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A World of Everyday Impacts:

The 3rd Annual Impact Leadership Conference

Join us on Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th for Impact's 3rd Annual Leadership Conference!

Friday March 23rd: Keynote Speaker Bilaal Rajaan

Bilaal Rajan is a published author, child activist, successful fundraiser, Unicef Canada's Child Ambassador, and founder of the Hands for Help organization and the Bilaal Rajan Foundation. At age 16, Bilaal is an incredible example of youth leadership and inspiration in action. Taking place in downtown Peterborough at the Venue, this evening event will include a dinner, the keynote talk by Rajan, and a TCSA Leadership Awards ceremony. This is a semi-formal event.

6:00 PM - Doors open to students

6:30 PM - Dinner

8:00 PM - Bilaal Rajan Keynote Talk

9:00 PM - Awards Ceremony

Saturday March 24th: Workshops and Closing Keynote

Join us at Gzowski College for a full day of workshops on a variety of leadership-related themes. Lunch will be provided. For more information about Saturday workshops, please click on the Workshops and Events tab.

 

Access to both events is $5.00 per student. Registration and payment is currently taking place at the Office of Student Affairs (BH 112), the TCSA Office (CC S110), and all of the College Offices.

 

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What is Impact?

Trent University is committed to developing its students as leaders.  Impact is an innovative and exciting leadership program that prepares students to assume a wide variety of leadership roles within the Trent community and beyond.  Students who complete this co-curricular experience will have the knowledge and skills to assist them in becoming productive, compassionate and effective leaders.  Involvement beyond the classroom is a vital part of your university education and helps to complement your academic experience.  Impact is a certificate program and an excellent addition to your resume.  Learn, enhance and develop your leadership skills to set you up for success now and in the future.

Impact Streams

When you register for Impact, you'll be asked to select a stream.  You can select as many as you like!

Impact 101
Focusing on the "nuts and bolts" of leadership, this theme focuses on self discovery and building confidence. Workshop topics may include: Assertiveness, Myers Briggs type Indicator, Communication Styles and Personal Strengths Assessment.

Social Responsibility
Students choosing this stream will work to form a team that will be ready to respond to community challenges, and explore service learning options. Workshops may include: Working In The Non-Profit Sector, Anti-Oppression, Diversity, Service Learning and "Local Solutions To Global Issues"

Professionalism
As students begin to explore career options and develop plans for the future, this stream looks to provide guidance in job seeking, portfolio building and other skills. Workshops may include: "The Job Hunt", Interviewing Skills, "Are You Trainable?", Resume and Portfolio Creation.

 

 

 

Register to be part of Impact!

Please click here to register.  Fill out the form and you're good to go!

You will be asked to login to our Co-Curricular Record portal with your MyTrent username and password.

 

 

 

Common questions about Impact

I really like the sound of this program but is it a lot to take on?

Quite simply no. What you put into the program, at minimum, is what you'll get out of it.  Ideally you'll get so much more!  Per week Impact isn't a big commitment.  Workshops occur on a fortnightly (every other week) or monthly basis.  From the list of workshops, we ask that participants attend 5 in total for the academic year.

Aside from the workshops, students can attend the retreats which are not mandatory, but strongly encouraged and these generally occur once per semester.

The final component is Service Learning which is 25 hours of volunteer work over the course of the entire year.  This can be done on weekends or spread out over the school year. The service learning hours must be completed by the end of April.

Is there a cost to join Impact?

No!  Some events such as retreats or guest speakers may require a fee but workshops are free.  The only exception to this would be workshops where a guest speaker charges a fee.  For example: First Aid or Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI).

The list of workshops is designed so that a student can attend the required 5 workshops without having to pay a fee.