Ottawa, Canada
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning
* April 1: for International applicants. June 1: for Canadian citizens and permanent residents
Key Summary
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Introduction
The first program of its kind in Canada, the MA in Transformative Leadership and Spirituality offers a progressive, multidisciplinary approach to help you build your capacity as a leader for positive change.
In this Master’s program, you will engage with the latest research on the intellectual, spiritual, personal, and professional dimensions of leadership. Combining a focus on self-reflection and critical thought, you will develop your leadership capacity to mobilize resources to address contemporary systemic challenges and to enact holistic, inclusive, and meaningful change.
You will work with a mentor to enhance your skills in transformative principles applicable to your professional and personal contexts. The sequence of courses is designed to enable you to successfully navigate the dynamic interplay between your inner life and the social world around you and to engage your intellect, imagination, emotions, and values for sustainable change. Your work culminates in a Major Research Paper which allows you to integrate and articulate what you’ve learned on a topic related to transformative leadership and spirituality.
Ideal Students
Who Should Apply?
This program is designed for established and emerging leaders of all professional backgrounds who want to discover and develop their capacity for leadership and to bring positive change.
Program Outcome
Practicums
The program’s three practicums provide you with the opportunity to develop your transformative leadership capabilities for personal, interpersonal, and social change in either a local organization or in your own work environment.
In the context of the practicums, you will also be accompanied by an on-site mentor to support your learning and development. Methods and skills for reflective practice and systems thinking will be used to refine your leadership practice with the purpose of personal and social transformation.
Admissions
Curriculum
Compulsory Courses (21 units)
- Leadership Theory, Practices and Approaches (3 units)
- Research Methods for Transformative Leadership (3 units)
- Transformative Leadership and Spirituality (3 units)
- Transformative Leadership and Group Facilitation (3 units)
- Transformative Leadership and Learning Communities (3 units)
- Transformative Leadership and Psychology (3 units)
- Worldview, Religion, and Culture (3 units)
Practicums (9 units)
- Practicing Leadership and Professional Ethics: Practicum I (3 units)
- Practicing Leadership: Practicum II (3 units)
- Practicing Leadership: Practicum III (3 units)
Research (3 units)
- Research Seminar (3 units)
Optional Courses (6 units)
6 units from:
- Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (3 units)
- Indigenous Spiritualties and Transformative Leadership (3 units)
- Transformative Leadership, Spirituality, and Ecology (3 units)
- Women’s Spiritualties and Transformative Leadership (3 units)
Under exceptional circumstances, students may select an optional course from another graduate program with permission of both the Master of Arts in Transformative Leadership and Spirituality program director and the director of the other program.
Career Opportunities
Whether you’re considering a career change or are seeking to advance in your current role, this program will help you develop effective leadership skills that can be applied in all sectors, including:
- Business
- Civil service
- Community Leadership
- Education
- Health care
- Not-for-profit