Episode 032: Nadjet Bouda, from poet to social activist; Magalie Dresse inspires leadership in Haiti.
Coady Radio - The Development Podcast
English - November 13, 2015 16:28 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBEducation Government accountability leadership assets citizens coadyinstitute community democracy development googleplay international Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 031: Activist and author Wab Kinew talks leadership; Pamela Johnson on CBC Yukon
Next Episode: Ep: 033 Book launch! – Alison Mathie and Gord Cunningham
Nadjet Bouda is a program officer with Equitas International, the human rights training organization. She recently graduated from the Re-thinking Partnership certificate at Coady Institute. Nadjet feels youth education is critical to fighting fundamentalism in the Middle East North Africa region. Read our online Q&A at http://coady.stfx.ca/alumni/nadget-bouda/.
In part two, we hear Magalie Dresse of Haiti, also a Coady grad, deliver the keynote address at our annual fundraising gala in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The dinner raised funds that can be matched by the Government of Canada, for a total of $80,000 for future scholarships.