Effective
leadership is the key to a strong
economy and healthy society. Expanding
the pool of potential leaders benefits
government, business and the community.
The Minerva Foundation is committed
to advancing opportunities for
women to assume leadership roles
in all facets of society.
This
program provides tools for the
participants to achieve their personal,
educational and career goals. It
affirms the importance of each
person’s responsibility to
themselves and their community
and provides a framework within
which all constituents can benefit
from the role models, support systems
and mentors available from within
the group. The lessons learned
and the relationships forged over
the duration of the program have
a ripple effect in the participant’s
environment, also giving participants
access to resources they may never
otherwise have the opportunity
to experience and benefit from.
Objectives
Leadership
is an ongoing and continuous process
of growth. The desired outcomes
are to:
1. Encourage qualified women
to seek leadership positions in
government, business and the
community.
2. Provide opportunities for girls
and women to develop their leadership
potential.
3. Foster corporate strategies
to recruit, retain, develop, and
advance women.
Results
This leadership
development program takes place
annually at the University of British
Columbia and the University of
Northern British Columbia. It provides to young
girls, emerging leaders and graduate
students the opportunity to be
mentored by accomplished women
leaders in business, government
and the community to help them
understand their full potential.
Participants are drawn from throughout
BC and represent a cross-section
of geographic, cultural, social,
and disciplinary diversity. A special
effort is extended to ensure inclusion
of the Aboriginal women’s
community. Since its inception
in 2000, the Learning to Lead program
has touched hundreds of lives,
including:
285 Grade
11 Students
305 Emerging
Leaders
310 Community
Leaders
144 Facilitators
110 Feature
Speakers
280 Organizing
Committee/Volunteers
In
2005 a video was filmed and edited
as a leadership teaching tool that
will be distributed throughout
the school system in British Columbia.
This will enable us to take the
valuable lessons we have learned
in this program to a broader audience.
Welch Leadership Challenge Awards
The
Minerva Foundation would like to
thank Lis and Bruce Welch for sponsoring awards for students
who participate in our Learning to Lead North and South
programs. These awards encourage
students to take what they have
learned in the program and use
these skills to initiate a leadership
activity in their community.
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