Overview
Designed for deans, provosts, directors, and executive-level professionals, this program develops advanced capabilities in institutional strategy, governance, digital transformation, financial stewardship, and stakeholder engagement.
Build the capacity to think and act systemically—integrating emotional and cultural intelligence with analytical judgment. Executive effectiveness relies on interpreting organizational dynamics, anticipating how decisions ripple across systems, and engaging people with empathy, transparency, and conviction.
Equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and decolonization are treated as system-wide commitments embedded in strategy, governance, and culture. These values drive sustainable impact on institutional resilience, student and faculty success, public trust, and societal contribution.
Courses emphasize the interconnection of executive decisions across domains—strategy, finance, governance, people, digital, innovation, and trust—while allowing each course to deepen one dimension of institutional leadership practice. The program highlights the need to navigate the intersections of academic values, organizational priorities, and public accountability, equipping leaders to embed innovation, sustainability, and inclusive excellence into planning, governance, and leadership practice to achieve enduring institutional and societal outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Analyze complex institutional ecosystems by analyzing interdependencies among strategy, finance, governance, workforce, digital systems, and interest holders, with attention to how decisions impact institutional sustainability and accountability
- Appraise competing priorities and values across academic, administrative, and societal domains to make equitable, accountable, and context-sensitive leadership judgments
- Integrate evidence, data, and perspectives from diverse sources to inform resilient, transparent, and future-oriented institutional decisions
- Formulate integrative responses to uncertainty and disruption that balance sustainability, innovation, equity, and public trust
- Reconcile institutional commitments with societal expectations by engaging governments, Indigenous communities, students, donors, and the public in ways that sustain reputation and impact
- Demonstrate authentic and inclusive leadership presence that builds trust, fosters cultural integrity, and enables collaboration across contested and complex environments
Additional Details
- This non-degree program is offered in a hybrid 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 $595. Course prices are subject to change and are not guaranteed. The total cost of the program may vary.