allies, or finding connection within their own community, within their own nations.” Mallory emphasizes that Indigenous Box isn’t just a business, but a movement. “You know, this story isn't about me. It isn't about us building this business. It's about our community coming together and people seeing how, if we just work together, we can do some pretty incredible things. My role as a Cree woman, as an Nehiyaw woman, is to build relationships, to strengthen our community, to be a gateway to the beauty and the legacy that we hold as Indigenous people.”
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ENGAGE WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT and ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP Engage is a five-year initiative co-designed by Coady Institute and five partner organizations: Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India; Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE) in Ethiopia; Gender Training Institute (GTI) of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP); Christian Commission for Development (CCDB) in Bangladesh; and Centre Haïtien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE) in Haiti. Coady is a convenor and is bringing these partners together in ways that they can share their expertise with one another. At its core, Engage recognizes that while empowerment entails change in the lives of individual women and their interpersonal relations, the concept of active citizenship refers to women’s capacity to participate in public and economic life. The project works primarily with informal sector women in addressing key issues they are facing. This includes the future of work faced by women; engaging women in community governance; women’s leadership on climate change issues;
young women as entrepreneurs and agents of community change; and asset-based approaches to reducing urban and rural poverty through economic development. Engage is a unique melding of asset-based approaches and women’s leadership development with a focus on community engagement, organizational change, and learning and influence. The project recognizes the importance of collective local leadership for change, and the power of groups in sharing knowledge amongst themselves; improving organizational capacity and change; and the value of learning and influence through action research, outreach to other organizations, and policy influence. A key component of the Engage program is learning. The Engage newsletters and publications feature updates, key lessons, and changes which partners are seeing and can be found at https://issuu.com/coadystfx/stacks
ENGAGE BY THE NUMBERS To Date:
$10,397,117
$9,797,117
100,000
149
Project
people reached through training, organizing and advocacy
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GAC contribution
partner staff/network members in online courses
$600,000 partner contribution
107
off campus courses
Expe
5
new or re pro
10,989
27
community members brought together in local advocacy and awareness activities undertaken (including building skills of women) to promote gender equitable local governance, inclusive economies, and community resilience.
15,000
new or revised training programs have been developed through Engage on pertinent and applicable topics such as gender responsive budgeting, ABCD approaches, feminist advocacy, and value chain analysis.
community members
reached through education and training programs, follow-up supports, and advocacy and awareness activities.
2,000
men and boys
13,000
women and girls
2,237 attendees of community-based training delivered by partners primarily for women
646
government officials and local leaders reached to be more open to and inclusive of women’s leadership and other marginalized populations.
PROJECT TIME FRAME December 18, 2019 ected end date: February 28, 2025
57
evised training ograms
22
learning products (training curriculum, tools, case studies)
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WORKING TOGETHER with GLOBAL PARTNERS For 64 years, Coady Institute has brought together change leaders and organizations emphasizing local responsibility and collaboration to drive social change. We collaborate with partners in Canada and around the world to promote accountable governance, inclusive economies, poverty reduction, and gender equality. In 2022-23, we had the pleasure of working with: Bee Parks Trust, Malawi Bishops University CARE Canada CARE Zimbabwe Centre Haïtien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (CLE) in Haiti Christian Commission for Development Bangladesh Community Housing Transformation Centre Educación Popular en Salud (EPES) Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest Gender Training Institute (GTI), with TGNP Mtandao in Tanzania Further Education Society of Alberta Groots Kenya Gros Morne Institute of Sustainable Tourism Hivos Kenya Institute for Sustainable Development, Ethiopia
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Inter-Council Network of Provincial and Regional Councils
SeedChange
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Self Employed Women’s Association, India
McGill University McMaster University Nobel Women’s Initiative Nova Scotia Works
Seed Savers Network Kenya
Shorefast Stoney Nakoda First Nation The Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT)
Organization for Women in Self Employment (WISE), Ethiopia
University of Ottawa
Pelum Tanzania
Urban Aboriginal Voices Society, Red Deer
Queens University Research and Advocacy for Gender Justice, Cameroon Saugeen First Nation
University of Winnipeg
Women Empowerment Action, Ethiopia World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya
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IMPROVING ACCESS to EMPLOYMENT in NOVA SCOTIA Since 2017, the Centre for Employment Innovation (CEI), situated within Coady Institute, has been a key component of the Nova Scotia Works employment ecosystem. Supported by the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration, CEI works alongside the Nova Scotia Career Development Association, and the community-based Nova Scotia Works employment service providers to strengthen access to quality employment services and meaningful work in Nova Scotia. and meaningful work in Nova Scotia. This includes the designing and facilitation of numerous community-informed demonstration projects. The purpose of these community-based labour attachment initiatives is to pilot innovative approaches to employment services, community engagement, and evaluation. The personcentered design combines first voice, lived experience, and subject matter expertise derived from the employment ecosystem to support individuals from equity-deserving communities in their search for meaningful employment. The Nova Scotia Works Diversity and Inclusion Program – Phase 1: African Nova Scotians and Persons of African Descent was a collaborative initiative between Employment Nova Scotia (the Province of Nova Scotia), the Nova Scotia Career Development Association, a core team of advisors, and Nova Scotia Works employment service providers which aimed to increase the capacity of Nova Scotia Works to support African Nova Scotian communities. The initiative was intended to support Nova Scotia Works employment services providers to become leaders in diversity and inclusion practices through a better representation amongst their own staff of the communities
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in which they live and work. In addition to creating two-years of meaningful employment for 15+ individuals who identify as African Nova Scotian or a person of African descent, the labour attachment program incorporated peer mentorship, a Community of Healing, two Communities of Learning and Practice, training opportunities, and other wrap around supports for program participants. Phase 1 of the program wrapped up in December 2022, and the learnings from this work will deepen policies and practices around diversity and inclusion across the Nova Scotia Works system. In addition to this, in 2022-23, CEI worked along various Nova Scotia Works system partners to explore emerging best practices and conduct participatory research initiatives. New resources, tools, and knowledge were created through this work that continue to have a positive impact on the career development and employment services sector. A few projects of note include: • The Nova Scotia Career Development Association and the CEI explored the impact of the Nova Scotia Certified
Career Development Practitioner (CCDP) Certification program.
to support more equitable and accessible hiring policies and practices.
• The CEI partnered with Nova Scotia Works – PeopleWorx in their youth-focused community engagement work and research, which aimed to understand the perspectives of local youth and apply that knowledge to create more youth-friendly services.
There were also numerous education, learning, and capacity building opportunities, including Communities of Practice and Learning, webinars, workshops, presentations, and educational courses. These facilitated spaces provide participants with an opportunity to share their knowledge and expertise and learn from others.
• With advisory support from Autism Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Works – TEAM Work Cooperative and other professionals, the CEI explored best practices and created tools
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YOUTH-FOCUSED PROGRAMING Young people are at the heart of social justice and social change and play a pivotal role in communities here in Nova Scotia, Canada, and around the world. Coady Institute provides knowledge-sharing, experiential learning, and education to support the aspirations of youth leaders as they seek opportunities and rise to challenges such as enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and decolonization; building a sustainable environment; and strengthening local economies. We have developed a wide range of youth programs that offer learning opportunities for young leaders to develop their capacity for citizen action towards a more just world. Pathy Foundation Fellowship
The Wallace Family Internships
The Fellowship is an intensive 12-month opportunity for graduating students from five partner universities (Bishop’s, McGill, uOttawa, Queen’s, and StFX) who have an existing meaningful connection with a community anywhere in the world and an innovative initiative idea to strengthen that community. Fellows are provided with comprehensive training, dedicated ongoing support, and up to $40,000 to make a sustainable impact in their chosen community and to support their growth as active and effective
A 12-week paid internship for StFX students to develop an entrepreneurial idea. The 12 weeks includes: working with a faculty mentor, group workshops (focusing on business skill sets), and one-on-one mentorship. The internship uniquely offers an experiential learning experience for StFX students encouraging them to take risks and expand their networks in a safe environment.
leaders and changemakers.
StFX DiscoverBox Sandbox StFX DiscoverBox is part of the Nova Scotia Sandbox Program funded by the Province of Nova Scotia with an aim to bring multidisciplinary teams together from across StFX campus to develop innovation in our communities. The program enhances innovation capacities through human design thinking principles.
Nova Scotia Youth-Focused Community of Practice for Career Development Practitioners (YF-CoP) The YF-CoP, made up of 130 members from 50+ organizations, runs from September to April each year. This year’s YF-CoP saw 20 to 40 practitioners gather each month for in depth conversations about supporting newcomer youth, the future of work, human rights, and more.
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John T. Sears Internship The John T. Sears Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility in the StFX Gerald Schwartz School of Business facilitates student participation in community enterprise or community development programming within the Coady Institute.
Youth Engagement Framework In December 2022, CEI launched a Youth Engagement Framework informed by 80+ youth and employers that offers tools, recommendations, and resources for organizations looking to better support youth in the work they do.
Internships Coady Institute’s summer internship program continues to support post-secondary students to strengthen their research and engagement capacities and provide opportunities for them to present at local and national conferences. The CEI hosted nine summer interns from May to August 2022, and support an additional nine summer research grants (in partnership with STFX Research Services) for StFX students. Summer interns and researchers worked on a wide range of topics related to career and employment best-practices
and emergent learnings, and presented their findings at the CEI’s second annual Nova Scotia Career and Employment Student Symposium August 16 to 17, 2022 alongside other students from across the province.
Collective Impact for Inclusive Youth Employment (CIIYE) This CEI initiative launched in early 2022 alongside partners from the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration, the Native Council of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Works – Opportunity Place, and other community and industry partners. The purpose of the CIIYE initiative is to increase the labour force participation of young people (ages 18 to 34) from equity-deserving communities across Nova Scotia. This two-year initiative will provide 20+ participating young people with access to meaningful work, wrap around supports, mentorship, peer support, leadership development, and provide participating employers with access to talented new employees, a network of peers, ongoing support, and training opportunities to create more welcoming and inclusive workplaces.
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BUILD TOGETHER – STRENGTHENING the COMMUNITY HOUSING SECTOR in NOVA SCOTIA In partnership with the Community Housing Transformation Centre (the Centre), we are working to improve community housing in Nova Scotia by strengthening the sector, which includes connecting non-profit housing providers, informal housing groups, networks and coalitions, government, and other nonprofit organizations with a vested interest in non-profit housing. This work began with the StFX Extension Department and has continued as Coady Institute since the merger of the StFX Extension Department and the Coady International Institute. In Phase I (2021), the Build Together team engaged non-profit housing groups in a process of identifying where this work is happening in the province, its strengths and successes, as well as its challenges, identifying areas for capacity enhancement, and exploring ways to work together to achieve desired changes within the sector. These findings shaped the direction of Phase II (2022-23), which advanced the formation of a provincial association. The Build Together team hosted the founding meeting of the Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association from October 26 to 27, 2022 at StFX. More than 80 attendees (inperson and virtual) considered governance models, sustainability and strategic planning, DEID (diversity, equity, inclusion, and
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decolonization), organizational values, regional housing networks, and they endorsed an interim board of directors for the Association. The 13-person interim board, along with 20 additional volunteers, worked tirelessly to launch the Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association, which was certified by the Province of Nova Scotia in April 2023. Coady Institute continues to work with the Association as it prepares to support the mobilization, empowerment, growth and sustainability of the Nova Scotia’s non-profit housing providers and the informal housing groups, networks, and coalitions that support their work.
The Antigonish meeting was inspiring. It opened all kinds of new avenues for the future of community housing in Nova Scotia. A province-wide not-for-profit housing association is a significant vehicle for leveraging knowledge and capacity, ultimately allowing for a more robust and impactful sector. It represents a meaningful step towards solving the housing crisis. - STÉPHAN CORRIVEAU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY HOUSING TRANSFORMATION CENTRE
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT St. Francis Xavier University established Coady Institute as part of its commitment to community leadership development. The Executive Director of Coady Institute reports to the University’s Academic Vice-President and Provost who reports to the President of the University who in turn is responsible to the Board of Governors, the senior governing body of the University. See below for segmented financial information of Coady Institute, which is included in the University’s audited financial statements at https://stfx.ca/ financial-services/stfx-financial-statements REVENUE
2023
2022
6,131,578
7,393,774
54,793
56,281
1,376,788
821,778
Other
8,850
891
TOTAL
7,572,009
8,272,724
Salaries
3,291,064
3,039,239
Fringe benefits
564,823
565,500
Outside services
442,316
374,542
Operational supplies
828,668
973,223
Project disbursements
1,633,366
3,127,221
Travel
554,306
84,380
Room and board
161,033
9,751
Facilities and services
93,811
97,732
7,569,387
8,271,588
2,622
1,136
Project and program Tuition Endowments and annual giving
EXPENDITURE
TOTAL Surplus recovered from University contribution
** The University is a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA Registration/BN: 10808 3270 RR0001) registered under the legal name: Governors of St. Francis Xavier University
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THE SISTERS of ST. MARTHA CONTINUE to ‘CHANGE THE WO
A strong foundation is important for any relationship and the one between Coady Institute an the Congregation of Sisters of St. Martha is historic and remains significant. Today, the Institut housed in what was the original Motherhouse of the congregation on the campus of St. Franc Xavier University and the order continues to offer support in various ways. The relationship began with Catholic social teaching and the work of Rt. Rev. Moses Coady and Father Jimmy Tompkins and the Antigonish Movement. The people’s movement promoted adult education and cooperatives to improve economic and social circumstances for rural, resource-based communities throughout the Maritimes in the 1920s. Much of the work took place through St. Francis Xavier University’s Extension Department. Sister Joanne O’Regan is a member of the Congregation of St. Martha’s leadership team who as a novice spent one day of the week working at Coady Institute. Joanne says while Coady and Tompkins were seen as the founders of the Antigonish Movement, there were far more people involved on the periphery. This includes Sisters Marie Michael MacKinnon and Irene Doyle and other Marthas who were a part of the Extension Department and later Coady International Institute which was founded in 1959 following Coady’s death. Marie Michael organized study clubs, edited the Extension Bulletin, wrote and gave speeches, and assisted with the Extension Department library. Her role in the library continued for many years and she welcomed hundreds of Coady participants throughout the years. In 1974, the Institute named the library in her honour. Irene was the unofficial co-director of the Women and Work section of the Extension Department where she provided and distributed study materials, taught short courses and organized conferences and exhibits. She later pushed for legal rights for female cooperators.
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“There was a real simple approach to the work,” Joanne says. “Their call was to be of service and they were hard workers.” Joanne says Coady saw the value of the Sisters beyond the university noting Coady once said, “give me 50 Martha's and I could change the world.” Sixty four years later, the Institute and the Marthas continue to partner to promote social change. As part of the lead up to the congregation’s 100th anniversary in 2000, the Martha’s wanted to focus on Catholic social teaching and engage the entire StFX campus. The Coady Chair in Social Justice began as a joint venture between the Marthas and the Diocese of Antigonish with the first talk focusing on peacebuilding. Over the last two decades, the Chair has seen various formats including sponsored talks and fellowships. Currently, an advisory group is evaluating how the Chair will continue. Recently, the Marthas made a significant financial commitment to support the Institute’s peacebuilding programming for two years. “We just felt it was time in this world today, with what's going on in the world, we need people focusing on this again,” Joanne says noting that Coady Institute is a part of the Marthas DNA. “The more we can bring people together to kind of tear down those barriers and see the humanity of each other, the more successful we'll be moving forward and solving the issues together.”
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For the Marthas the commitment is not just supporting education programs, but it's supporting the partnerships and helping other groups grow and be successful, no matter where they are. This includes Indigenous people of this land but also around the world. “We want to grow understanding and deepening of what it means to be treaty people and what does reconciliation really mean.” Joanne says the Martha’s will continue to support participants, particularly women to come to Coady. “It's a strong relationship and it may not be something that's day to day, but it's certainly there and we take it very seriously. It is about being a change agent, you know, how do we support people to be agents of change in the context that they live in?” Joanne says there is a lot of the value of having a human connection and bringing people together from around the world in person. She says her own experience at Coady is an example.
She notes this can apply to peacebuilding as well and creating a world that is inclusive with people growing together, living in peace, and leaving no one behind. “When we talk about peace and just seeing the differences that people have and the approaches and working it out together. You can't replace that. Can you do some stuff online? Yeah, you can. And the more familiar we become with online, I think it's easier, but I don't think you can replace the in-person and having people in the room talking it out and learning from one another.” Joanne says throughout the years the Marthas have served as teachers, nurses, and administrators who focused on justice and social work. At the core those called to the congregation were called to be homemakers. “We just can't help but try to make people feel home where they are. I think that's what Coady tries to do is help people find home and build home wherever they are. I love this place.”
“It was just such an incredible experience … I mean, it, it changed me. I had conversion after conversion.”
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OUR SUPPORTERS Coady Institute relies on the generosity and support of donors to fund our programs. On a daily basis our fund development team have the great fortune of interacting with incredible individuals and foundations who believe in the work being done at Coady. We would like to take this opportunity to show gratitude to our donors of all levels of giving. FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DONORS A.A. Munro Insurance Agencies A.H. Roy & Associates Ltd. Atlantic Central & League Savings and Mortgage Blessed Trinity Parish CWL Toronto C L Curry Funeral Services Ltd. Canadian Martyrs Parish CWL Richmond Catholic Women’s League of Canada Chevron Canada Resources Christ the Redeemer Council CWL West Vancouver Congregation of Notre Dame Visitation Province DeCoste Interiors Ltd. Donata Real Estate Developments Ltd. Donner Canadian Foundation East Coast Credit Union Ltd. Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu Ford Foundation Further Education Society of Alberta Global Affairs Canada Government of Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration High-Crest Enterprises Ltd. Les Religieuses de Notre-Dame du Sacre-Coeur-Generalat Les Soeurs de La Congregation de Notre Dame Micro Boutique Living Inc. Municipality of the County of Antigonish Nova Scotia Government Employees Union
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