Courses
Do you want to play a more active role in the transition to a low-carbon, socially-inclusive future?
Register for one of our courses today, or get in touch with us to discuss a custom-built course for your organization.
All of our courses are designed around ASI’s six Transition Leadership competency domains
We aim for our courses to be engaging and empowering, regardless of whether they’re hosted online or in-person. Our course instructors are deeply experienced sustainability practitioners and learning experts.
Public Courses
Climate Action for Non-Profit Leaders
Format: Online
Cost: $120
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: January 18 – Februrary 8, 2024
Learner Hours: 8 hours
Synchronous Sessions: Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8
Synchronous Time: 10 – 11:30 a.m. PT / 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Hosted in partnership with the Ontario Nonprofit Network, learning outcomes include:
- Gain insights into climate change and its far-reaching implications.
- Learn how to lead and think systematically to bring about change.
- Explore case studies to help you set inspiring goals for the future.
- Identify actionable strategies to implement within your non-profit organization.
The primary audience is for non-profit leaders who are members of the Ontario Nonprofit Network, or based in Ontario. However, a limited number of spaces are available for other non-profit leaders from across Canada.
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Collaborative Leadership for Climate Action
Format: Online (mostly asynchronous, with weekly live discussion sessions)
Cost: $750
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: November 6, 2023 – December 3, 2023
Learner Hours: 25 hours
Synchronous Sessions: November 8, 15, 22, 29
Synchronous Time: 9 – 10:30 am PT / 12 – 1:30 pm ET
Learning Outcomes:
- Critically explore the implications for a just transition to positive climate futures;
- Examine new frameworks and approaches for engaging stakeholders and communities;
- Identify collective leadership capabilities needed for transitioning toward positive climate futures;
- Reflect on the role of power, diversity and inclusion in taking collaborative climate action;
- Consider nature as a model, mentor and source of insight in fostering cooperative relationships;
- Apply the concept of biomimicry to a collaborative leadership challenge; and
- Re-examine their own leadership roles as learners, collaborators, convenors and facilitators.
Hosted for: Royals Roads University, as part of the Climate Change Adaptation Fundamentals Micro-Credential
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Introduction to Transition Leadership
Format: Online (mostly asynchronous, with weekly live discussion sessions)
Cost: $750
Duration: 4 weeks
Learner Hours: 25 hours
Learning Outcomes:
- Conceptualize modes of leadership for sustainability transitions and climate action;
- Understand the importance of learning as an act of leadership;
- Reflect on the role of power and the conditions conducive to an inclusive leadership approach;
- Explore transition pathways approaches to dialogue about possible futures; and
- Consider their role as a reflective practitioner and the value of cultivating personal resilience.
Hosted for: Royals Roads University, as part of the Climate Change Adaptation Fundamentals Micro-Credential
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Private Courses
ASI designs and/or delivers a variety of courses for academic institutions, employers, Associations, and other professional networks. Courses can be designed for various durations, online engagement (synchronous or asynchronous) or in-person, with or without assessment components in them.
Reach out to us to explore your needs! Content options are flexible and can be designed to fit your audience’s specific needs. We typically offer learning related to any of the following:
- Introduction to Transition Leadership
- Learning and Leading with Nature
- Towards Preferred Futures: Transition Pathways
- Collaborative Leadership for Just Transitions
- Positive Leadership in Time of Crisis
Get in touch to discuss your learning needs!
Other Opportunities?
Do you need a guest speaker, workshop host, or other support related to a course you’re offering? We might be able to assist.
Get in touch to discuss your needs.
The huge scale of environmental and social challenges facing Canada means that young professionals will need to acquire new knowledge and new skills if the country is to transition effectively to a low-carbon economy.
Working with diverse partners across business, government, civil society, and post secondary education, the Academy for Sustainable Innovation aims to promote and develop pathways that will answer those needs.