Projects and Partnerships
PATHY FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP We are pleased to announce the incoming young leaders for the 2022-23 Pathy Foundation Fellowship at Coady Institute. The 12-month Fellowship provides communityfocused experiential learning opportunities for graduating students of Bishop’s University, McGill University, Queen’s University, University of Ottawa and St. Francis Xavier University.
The seven incoming Fellows will attend skill-building sessions and planning workshops at Coady Institute before commencing the nine-month community phase. Fellows will work with community partners to implement a broad diversity of projects, from network-building with Black and Indigenous activists in Ottawa, to collaborating with Inuit youth of the Canadian Arctic, to community-building within supportive housing in Dartmouth, and more.
Meet the 2022-23 Fellows Félix Aupalu (McGill) Community: Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic (Puvirnituq, Nunavik, Québec), Montreal, Canada Initiative Synopsis: Inuit Youth Collaborating for a Bright Future
My initiative has a very clear and concise goal. I want to host small events and gatherings (online and inperson) that allow Inuit youth to share and discuss important topics and subjects; my initiative will aim to create spaces that encourage togetherness, celebrates excellence, and contributes to our vision of our future. By creating these spaces for Inuit youth, this project will address our community's ability to feel heard, collaborate on solutions, heal through community, and share stories of success. The gatherings will be both formal and informal in a way, and will be informed both by traditional and contemporary methods of community building. Jami Horne (StFX) Community: Horton High School Learning Centre, Greenwich, Canada Initiative Synopsis: Leading for Change
My proposed initiative for the Pathy Fellowship is dedicated to the community who first inspired me, believed in me, and encouraged me beyond measures - the Horton High School Learning Centre. My aim is to implement a combined after-school/
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lunch-hour program for interested Learning Centre students who identify as having a physical or intellectual disability. The main goals of this program would be to create increased leadership positions, employment opportunities, and lasting community connections for the students in the Learning Centre. This initiative would ultimately result in heightened disability representation, visibility, and platforms for sharing lived experience, not only within Horton High School, but within the surrounding community. Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce (uOttawa) Community: Black and Indigenous youth activists organizations, Ottawa, Canada Initiative Synopsis: Building Networks for Black & Indigenous Activists
My initiative will build a formal network among Black and Indigenous activists engaging in antiracist and decolonial organizing across Ontario. It will achieve this through 3 main outputs: a virtual map that highlights existing organizations and initiatives, a dynamic social media presence, and an annual symposium. Together these pieces will provide a centralized space to share resources; address local, regional, and national level issues; and share knowledge on how individual organizations were created and scaled, making it easier for others to do the same. Ultimately, it will help build and sustain these movements by providing structures that encourage and facilitate collaboration and community building among Black and Indigenous activists.
