Leadership Mount Allison is a unique and innovative program, designed to nurture the leadership abilities of Mount Allison students. Bridging academic life and extra-curricular activities, Leadership Mount Allison is known for its contributions on campus and off. This signature program has numerous components that help students initiate positive change in their present and future communities.

Leadership Mount Allison offers a Leadership Development Certificate Program — a not-for-credit program that encourages community involvement, social activism, civic responsibility, volunteer activities, risk-taking, effective collaboration, and conflict resolution. Led by student facilitators, the program includes a speakers series, discussion groups, a one-day outdoor activity retreat, involvement in group volunteer projects, and a chance for personal reflection in a submitted essay. The Certificate Program is extraordinarily popular and has attracted many high-profile speakers.

Leadership Mount Allison has supported hundreds of student and faculty initiatives through its Curricular and Co-Curricular Program. These leadership development projects include an Atlantic International Studies Organization (ATLIS), which has hosted two student-run conferences on human rights issues and launched the first student online journal of its kind.

Leadership Mount Allison students, with the assistance of faculty and community members, also organized SuperKids Club, an after-school club at a local middle school, designed to foster positive body image, develop media literacy skills, and provide students with the opportunity to make their own choices.

Leadership Mount Allison has recently introduced an exciting new initiative — Global Connect, a program designed to facilitate international and cross-cultural activities. Global Connect projects involve community service, education, and leadership development in countries around the world. Through Leadership Mount A projects, Mount Allison students have travelled to Brazil, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Jamaica, Italy, Malawi, Mexico, and Thailand. Christie Kneteman ('07) recently spent a month in Ghana on a Global Connect project, teaching English and French to local school children. She also taught an HIV-prevention course there, which really opened her eyes. Says Christie, “When you meet the faces of children affected by HIV and AIDS, support of these initiatives becomes a moral responsibility.”

Leadership Mount Allison's unique approach creates diverse leadership development opportunities that are based on experiential learning. Students learn by doing and contribute responses to emerging issues.