Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively Donate $200,000 To Support Indigenous Women Leaders – HuffPost Canada

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are donating $200,000 to an institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia to help promote Indigenous women’s leadership.

A release says the donation by the Hollywood couple is to kick-start the Coady Institute’s goal of raising $1 million for its International Centre for Women’s Leadership and the centre’s Indigenous programming.

Reynolds is a Canadian actor who has starred in films such as “Deadpool” and “Green Lantern,” while his spouse Blake Lively is an American film actor whose credits include “Green Lantern” and “A Simple Favor.”

In a statement issued through the university, Reynolds said he and Lively are proud to be associated with the Coady Institute.

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