Overview
Effective leadership is the key to a strong economy
and a healthy society. Expanding the pool of potential
leaders benefits government, businesses and the community.
The Minerva Foundation is committed to advancing
leadership opportunities for women in all facets
of society.
This program provides participants with tools to
achieve their personal, educational and career goals.
It affirms 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.
The lessons learned and the relationships forged
over the duration of the program have a ripple effect
in the participant’s environment, giving participants
access to resources they may never otherwise have
experienced.
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 with
the opportunity to be mentored by accomplished women
leaders in business, government and the community.
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, the Minerva Foundation filmed the Learning
to Lead™ conference to create a leadership
teaching tool to be distributed in schools in British
Columbia. This will enable us to share the valuable
lessons that we have learned with a broader audience.
Awards
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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