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Growing Together: Discovering the Community and Collaborative Spirit of Northwestern Ontario

AALP Class 21 travelled to Thunder Bay, Ontario to take part in Seminar 4

A Woman Farmer’s Journey in Leadership

My mom is happiest with her animals. If she was in a bad mood, we all knew how to change the conversation by asking her about her cows or goats! Her sense of awareness of how an animal is doing is one of her many gifts. My dad was the talker. My mom got stuff done...

The Power Hidden in Hardship: AALP Webinar D Recap

There are many different challenges that we will face as leaders, as family and
community members, and in our own personal lives. However, not all challenges we encounter will doom us to failure. History has shown us many examples where challenges can lead to innovative solutions, progress and growth.

AALP’s “Sticky Rice Family” explores Cambodia and Vietnam

Author: Theresa Whalen, AALP Class 4 Alumni from 12 classes and two generations of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) recently explored Cambodia and Vietnam, continuing their lifelong pursuit of curiosity, knowledge, leadership, networking and...

What is your Why

After icebreakers and a bit of getting to know one another, we often ask in our leadership sessions, “What is your Why?”

It’s An Orchid’s Life

I have great admiration for those with indoor green thumbs! While I have in the past had beautiful large perennial flower beds, my indoor plants have never thrived. In fact, there was a time when I told my husband to buy me cut flowers instead of a potted one so I...

Cultivating Resilience: What Kalala Winery Taught AALP Class 21

AALP Class 21 at Kalala Organic Estate Winery, reflecting on leadership, succession and resilience in a changing climate.

Leading Through Complexity – Kelowna, BC

Strong leadership isn’t about simplifying complexity—it’s about navigating it responsibly, consistently and with a clear sense of what truly matters.

Forgetting My Bathing Suit in Banff

One never knows what memories are going to be created or what will stick in the mind after returning from a trip. For me, forgetting my bathing suit was one of those memories I did not realize would come back with me to Ontario and my farm. It all started with a...

Day 1 in Calgary, Alberta – North American Study Tour -From Farm to Fork — and the People Who Make It Possible

Some days we wish we had more hours in them. Day one of our North American Study Tour this wish granted and then some. Starting with a 4:30AM meet at the Toronto Pearson International Airport and arriving in Calgary, Alberta at 9:30AM local time, marked the start of...

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