Agricultural leadership program opens applications for new intake
May 6, 2021
The Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) is now accepting applications for Class 19.
During the 18-month executive program, 30 individuals will embark on a personal leadership journey to realize their potential, while exploring the agri-food sector from the local to the international level.
Each AALP Class is chosen with attention to creating a team that can provide peer-to-peer mentorship, diverse viewpoints and a broad network.
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“It’s exciting and affirming to see the high caliber of talent that applies,” says Gabe Ferguson, Leadership Programs Director. “With their experience of a world pandemic this past year, I’m anticipating a keen group of leaders ready to share new ideas.”
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many of society’s most urgent issues.
And that includes gender inequities, which have resulted in women – particularly those in rural communities – experiencing a greater impact than men from the pandemic, said Ashleigh Weeden, the keynote speaker during a Women’s Centre Grey-Bruce virtual event to honour International Women’s Day Monday.
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“The necessary responses to COVID and the way it’s impacted all aspects of our lives tend to fall disproportionally on women because of the roles that women are occupying in our social, economic and political systems,” said Weeden, a PhD candidate in rural studies at the University of Guelph.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many of society’s most urgent issues.
And that includes gender inequities, which have resulted in women – particularly those in rural communities – experiencing a greater impact than men from the pandemic, said Ashleigh Weeden, the keynote speaker during a Women’s Centre Grey-Bruce virtual event to honour International Women’s Day March 8.
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“The necessary responses to COVID and the way it’s impacted all aspects of our lives tend to fall disproportionally on women because of the roles that women are occupying in our social, economic and political systems,” said Weeden, a PhD candidate in rural studies at the University of Guelph.
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