EXPLORE LEADERSHIP
When: October 27 @ 9:00 AM
Where: Online
How much: Free event
Open to all Sheridan students. Sign up below!
Explore leadership at Sheridan’s first Virtual Student Leadership Conference! This conference is FREE and open to everyone, bringing together members of the Sheridan community from across different streams and leadership experiences to provide you with an opportunity to learn and connect with your Sheridan peers. Get inspired, get connected and learn! Grow your leadership potential by listening to professional staff and interacting with other students.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Keynote: Dr. Janet Morrison, Sheridan’s President and Vice-Chancellor
Leadership Sessions:
Attend a diverse range of 30 minutes “Ted Talk” style sessions and explore topics in leadership related to personal growth, relationship building and making a difference. Learn about leadership styles, theories and develop new skills to grow your leadership potential.
Click here to view session descriptions and the full-day schedule. Join one session, all sessions, or take a break and come back. Join us any time all day! Sign up below to receive the event link.
BY ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE, YOU WILL:
Explore leadership which includes being able to identify: the characteristics and competencies of effective leaders; leadership styles and identity; values and strengths.
Understand how individuals with different leadership styles, perspectives and identities can work together effectively and collaboratively.
Practice the skill of networking with members of Sheridan’s leadership community to learn how they can become more engaged community leaders.
Learn how to get involved, model citizenship and take action within their community and make a positive contribution.
Participate in self-reflection exercises designed to enhance personal growth.
Sessions Include:
Using Neuroscience to Level Up Your Leadership with Aidan Millar, Learning & Organizational Development Specialist
Better Together: The Power of Community Leadership with Anne Coulter, First Year Experience Coordinator
Discovering Personal Growth through Student Leadership with Parmin Dhoot, Student Success Officer & Enrique Ponce, Student Affairs Researcher
7 Keys to Unlocking Your Potential as a Leader with Karen Swyszcz, Faculty, Continuing and Professional Education
Harnessing the Power of Strengths-Based Leadership with Judith McKinnon & Lydia Novak, Career Counsellors
The Art and Science of Systems Leadership to Tackling Complex Community Issues with Karen Lemoine, Director Community Engagement and Stakeholder Relations
On Failure: How Failing Epically Can Help You Grow as a Leader with Joe Musicco, Professor, Pilon School of Business
The Importance of Knowing Self when Serving Others with Anne-Liisa Longmore
Hashtag Leadership: Closing Keynote with Jackie Harris, Executive Director, Marketing and Customer Success, Virox Technologies Inc.
