Events and Engagements

IDW with WHM

In partnership with the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC), we were pleased to welcome Mohawk Olympian, Mother, and Motivator, Waneek Horn-Miller for International Development Week.

“Anger is important. Anger is like a fire. But if you only act from a source of anger, that anger will cannibalize your spirit. It will take over your mind. [My mother] would say, ‘anger will get you up and moving, but you always have to move back to love’.” - Waneek Horn-Miller

Women Planting Seeds of Change: Stories of Transformation with Jane and Jane

This year’s Antigonish International Women’s Week theme was Seeds of Transformation: Feminist Organizing for Change and Growth, in consideration of the change – past, present, and future – for women’s rights, gender justice and ending patriarchy, and the women who do this work.

Recognizing the ordinary and extraordinary women who work for and seek change in communities and nations, this webinar brought together two phenomenal Indigenous women, both named Jane, from different continents, who are committed to change for women, their families, and communities.

ENGAGEMENTS

We stand with Ukraine

Friday, March 4, StFX University and the Town of Antigonish raised the Ukrainian flag in a virtual ceremony titled, We Stand with Ukraine.

Dr. Robin Neustaeter, who leads Coady Institute’s work in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, gave moving remarks about the lived realities of war and the precariousness of peace.

Watch the video or read the transcript for Robin’s full words.

ABCD Unconference (Save the Date)

The theme for the 2022 ABCD Unconference is Communities Leading Change.

The Unconference aims to provide an energetic and transformative teaching and learning space for people to:

• Discover new ways of working • Develop future networks • Practice new learnings • Deepen practice • Turn ideas into positive action Stay tuned for more information.

Topshee Memorial Webinar Series

April 27, Coady Institute and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour hosted their fifth Topshee Memorial Webinar. The session entitled Worker Health and Safety was held on the evening before the National Day of Mourning (Canada) and explored what occupation, health and safety measures mean for workers in today's world.

The Topshee Memorial Webinar Series is sponsored by the Topshee Memorial Fund, which was established in 1984 to honour the memory of Rev. George Topshee. Topshee was the Director of the StFX Extension Department from 1969 to 1982. He worked to maintain close links to organized labour, co-operators, and credit unions. Topshee saw workers in their trade unions and consumers and producers in their cooperatives and credit unions as part of the same cause for social justice and economic democracy. The death of Fr. Topshee prompted leaders in the Labour Movement in Atlantic Canada to establish the Topshee Memorial Fund. From 1984 to 2004, the StFX Extension Department hosted 18 Topshee Memorial Conferences attracting an average of almost 300 people per conference.

Coady Institute and the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour continue to work together to honour the history of the StFX Extension Department and leaders such as Rev. George Topshee.

Do you have a story to share about how you are applying your learnings from Coady Institute? If so, contact us at coadycom@stfx.ca