Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at PLLC
The Peter Lougheed Leadership College is empowering our diverse audiences, students and staff to become leaders in the community. Through utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, PLLC endeavors to remove barriers faced by historically marginalized and racialized communities by developing leaders who understand wide-ranging approaches, take risks, and act on values firmly anchored in ethical and social responsibility. By incorporating the voices and perspectives of a spectrum of genders, ages, sexual orientations, abilities, cultures, and ethnicities into all our practices, PLLC works towards creating an inclusive, representative, responsible and innovative future. At PLLC diversity is our strength.
Values:
Influence, Community, Inter- and Multi-Disciplinarity, and Caring.
Vision:
Young students find a home at the PLLC, learn and grow as leaders during their University of Alberta journey, and have significant positive impact on their communities.
Mission:
PLLC provides the context and structure for students to choose their learning journey of leadership courses, events, talks, mentoring, and experiences.
Principles:
The PLLC supports and encourages leadership practice and learning across all University of Alberta Campuses and Faculties.
The PLLC leads first and manages second.
Peter Lougheed will be the central person at the PLLC.
Why Does Diversity Matter?
"Leadership is the work of getting things done in collaboration with others. When multiple perspectives and experiences are part of the conversation, we see in new ways. We are empowered to develop solutions, collectively, that are responsive, transparent and equitable.
The excellence of PLLC programming relies on the rich contributions of people with distinct backgrounds, identities and social locations, enabling the College to provide cutting-edge leadership development to current and future leaders."
- Lois Harder, PhD, Principal of the Peter Lougheed Leadership College from 2018-2021