Vision: To contribute to the building of inclusive and resilient Canadian communities
Mission: To actively support community leadership development in Canada
Growing Canada's Community Leaders:
We are an expanding national network of more than 23 community leadership programs, connected to an international network of over 1500 programs in the United States, Britain, Europe and Australia.
Guiding Principle
Collaborative leadership is an essential element of resilient communities.
Our Purpose
* To connect existing and emerging community leadership programs
* To facilitate innovative approaches to community leadership development
We Value
* Citizen participation in the social and political life of their communities
* Diversity and Inclusion
* Life-long, action-oriented learning
We believe our Canadian communities will be strong and sustainable if the network
* advances community leadership knowledge creation and the sharing of best practices
* embraces and promotes distributed leadership
* collaborates, intentionally and intensively
* contributes our distinctive qualities and backgrounds
* acts as a catalyst for community development
We are unique in that we seed and nourish
* Succession planning for community leadership
* Engagement of active citizenship through community-focused experiential learning
* Equality of opportunity to lead
* Diversity and cross-pollination among the private, public and voluntary sectors and other community interests
