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at building a program that would serve
that sector. We found there was a real
lack of any kind of degree programs at the
graduate level for professionals who work
in the area of leadership or management in
the not-for-proˆt or social purpose sector."
The university began a consultative
process, involving scholars, researchers,
practitioners and managers from the not-
for-proˆt sector. That process resulted in
the design of the
MAGL, which welcomed its
ˆrst cohort in February 2015. The 24-month
degree program focuses on building and
enhancing globally minded leadership
capacities among o¤cials, managers and
sta… working in international non-govern-
ment organizations (
INGOs), international
government organizations, indigenous
organizations or other types of globally
based social purpose organizations.
The course is structured to be •exible
for people who are working for an orga-
nization anywhere in the world. It begins
with a 10-week online course. Students
then meet face-to-face during a three-week
residential course at the Royal Roads
campus in Victoria. This is followed by
four online courses and another one-week
residency in Victoria, and an optional
international leadership ˆeld experience
trip. "The students come in as a cohort and
so they develop strong bonds with each
other throughout their learning journey,"
says Rowe. "They create a learning com-
munity, and because of that bonding, they
support each other through di¤culties as
well as help each other keep up with the
course work."
The online courses use a platform
called Moodle, which features resources,
course materials and assignments. The
instructor facilitates discussions on an
ongoing basis, and the coursework gener-
ally requires between 15 and 20 hours a
week of study time. The ˆnal requirement
is a capstone project, which is chosen by
the student and supervised by an instruc-
tor. It must have a leadership focus and it
could be the implementation of a program
or the design of a curriculum.
Students also have the option of creat-
ing their own specialization, by taking
courses in other areas of Royal Roads
University and then transferring them into
the
MAGL degree program. Several courses
in the program cover areas that could
also appeal to someone who works in the
for-proˆt sector, such as strategic analysis,
decision-making, ˆnancial models and
TWU has always been com-
mitted to building capacity
of Canada's non-proˆt orga-
nizations. For this purpose,
it o…ers the Non-Proˆt and
Charitable Organizations
Management specialization,
which is to tour companies
and meet with executives
from global and local brands
Flexible MBA programs are
ideal for young professionals
who are already working
