School of Leadership Studies
2005 Sooke Road V9B 5Y2 Victoria, BC, Canada

Congratulations to all of our new Leadership graduates whose achievements will be celebrated today at the virtual convocation! Watch the ceremony on the RRU website starting at 2 pm PST here - https://www.royalroads.ca//convocati/fall-convocation-2020

Best wishes to our 2019/20 Health Leadership students who are wrapping up their online residencies this week. We know that many of you are working on the front lines of this pandemic and we couldn’t be prouder of you! To all of our Leadership students, colleagues, and alumni, thank you for your leadership in the world during these extraordinary times! Good Job! Cover by One Voice Children’s Choir / A Tribute to Covid-19 Heroes (Shared courtesy of the Year 1 Dreamkeepers)... https://youtu.be/NkDNp4ATCso See more

In times of disaster, we can’t go back to what was, but we can move forward with hope and thrive. Recently, Doctor of Social Sciences (DocSci) candidate Yvette Mucharraz y Cano, (Doctoral Supervisor: Kathy Bishop and Committee Members: Carlos Gomez and Bev McPhee ) was featured in a Harvard Business Review (HBR) webinar entitled: How Resilient Organizations Respond to Catastrophes based on her RRU research. To read the full blog post written by Yvette Mucharraz y Cano and Kathy Biship go here: https://bit.ly/3mu26H5

The School of Leadership Studies would like to extend sincere congratulations to MA in Leadership graduate, Kiana Alexander-Hill, this year's Governor General's Gold Medal recipient. Well done, Kiana!!

How can we increase our leadership productivity at a time we seem to have fewer hours in the day? Our workplaces, our lives, and the larger global context are moving at much faster paces where minutes have become essentially nanoseconds. To read the full blog post written by Wanda Krause, go here https://bit.ly/3nXPLwc

Thank You To Crossroads Hospice Society The School of Leadership Studies wishes to thank Crossroads Hospice Society for their participation as our 2020-3 summer cohort Leadership Challenge sponsoring organization. To read the full blog post written by Niels Agger-Gupta go here: https://bit.ly/3j3OMru

Amid the convergence of climate activism, Truth and Reconciliation, a global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements, peace and dialogue are mo...re important than ever. Join panelists from Victoria, Toronto and Istanbul for a virtual interactive discussion this International Day of Peace Sept. 21 from 12 to 1 p.m. Register now: http://ow.ly/dpnR50BtKIs See more

MA Leadership Student Voices In mid-March 2020, when the global pandemic was declared, faculty and staff in the School of Leadership Studies mobilized quickly to move the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) two-week residency into an online format. To read the full blog post titled "Learning Online in Extraordinary Times" written by Catherine Etmanski (and webinar recording) go here https://bit.ly/35AWHJb

The School of Leadership Studies would like to extend sincere congratulations to Leticia Nadler Gomez (Cohort 2018-1) for a successful Thesis completion. Well done Leticia!! Leticia’s Thesis Women Candidates and Edmonton Municipal Politics can be found at: https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23343

Pilot. Entrepreneur. Indigenous leader. We knew Royal Roads leadership grad and assoc. faculty Teara Fraser was Wonder Woman! Now the world will too. She’s one of 18 phenomenal women featured in a new DC comic. By the Spear of Athena!

Love Slam In the second year of their program, Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) students deepen their understanding of key components required to lead change in human systems. To read the full blog post written by Christina Comeau, Tammy Towill, Émilie Dubé, and Erika Bailey titled - Leadership in a Changing and Adaptive World - go here https://bit.ly/2QWHnhe

We are delighted to share a new, open source resource on arts-based engagement. School of Leadership faculty, Kathy Bishop and Catherine Etmanski both have chapters in this guidebook. Download your free copy here: https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca//feminist-adult-e/

We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to MA-Leadership student, Duane Jackson, on his Irving K. Barber BC Indigenous Student Award! Duane is Gisgaast (Fireweed) of the Gitanaamx nation of Old Hazelton, British Columbia, and is pursuing studies related to care and resources for adolescents at risk. There were a record number of applications this year so this is a true sign of Duane’s important contributions. Well done, Duane!!

The School of Leadership Studies would like to extend sincere congratulations to Lana Bavle Cohort 2018-3 for a successful Thesis completion. Well done Lana!! Lana’s Thesis 'Improving the leadership capabilities of municipal elected officials through Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities' can be found at: https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23299

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, our world changed dramatically, and the unknowns ignited a collective fear and anxiety. It was all so sudden, strange, and scary. Friends from around the world began reaching out to me, including those whom I hadn’t spoken to years. To read the full blog post titled - Behind The Mask: Building Collective Resilience Through Performance Art - written by Andrea Morgan (2017-3 MA Leadership graduate) go here https://bit.ly/2YzTsgD

A common refrain from current students is that they would love to hear from people who have graduated from the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program. To read the full blog post by Niels Agger-Gupta titled - Leadership in Extraordinary Times: A MAL Alum Perspective - go here https://bit.ly/315vKKX

What might be possible if we used a development lens? Many leaders and Organizational Development (OD) practitioners are at the edge of their current understandings and need to learn new ways of approaching organizational change. Developmental theory suggests the next step isn’t necessarily more courses on how-to, but a broadened mindset and the ability to truly work from a systems perspective. Read the full blog post titled - Adult Development and OD Practice - written by Shauna Fenwick and Michael Keller here https://bit.ly/2XRul8A

Unpacking the Term White Privilege In 1990, Peggy McIntosh released her influential essay, White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Aimed at a white audience, this essay endeavoured to move the conversation on anti-racism forward by debunking the myth of meritocracy and encouraging white people to understand their unearned advantages based on skin colour, as well as the daily effects of what she termed, ‘white privilege.’ Read the full blog post titled - Let's Just Call It What It Is: Racism - by Marcia Turner here https://bit.ly/3icxo32

The School of Leadership Studies would like to extend sincere congratulations to Zeph Wong (2018-1) for a successful Thesis completion. Well done Zeph!! Zeph’s Thesis Building Trust and Connection at Briteweb can be found at: https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23233

Strong, courageous, passionate, and yet both tired and hopeful voices have lead initiatives, conversations and webinars at Royal Roads University on racism and unconscious bias. Read the full blog post titled- Racism and Prejudice is the Pandemic: Strategies and Resources for Allyship - written by Wandra Krause here https://bit.ly/32YVk5I Photo credit: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ~ Archbishop Desmond Tutu To read our blog post titled Working to End Systemic Racism: The School of Leadership Studies' Responsibility, go here https://bit.ly/2CGTc7D Photo credit: Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

Striving for a Sustainable Organization? Leaders who hope to increase sustainability in their own organizations can learn from Brian Dominguez's blog post and recently completed dissertation on this topic. To read the full blog post, exploring constraints and recommendations for leaders, go here https://bit.ly/38WbWMv

The School of Leadership Studies wishes to thank Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society for their engagement as our spring 2020 Leadership Challenge sponsoring organization. Read the full blog post written by Catherine Etmanski here: https://bit.ly/2O4BAot

Leading in Extraordinary Times Webinar Series Thanks to everyone who joined us on June 26th for the fifth installment of our Leading in Extraordinary Times webinar series. In this session, Paul Gauthier, Rebecca Pauls, Sharon Floyd and Sonia Théroux explored Online Community Organizing and Coalition Leadership in a Pandemic. Read the full blog post written by Sherry Richards here https://bit.ly/2BBs3T9

The School of Leadership Studies would like to extend sincere congratulations to Mark McGregor (2017-1) for a successful Thesis completion. Well done Mark!! Mark’s Thesis Shared and sustainable leadership of Northern Crane apprentice crane operators : multiple perspectives can be found at: https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23040