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Solidarity and sisterhood shimmer through episode four as Amy Lira and Nicole Musimbi talk about the “feminist superpowers” they learned in the 2021 Sister-to-Sister Mentorship program. The program, hosted by the Nobel Women's Initiative and the Coady International Institute, welcomed 15 exceptional young feminist activists and leaders from 12 countries for nine weeks of online interactive mentorship and networking. The new relationships make them feel valued and loved. Meeting other women doing the same work and overcoming similar challenges infuses them with hope and courage. “I have my sister in Congo,” says Amy. “ I have my sister in Egypt. I know that they are with me now and I am not alone.” They returned to their work with bolstered confidence, Amy to helping survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Mexico and Nicole to peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “We're unstoppable now,” says Nicole.

Victoria LaBillois, a very determined Mi'kmaq entrepreneur, has come a long way from her first entrepreneurial venture – a t-shirt printing business. She built a construction company, invested in other ventures and is now a mentor to Indigenous women across Turtle Island. "We came from a land of abundance to a postage stamp-sized reserve, a place of poverty. I'm working my way out of it. I'm not asking permission, and I'm taking my whole family, the whole community, the whole nation." A Mi'gmaq entrepreneur from Listuguj, Quebec, Victoria owns Wejipeg Excavation; owns rental properties; co-owns Wejuseg Construction, and is an active partner in other joint ventures. Victoria served the Indigenous public service, working at the Band, regional and national levels. She holds both a BA and MBA from the University of New Brunswick at Fredericton. Coach to many, Victoria serves as mentor for the Coady International Institute's Indigenous Women in Community Leadership and New Brunswick's JEDI Aboriginal Business Accelerator Program. Victoria is bilingual and actively learning Mi'gmaq. Victoria is the go-to MC for community events. She belongs to a woman's hand drum group, sharing ancestral songs. Giving back is important to Victoria; she recently served as co-chair for a national Steering Committee with the Canadian Construction Association, overseeing development of an Aboriginal Engagement Guide for SMEs. Victoria is a proud alumnus of the 2017 Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference; with time spent examining Northern Ontario issues through a local lens and exploring relationships between leadership and community. (My apologies for the occasional Internet audio gremlins, but the content is SO worth it.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/indigitech/message

Karen MacKenzie is a proud Cree-Métis woman and the co-founder and president of MacKintosh Canada, an indigenous-owned, international consulting company. Karen brings her traditional knowledge of indigenous ways into the contemporary workplace as this wisdom and way-of-being reflect “wise practices of high-performance organizations”. She is also a special advisor to the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at Coady International Institute. As an international professional speaker, Karen inspires audiences to find their inner passion and to move forward in the direction of their dreams. She challenges individuals to recognize their own gifts, talents, and genius and to “let it all out”. Most importantly she assists individuals, teams and families, organizations and communities from moving where they are today to where they want to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/indigitech/message

In this episode I want to take you into the world of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and I can’t think of any better way than offering Peter Kenyon’s talk at the ABCD Conference at the Coady International Institute in 2009. Peter Kenyon is a passionate advocate for ABCD and I watch this talk on … Continue reading Asset Based Community Development – A Talk by Peter Kenyon →

Karen MacKenzie is a proud Cree-Métis woman and the co-founder and president of MacKintosh Canada, an indigenous-owned, international consulting company. Karen brings her traditional knowledge of indigenous ways into the contemporary workplace as this wisdom and way-of-being reflect “wise practices of high-performance organizations”. She is also a special advisor to the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at Coady International Institute.As an international professional speaker, Karen inspires audiences to find their inner passion and to move forward in the direction of their dreams. She challenges individuals to recognize their own gifts, talents, and genius and to “let it all out”. Most importantly she assists individuals, teams and families, organizations and communities from moving where they are today to where they want to be.

Gabrielle Donnelly, Ph.D. is a scholar and practitioner of creativity, social change, and innovation. In this episode, we discuss the dynamic between the scholar and practitioner sides of oneself; working with perceived polarities in groups, individuals, and society at large; finding your voice as a scholar; the dissertation process as creative and personal transformation; "kissing people over the edge," and much more. Co-founder of Brave Space, Gabrielle works with methods for meaningful public engagement, participatory leadership, and systems change such as The Art of Hosting, Deep Democracy, and Participatory Action Research. Her passion for integrating theory and practice leads her to work with organizations like Coady International Institute, FoodARC, ALIA Institute, Government of Nova Scotia, Ecology Action Centre, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and Now Lunenburg County. Gabrielle is a professor at Acadia University, an associate of the Taos Institute, ​and publishes in the areas of creativity, social change, participatory leadership, and transdisciplinarity. She is the Managing Editor of World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research. Born in London, England and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Gabrielle lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Donnelly's website: www.gabrielledonnelly.ca The Brave Space website is www.bravespace.ca The Art of Hosting website www.artofhosting.org/ Deep Democracy (Lewis Method) https://deep-democracy.net/ Rune Soup episode with Dr. Jeffrey Kripal: https://runesoup.com/2018/03/talking-secret-body-jeffrey-kripal/ Strieber, W., & Kripal, J. (2016). The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. Tarcher Perigee. Zia Sardar: http://ziauddinsardar.com/2011/03/welcome-to-postnormal-times/ Montuori, A. (2005). How to make enemies and influence people: anatomy of the anti-pluralist, totalitarian mindset. Futures, 37(1), 18-38. Link to Montuori article on academia: https://www.academia.edu/168673/How_to_Make_Enemies_and_Influence_People_The_Totalitarian_Mindset Jordan Peterson: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jordan-peterson-clinical-psychologist-canada-popularity-convincing-why-left-wing-alt-right-cathy-a8208301.html https://medium.com/s/story/a-field-guide-to-jordan-petersons-political-arguments-312153eac99a

Yogesh Ghore, senior program staff at Coady International Institute, talks about research into market-based solutions to combat extreme poverty, especially among the disabled. Ghore has teamed up with colleagues at the Institute of Development Studies (UK) and ADD International as part of a project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation's Inclusive Economies initiative. He recently returned from his second field trip in Uganda. The project was also the topic of a blog post on Oxfam's From Poverty to Power site at https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/why-davos-should-be-talking-about-disability/    

Dr. Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain in conversation with Pamela Johnson of Coady International Institute and Amanda Meawasige, Coady graduate and senior health policy analyst with the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa, Canada. They talk about the value of shared leadership, and whether technology makes it easier to move away from traditional, hierarchical forms of leadership. Also, are traditional Indigenous forms of healthcare becoming mainstream? Dr. Cunningham Kain is board chair of the Association for Women's Rights in Development, and former chair of the United Nations permanent forum on Indigenous Issues. Host Richard Perry also promotes the upcoming Coady Celebrates fundraising event in Halifax and the December 5th application deadline for spring certificates and 2017 Diploma in Development Leadership. Podcast length: 18:13

In this episode, we discuss the release of Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy. It contains eleven case studies of creative communities in Canada and the United States. In Canada and the USA, the book is available for purchase at http://brunswickbooks.ca/Citizen-Led-Innovation-for-a-New-Economy/ In other countries, it can be purchased online at http://developmentbookshop.com/citizen-led-innovation-for-a-new-economy This book is edited by Alison Mathie of Coady International Institute and John Gaventa of the Institute of Development Studies (UK). It features 11 case studies from ethnically diverse settings in Canada and the United States. More information: http://coady.stfx.ca/coady/media/news_releases/citizen-led-book/  

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Honourable David R. Peterson, Chairman, Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games With Building on the success of the Pan Am Games Mr. Peterson is Chairman of the Toronto law firm of Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP, where he practices corporate/commercial law. Mr. Peterson is Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2015 Pan American, Parapan American Games. He is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, a director of St. Michael's Hospital Foundation and was Chairman of the successful 2009 Toronto bid for 2015 Pan Am Games. He has been a director of over 30 public and private companies. He is currently a director of Rogers Communications Inc., Franco Nevada Corporation and Ivanhoe Cambridge. He was the Founding Chairman of the Toronto Raptors Basketball Club Inc. and Chapters Inc. Mr. Peterson is or was Chairman or Director or active with a number of charitable, educational and environmental organizations including the Shaw Festival, Advisory Board of the Coady International Institute, Toronto City Summit Alliance, the Ontario March of Dimes, the Ontario Canada Day Committee, Canadian Club, Cercle Canadien, Council for Canadian Unity, Young President's Organization, World President's Organization, the Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada, Frontier College, Peter Lougheed Medical Research Foundation, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Magnetic True North Theatre, West Park Health Centre and Toronto Abuse Centre. He was chairman of the Commonwealth Team observing the 1992 elections in Guyana. He was chief federal negotiator for the devolution of the Northwest Territories and has worked on a number of important negotiations with the First Nations, including Caledonia and the Ontario Gaming Agreement. He is a senior fellow at Massey College, a fellow of McLaughlin College and Executive in Residence at Rotman School of Management and was an adjunct professor at York University. He speaks often on national and international issues, as well as being a frequent commentator on television. Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Toronto and studied at the University of Caen, France. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1969 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1980 and was appointed by Her Majesty to the Privy Council in 1992. Mr. Peterson has received many honorary doctorates, including from the University of Toronto the University of Western Ontario and the University of Ottawa. In 1994 the government of France appointed him a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France. In 1995 the International Assembly of French Speaking Parliamentarians presented him with the Ordrede la Pléiade. He was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2009. In 1975 he was elected as a Member of the Ontario Legislature, and became the leader of the Ontario Liberal party in 1982. He served as Premier of the Province between 1985 and 1990, overseeing a very active period of reform and playing a major role in the country's constitutional discussions. He resides in Toronto and Caledon with his actress/author wife Shelley... Speaker: The Hon. David R. Peterson, Chairman, Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

Senior program staff Yogesh Ghore of Coady International Institute discusses his Occasional Paper: Producer-led value chain analysis: The missing link in value chain development - a tool for effective engagement of small producers. The project draws on Coady's ten-year partnership with Oxfam Canada on asset-based and citizen-led development (ABCD). The entire document is available online in .pdf format at http://www.coady.stfx.ca/knowledge/

Host Richard Perry talks with Anuj Jain, senior fellow, microfinance and development at Coady International Institute, StFX University. They discuss Coady's work with Oxfam's 'From Grove to Market' program in the olive sector and advances in the vegetable sector.

Wouldn’t you like to give those in power a report card? This is what citizen engagement looks like, and it’s possible for all of us, according to John Gaventa, head of the Coady International Institute. (Published: April 11, 2014)

Regina Okafor came to St. FX University’s Coady International Institute from Nigeria when she was six months pregnant in 1972, and while studying here, she gave birth to her son. She and the Coady Institute staff weren't quite sure how to handle this, and luckily a local couple stepped up and took care of the boy named Luke `Coady.` The Coady International Institute’s Richard Perry says Regina and Luke are coming back to visit the Muise family for a special re-union over the Canada Day weekend. https://soundcloud.com/coady-international/heartwarming-reunion-at-stfx Luke, since he was born here, is a Canadian citizen who has been in Toronto for about ten years.

Margarita Guajardo of Saltillo, Mexico teaches law at the Technologico de Monterrey. She has her PhD in International Law from Tulane University and a Masters in Economics. She decided to take the popular Advocacy and Citizen Engagement certificate program at Coady International Institute to support her advocacy work in her home country. She spoke in May 2013 with the Coady's Richard Perry just before leaving Canada.

Anuj Jain of Coady International Institute and CS Reddy of APMAS India join host Richard Perry for a discussion of the merits of community-based microfinance.

Akh Muzakki recently completed the Mobilizing Assets for Community-Driven Development certificate at Coady International Institute. He is a lecturer with the State Islamic University at Sunan Ampel. In an interview with Richard Perry, Muzakki talks about taking lessons from two Nova Scotia communities - St. Andrews and Canso - back to Indonesia. He is excited about spreading what he calls the 'positive virus' of a Coady education.

Marie Delorme, CEO of The Imagination Group in Calgary, Alberta talks about why she became involved with the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at Coady International Institute. Ms. Delorme received the Metis Nation Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, and is also a mentor in the Coady program. Its first 12 participants graduated in August 2011.

Lila Pavey talks about the work she does as program manager with Stepping Stones International in Botswana. The non-profit organization empowers at-risk youth, including orphans who lost their parents through HIV/AIDS. Lila was part of the Xtending Hope program at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada, where she received her BSc in Biology. She was then selected for the Youth In Partnership program at the Coady International Institute at StFX. The youth program is funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. She returned to Canada in mid-November 2011 to receive an award for her humanitarian work. During a visit to the Coady Institute, she sat down with host Richard Perry to talk about her Coady experience and her current work in Botswana. Episode length: 10:19 Follow the Coady Institute on Twitter (@CoadyStFX) and on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.