Leadership Niagara is a non-profit organization that began in 2007, created by local leaders in response to a distinct need to identify, nurture and grow future leaders within each sector of our community.
With over a decade of work, Leadership Niagara continues to be dedicated to inspiring civic action and leadership through world-class leadership programs, ushering in the next generation of change-makers and community influencers.
As the region’s top leadership development organization, Leadership Niagara is driven towards providing the very best in leadership development programming, nurturing and shaping the leaders of tomorrow who go on to join a growing, diverse network of dedicated individuals who create and implement effective solutions to the most pressing challenges in our community.
In short, we identify and solve complex community issues through inspiring civic leaders to create positive change.
Effective February 25th, 2019, Leadership Niagara’s Community Leadership Program has updated its name to Accelerate Civic Leadership (ACL).
Founded in 2007, Accelerate Civic Leadership (formerly the Community Leadership Program) is our flagship program. As the premier leadership experience in the Niagara region, the program equally builds employee leadership presence in the workplace, while also creating community-minded leaders ready to tackle our communities’ greatest challenges.
Accelerate Civic Leadership focuses on increasing the civic readiness of mid-career professionals in Niagara, across diverse sectors, to demonstrate community leadership.
Over an immersive 9-month leadership experience (September to the following May), participants familiarize themselves with some of the most important issues facing our communities in Niagara, connect with and learn from the community’s most dynamic leaders, and build and strengthen their leadership capacity through face-to-face learning and a team-based community action project.
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We’re passionate about inspiring and building community in Niagara.
As the region’s top leadership development organization since 2007, we leverage over a decade of experience and a regional network of over 344+ alumni, 72 completed community projects and multiple non-profit organizations that wish to create positive change in Niagara.
Are you an employer looking to put one of your team members through our Accelerate Civic Leadership program? You may be eligible for the Canada-Ontario Job Grant!
Up to 70% could be funded!
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Leadership Niagara
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