Welcome to the Emerging Leaders Resource Centre
Whether you’re a youth volunteer stepping into a leadership role or a nonprofit organization preparing to host and mentor future changemakers, the Emerging Leaders Resource Centre is here to support you.
This space is designed to guide you through every stage of your Emerging Leaders Placement Project journey—equipping you with practical tools, insightful content, and meaningful resources that ensure your experience is inclusive, impactful, and empowering.
Built to Support Your Leadership Journey
Our team will support you every step of the way—from recruiting volunteers based on your organization’s needs to matching you with participants who align with your mission and values. Volunteers arrive ready to contribute, equipped with orientation, leadership training, and a deep commitment to community service. Together, we’re building stronger communities through youth leadership—and the Emerging Leaders Resource Centre is here to guide and support you at every stage of that journey.
Indigenous Reconciliation & Cultural Safety Resources
Supporting the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this section includes culturally grounded resources for organizations and individuals. Whether you're learning how to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into your work or seeking to strengthen cultural safety in your organization, these tools are here to help you lead with respect and understanding.
Volunteer Engagement and Placement
We partner with nonprofits to create meaningful, culturally safe volunteer roles designed with youth input. Our focus is on accessibility and support, ensuring every young person feels valued and can fully participate, regardless of their background or ability.
Land Acknowledgement
The Women in Leadership Foundation acknowledges that our head office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the Syilx / Okanagan people who have been here since time immemorial. We recognize, honour, and respect the Syilx / Okanagan territory upon which we live, work, and play.
The Okanagan Nation is comprised of 7 member communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia: Okanagan Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Penticton Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, and Westbank First Nation; and in Northern Washington State, the Colville Confederated Tribes.
tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ means the land in the nsyilxcən language and everything that lives and interacts on it. It is an all-encompassing word that expresses the intersectionality of land and nature.
Women in Leadership also recognizes, honours and respects the presence of all Indigenous people, past, present and future.
Funding Acknowledgement
The Emerging Leaders Placement Program is funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada Service Corps Program.
We are proud to support youth leadership, community engagement, and volunteerism across Canada thanks to this vital funding.
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