DIPLOMA IN DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP April 9 - September 27, 2024 The Diploma in Development Leadership is designed for a diverse cohort of practitioners from around the world who represent a wide cross-section of civil society, public and private groups, and organizations. Deeply rooted in adult education approaches, participants and facilitators will collectively explore, unpack and deconstruct the notion of development from a feminist, decolonial, and asset-based lens to enhance their leadership competencies and their abilities to motivate and support people in creating a
Graduates leave with greater confidence and even stronger leadership skills, joining a global network of committed Coady graduates.
better world for future generations. Throughout the program, a collaborative relationship is fostered among facilitators and participants to draw out lessons and insights from their rich and diverse experiences. This sharing and co-creation of knowledge is a cornerstone to the Diploma program. Graduates leave with greater confidence and even stronger leadership skills, joining a global network of committed Coady graduates.
The Diploma is delivered through a blended model, divided into three mandatory modules:
The program goal is:
• Module 1 (April 9 to May 2, 2024) consists of
development opportunities for emergent and
an online course focused on the introduction to core concepts and relationship building within the cohort. • Module 2 (May 8 to July 19, 2024) consists of a 10-week, in-person residency at the Coady
To strengthen individuals and organizations involved in sustainable, asset-based, and equitable development by providing leadership established leaders.
By the end of the program, participants should be able to: • apply leadership skills that support sustainable, community-driven, equitable
Institute that includes a foundational course
development, driven by those most impacted
in leadership grounded in community-driven
by development initiatives;
development, social justice and feminist practice, and facilitating social change through an adult
• apply a broad range of participatory adult education methodologies;
education-informed lens. Classes run for full days, five days a week during the on-campus portion of the diploma program. Participants should
• develop or adapt innovative practices that support the planning, monitoring, and
come prepared to fully engage in 6-8 hours of
evaluation of asset-based development
active learning activities, five days a week for the duration. Electives include:
initiatives; • pursue self-directed research and learning goals, including applying action research
• Feminist Advocacy for Agency, Equity, and
methods or inquiry-based processes for social
Justice;
learning at the organizational and community
• Community-Led Solutions for Climate Change; • Livelihoods and Markets; and • Asset Based Citizen Led Development.
level; • apply their learning directly to their work in support of sustainable, equitable community;
• Module 3 (August 12 - September 27, 2024) consists of a 7-week practical module
• act collectively through knowledge sharing, networking, and multi-stakeholder processes
where participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their learnings in practice with the accompaniment of Coady facilitators and
at national and global levels; and • participate in ongoing co-learning to address contemporary issues and trends in
through peer learning.
development.
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Online
On-Campus Phase
Online
Pre-Residential Phase April 9 - May 2
Foundations May 8 - June 16
Elective Courses June 24 - July 19
Post-Residential Phase August 12 - September 27, 2024
Program Eligibility
Cost of the program:
The Diploma in Development Leadership is for Coady Institute ensures that participants
leaders who:
working with marginalized communities
• Possess a minimum of five years of
around the world have access to its
demonstrated leadership experience in a
courses. This is made possible through
social or economic development endeavor
the provision of bursaries that are funded
in sectors such as livelihoods or inclusive
by many individual and institutional
economic development, food security,
donors. Participants receive a bursary
environment, access to education and health
worth $15,000, after bursary, the
care, governance, socio-political equity and
remaining cost of the program is $5,000
inclusion among equity-seeking groups;
CAD. Accepted participants will be
• Will be immediately returning to their
responsible for paying the balance of
community and sector following the program
$5,000 CAD before the designated
to put their learning into practice;
deadline of March 15, 2024. This includes
• Have great drive and passion for their work,
tuition for all three modules, and room
demonstrated through their outstanding
and board for the 10-week residency
contributions in their organizations and
at Coady Institute on the campus of St.
communities;
Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia during Module 2.
• Are practitioners in civil society organizations including community-based organizations and not for profits, or active in public or private institutions, donor/philanthropic agencies,
All travel related expenses including airfare and visa fees are the responsibility of the
social movements or in a social enterprise/
participant. Coady Institute will arrange and
business;
cover ground transportation costs between
• Hold a combination of post-secondary
Halifax Stanfield International Airport and the
education and/or lived experience; and
Coady Institute.
• Have strong oral and written English language competencies.
To apply visit coady.stfx.ca
Established in 1959, Coady Institute is committed to accompanying generations of global leaders skilled in the application of citizen-led, asset-based, and community-driven leadership for economic and social change. Located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Coady Institute includes a network of leaders in 130 countries globally.
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