Peter Lougheed Leadership College

Develop your leadership skills.

Leadership isn’t limited to business or politics, there are leaders in every discipline, and good leadership skills can benefit anyone.

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New Courses Available

Certificate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies (CILS)

Want to learn what it takes to be a successful leader? Ready to meet the leadership challenges of the future head on? This embedded certificate program grows your leadership skills and develops your capacity to lead as a supplement to your undergraduate degree program.

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INT D 101: Inspired to Dream: Becoming a Leader

This brand new course highlights leadership on a local, national, and international scale and will inspire you to take action on your own leadership journey. Offered entirely online through engaging videos, animations, podcasts, interactive web content and more.

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1500 students enrolled.

Open to all students, the new course Inspired to Dream: Becoming a Leader (INTD 101) brings together students and impactful leaders from many backgrounds to teach students to visualize their potential for leadership growth.

Flexible certificate.

The Certificate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies can be completed by students during the completion of their regular degree program and includes options that can be customized to your interests, needs, or degree requirements.

Interdisciplinary networking.

Learn what it takes to be a successful leader while developing relationships with University of Alberta students from all faculties. Scholars tackle complex problems in their courses in diverse, interdisciplinary groups.

Upcoming Events

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Free public presentations from local and international leaders.

The Lougheed College Lectures sponsored by Syncrude offer presentations on various topics throughout the academic year.

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Series on Leadership and COVID-19

What can responses to COVID-19 teach us about leadership? We have invited scholars, graduate teaching fellows and mentors at the Peter Lougheed Leadership to contribute their leadership insights on the COVID 19 crisis through a series of articles.

2020-21 Lougheed College Lectures Season in Review

May 21, 2021

What did we learn about leadership and public institutions in the 2020-21 Lougheed College Lectures? See a review of the common threads and actionable takeaways.
Students Propose Solutions to Remote Learning Challenges

March 25, 2021

Consider the resourceful solutions to remote learning assessment proposed by the prize-winning teams at the PLLC Leadership Case Competition.
Using Interim Leadership to Navigate the Uncertainties of the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 18, 2020

Decision making during COVID-19 is challenging enough for leaders established in an organization, so how should interim leaders be supported? Nicholas Vankka researches the topic during his Stretch Experience project.
Lessons from the Pandemic: Leadership and Childcare

July 24, 2020

How can schools reopen safely, and if they remain closed, will women's workforce participation be disproportionately affected? Tristan Patterson uses an adaptive leadership lens to suggest we can do better than "getting back to normal."
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PLLC unlocks leadership potential in Alberta.

"So far, the PLLC has fundamentally changed the way I view the world. Being able to hear the diverse perspectives and experiences of these people has provided me with a lot of insight as to how I can continue to develop myself. I really appreciate the constant support from the peers, mentors, and staff within the PLLC. The constant and purposeful learning in and out of the classroom is unparalleled to any learning I have experienced before.

— Aaron Chris Manalo, PLLC scholar and undergrad in the Faculties of Science and Education.