Institute for Change Leaders

ICL has worked with dozens of different groups—including nonprofits, labour unions, social movements, and service agencies—to develop leaders, teach skills, build power and create change. Scroll down to learn how we're working with partners to make an impact across these issue areas.

Supporting a Strong Democracy
Empowering Workers
Advancing Reconciliation
Building a Just and Sustainable Society
Community Organizations

Let's work together! Whatever change you are looking to make, we can help. Drop us a line and let's talk about how we can turn your passion into action.

ICL Spotlight: MOFIF

In partnership with MOFIF (Movement of Ontarian Francophone Immigrant Women), we launched a non-partisan training program dedicated to supporting racialized Canadians across Canada to run for elected public office. Participants networked, shared their stories, built confidence, and learned the essential tools needed to run a successful election campaign.

ICL Spotlight: UFCW Canada

ICL worked with union communicators from UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Canada to create a communication strategy that put the stories of their members at the center in order to build transformative relationships, make more meaningful connections, and create a sense of shared purpose—leading to a strong, more active union.

ICL Spotlight: Toronto & York Region Métis Council

ICL worked with citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario through the Toronto & York Region Métis Council. Together, we utilized individual and collective storytelling toward building relationships and mounting increasingly effective and inclusive campaigns. By helping align individual participants' personal journeys and leadership experience with their ongoing goals and the aims of the Council, ICL aided citizens' efforts to advance reconciliation, end discrimination, and increase recognition for Métis citizens in Ontario.

Partner Spotlight: Climate Justice Toronto

ICL worked with Climate Justice TO to expand its organizational relationship strategies, placing storytelling at the heart of its environmental advocacy program in order to develop an inclusive, effective and engaging campaign. By channeling members' passion for climate justice through a narrative-based model, we helped the organization translate its core message into an effective strategy for community engagement.

Institute for Change Leaders

Supporting a Strong Democracy

Empowering Workers

Advancing Reconciliation

Building a Just and Sustainable Society

Community Organizations

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