Tammy Bernasky
Program Coordinator
Canadian Women's Foundation Leadership Institute
International Centre for Women's Leadership
Tammy joined the Coady in June 2008, bringing with her over ten years of experience working with civil society, both locally and abroad. Her background includes work in public relations with Community Involvement of the Disabled in Sydney, research with Dalhousie University's Centre for Foreign Policy Studies and research for the Tompkins Institute on community economic development.
Most recently Tammy worked with the municipality of Annapolis Royal in the Annapolis Valley. In 2004, Tammy was placed with the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies in the Gambia, through an internship with Human Rights Internet. Since then, she has returned twice to Africa as a Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) co-operant. While in Sierra Leone, she worked with the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture, and on The Campaign for Good Governance. In Tanzania she worked in Dar es Salaam with the Tanzania Education Network.
Tammy will coordinate activities for the Canadian Women's Foundation Leadership Institute, a three-year pilot program to be delivered by the Coady Institute.
Tammy holds a Masters of Arts in Political Science from Dalhousie University in Halifax, along with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Political Science and a Certificate in Public Administration from Cape Breton University.