Leading with Abundance: Indigenous Women’s Leadership
Indigenous women are natural leaders and decision-makers; keepers of knowledge, culture, and language; protectors of land and water; activists and cycle breakers. Indigenous women are reclaiming their rightful place as leaders. This course supports Indigenous women revitalizing roles and responsibilities and reclaiming places of honour and respect as leaders within their communities and organizations. This course is grounded in relational practices and will guide you to identify and connect with cultural values, build upon your already trusted leadership capacities for community-led, community-driven development, and create spaces for social change. This seven-week course will allow you to learn and explore the abundance of strengths and gifts that live within you and your community. This course reflects Indigenous teachings, relational leadership models and approaches. Principles and tools are also shared.
Who can register?
This course is for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit women of all ages and backgrounds who have some prior leadership experience and are interested in engaging in social change and becoming active members of a national network of supportive Indigenous leaders.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, you will:
- Reflect upon lived experiences and leadership practices to identify personal strengths and motivations.
- Explore stories and experiences of other Indigenous women leaders to guide you to uncover your values, skills, and capacities.
- Develop an understanding of opportunities and practical strategies for overcoming challenges.
- Learn tools for supporting community-driven change.
- Connect, collaborate, and learn from your peers’ approaches to building community well-being.
Personal benefits
- Build on the foundations of solid leadership skills and awareness to support change.
- Develop relational approaches to increase the social capital of your communities.
- Develop vision and leadership approaches that support and lead to innovation and social change.
Time requirement
The live learning sessions will take place from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) on Wednesdays.
This course runs for seven weeks. As a participant, you are expected to spend eight hours per week engaged in learning activities by attending live learning sessions, participating in online discussion forums, reading, reflecting, and completing assignments independently. While they are not mandatory, you are strongly encouraged to attend the live sessions. All instructional materials will be in English.
Fees
This course is offered at no cost to women-identifying Indigenous applicants residing on Turtle Island. This is made possible through funding provided by many individual and institutional donors. To register for this course please fill out the application here (https://forms.office.com/r/2yN1h2iE6z ) and you will be notified of your acceptance after its review and provided with a voucher code to proceed with course registration.
This course is online. You will need a computer, reliable internet access (high speed is recommended), speakers and microphone.