Our 2012 Global Change Leaders

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Program Information

In 2011-2012, the International Centre for Women’s Leadership is launching the Global Change Leaders program - an inaugural certificate course for emerging women leaders in development.

Through campus-based education, field placements, mentorships and online platforms the program will:

• Enable a new generation of women to strengthen their leadership capacities to ignite unparalleled change at the community, national and international levels.
• Build a global network of pioneering women leaders who together are able to accelerate innovation and achieve extraordinary impact.

Learning themes are grounded in real world experiences and include topics such as: transformative leadership concepts, practical leadership skills, citizen-led and asset-based development, and oral and written communications in the post-print era.

The overall Program Objective is to enable Global Change Leaders to take on more powerful and dynamic leadership roles. Specific outcomes for participants include:

• Practical understanding of leadership concepts and application within their own context
• Enriched knowledge and experience in essential leadership skills
• Expertise in organizational learning and change management
• Strengthened capacity to realize sustainable, citizen-led and asset-based development
• Effective and compelling oral and written communications, and presentation skills
• Ability to apply strategies and tools that underpin innovative social and economic initiatives
• Active participation in a global network of like-minded women leaders

The certificate program involves a 20-week commitment that will begin onsite on January 23rd, 2012 and conclude with a graduation ceremony on May 25th, 2012. The 20-week period includes onsite learning in Canada, an international placement, and an introductory two-week online component in late 2011. Participants will also be matched to a mentor who will advise, guide, and support them through a 6-month period (including the program period), and be linked to a global network of other women leaders.

For more information on this exciting new program, application process and scholarships,
call: 902-867-3676 or email: womenlead@stfx.ca.