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Learning to Lead

Develop your leadership skills and make connections on campus through the Learning to Lead workshop series.

Join us for thought-provoking virtual and in-person workshops. You’ll build life and leadership skills, connect with peers, engage in reflective dialogue, and gain a deeper understanding of yourself and how you can best use your leadership skills within your community.

Open to all U of T undergraduate and graduate students (at the St. George’s campus) from any college or faculty interested in:

  • Getting more involved in the campus community
  • Developing leadership skills
  • Applying for any type of peer mentor or leadership position on campus
  • Meeting new people

Earn CCR recognition

  1. Register for the Learning to Lead workflow on Folio.
  2. Fill in the pre-reflection form.
  3. Attend 5 Learning to Lead workshops.
  4. Fill in the post-reflection.

Disclaimer: Only students from the St. George campus can receive CCR for this workshop series.

*Each workshop counts as 1 credit, students must have 5 credits to gain CCR.

Join any workshop to support your personal growth, build professional skills and prepare for future leadership opportunities.

All of U of T graduate students from the St. George Campus are welcome.

Learning to Lead Workshops

Leadership can be described as “evolving” – as “self-discovery” – and as something that is “subjective”. Each person may have their own definition of leadership based on experience, feedback, reflection, role models, theory, and through discovering passions/goals. Within this walking workshop, we will review what leadership looks like to YOU, explore various leadership models and showcase the evolution of the idea of leadership.

What does being a leader mean to you as a student, a community member, a student leader? What does leading with integrity look like? What role does accountability play in being an effective leader? Within this session we will explore what leadership looks like to YOU, examine various leadership models and showcase the evolution of the idea of leadership. This workshop will also highlight the ways in which integrity, professionalism, and accountability contribute to creating effective leaders and organizations. What do these concepts mean to us as individuals, as members of a student organization, as members of a community? Let’s get together to exchange ideas, discuss and reflect upon our own experiences with these concepts.

What are your interests, values, and goals? What motivates you? If you’re involved in a club or organization, why did you get involved? Have you thought about your vision for the year? This workshop will help you to develop and articulate your vision and values and learn how to engage others in this conversation. Participants will learn about the SMART goals framework and how to implement it for individual and organizational goal setting.

As Leaders, we often face many barriers, both personal and systemic, which challenge or inhibit our ability to Lead with Integrity; to lead from our most attuned selves. This can be further understood and explained through phenomena such as Imposter Phenomenon, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and the Fishbowl Effect. Understanding each of these phenomena supports us in better understanding barriers to leadership in our own lives, while also encouraging us to question the value sets and systems embedded within our concepts and definitions of ‘good leadership’ and our assumptions of leadership more generally.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are frequently discussed on campus, but what do these terms truly mean? How do they relate to our understanding of leadership? This interactive workshop will explore these critical questions, highlighting the importance of recognizing inequity within systems as a foundation for practicing equity. We will further examine how our own power, privilege, and social location influence our perceptions and practices of leadership. Together, we will develop practical tools and commitments to bring equitable leadership into action.

Passion is the fuel that can power you toward the realization of your dreams. To live a truly satisfying and purposeful life you need to know what your passions are so you can fill your day with them. It has become increasingly common for people to feel like they can’t really identify their passions or that they don’t know how to incorporate their passions into their daily life. It is also possible that you might already be living a life of passion without even recognizing it. Within this workshop, we will investigate where your talents may lie, and how these relate to your passions.

What comes to mind when you think about a successful leader or team? Where do “introverts” fit into this? This workshop explores the power and strengths of introverts. “Extroverts” will reflect on how to harness the power of “introverts”for a more inclusive form of leadership that empowers all voices. “Introverts” will reflect on their energy management and identify their unique strengths as leaders to reach their full potential.

Note: There is a maximum capacity for workshops, so please respond to RSVP emails and attend all workshops that you sign up for to avoid taking spaces from other students who would like to participate in our programs.

Workshops can be taken in any order as they’ve been created as stand-alone workshops. If you have any questions, please reach out to leadership@utoronto.ca.

*The Equity and Leadership Workshop also counts for the Equity Education Series.

Learning to Lead Full Day Events

Attend 1 of our Learning to Lead Full Day of Workshops to attain 3 of 5 required credits for Learning to Lead Program CCR requirements in one day.

  • Summer 2025: July 16, 2025
  • Fall 2025: Date available Late September
  • Winter 2026: Date Available in January 2026

*You must register and complete the Learning to Lead re-reflection questions for all workshops and sessions to automatically count towards CCR accreditation. You can check out your progress on Folio!