Overview
Develop confidence and competence in leading academic programs, facilitating teams and committees, implementing equitable practices, managing budgets, interpreting institutional data, and navigating change.
Emphasizing collaboration, accountability, and inclusive leadership, the certificate program supports leaders in making evidence-informed decisions while cultivating high-performing, student-centered environments. The Leadership Growth Certificate emphasizes inclusive and reconciliation-informed leadership practices.
Learn to embed EDIA principles into decision-making, program design, operations, and team leadership, recognizing your responsibility to foster equitable, accessible, and culturally safe environments for students, staff, and faculty.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Analyze and plan programs or initiatives that align unit-level activities with institutional mission and community priorities
- Apply systems and process thinking to coordinate people, resources, and timelines effectively across functions
- Use institutional data and feedback to assess program impact, identify improvement opportunities, and inform decision-making
- Develop resource and budget plans that balance fiscal responsibility with accessibility, inclusion, and sustainability
- Design and lead teams, committees, and working groups that demonstrate accountability, trust, and collaboration
- Apply equitable, inclusive, and reconciliation-informed approaches to leadership decisions, operations, and change initiatives
- Communicate and influence effectively to engage stakeholders, manage conflict, and build alignment across diverse groups
- Evaluate personal leadership practice through reflection, feedback, and continuous learning to strengthen agility and resilience
Additional Details
- This non-degree program is offered in an online asynchronous format.
- This program is intended for adult learners who are at least 18 years of age.
- Enrolment is done on a course-by-course basis; there is no certificate application required.
- This program requires the completion of eight required courses; the courses may be taken in any order. Both certificate and badge via MyCreds.
- You can take up to five years from the start of your first course to complete and receive the certificate.
- The price per course is $395. Course prices are subject to change and are not guaranteed. The total cost of the program may vary.