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Certificate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies (CILS)
Want to learn what it takes to be a successful leader? Ready to meet the leadership challenges of the future head on? This embedded certificate program grows your leadership skills and develops your capacity to lead as a supplement to your undergraduate degree program.
More DetailsINT D 101: Inspired to Dream: Becoming a Leader
This brand new course highlights leadership on a local, national, and international scale and will inspire you to take action on your own leadership journey. Offered entirely online through engaging videos, animations, podcasts, interactive web content and more.
1500 students enrolled.
Open to all students, the new course (INTD 101) brings together students and impactful leaders from many backgrounds to teach students to visualize their potential for leadership growth.
Flexible certificate.
The Certificate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies can be completed by students during the completion of their regular degree program and includes options that can be customized to your interests, needs, or degree requirements.
Interdisciplinary networking.
Learn what it takes to be a successful leader while developing relationships with 雅伎著 students from all faculties. Students tackle complex problems in their courses in diverse, interdisciplinary groups.
Upcoming Events
Lougheed Speaker Series - Save the Date!
- Lyall Samaroden: Fri, October 24, 2025
- Carissa Halton: Tue, January 13, 2026
- Chancellor Nizar Somji: Wed, February 25, 2026
These are free events open to students, faculty, alumni and general community members to attend.
Check back - more details to come!
PLLC certificate broadens perspective
"Completing the Certificate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies (CILS) with the Peter Lougheed Leadership College was one of the most fulfilling parts of my undergraduate journey in Computer Science. It broadened my perspective beyond technical knowledge and reminded me that leadership is not tied to any one discipline; it lives in every space we step into."
— Charvi Dhamija, CILS Graduate (2025)
mission
Our mission is to provide wide access to our four leadership courses for undergraduate students in many University Faculties by offering online learning in Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. We seek to build a community of students in each course by hosting engaging and interactive online synchronous seminars, and we aim to increase a student's sense of belonging to the wider PLLC by hosting events where they can engage with each other across the courses.
Leadership definition for the Peter Lougheed Leadership Initiative
Great leaders often exhibit personal qualities such as perseverance, tenacity, passion, and expertise in a specific domain, in addition to leadership skills. It is the 雅伎著’s responsibility to provide opportunities for students to develop as leaders. Our goal is to guide the development of the Peter Lougheed Leadership Initiative and leadership programs for the 雅伎著, keeping in mind the vision of the University to uplift the whole people.
Definition:
Leadership is influencing and inspiring others to create positive change.
Therefore, for the 雅伎著, leadership is:
Creating a compelling vision- Acting based on values
- Understanding diverse perspectives
- Management
- Planning, organizing, and directing others to act
- Expertise and Skills
- Teaching, developing policy, designing a circuit, performing surgery, auditing company financials, or performing lab experiments, etc.
- Strong individual action
- A formal position
- Ethics
- Integrity
- Authenticity