9 Best Organizational Leadership in Canada for 2024

Dalhousie University is a U15 Canadian Research Institution located in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Canada’s beautiful East Coast. Our Faculty of Management, home to Dalhousie's Master of Public Administration program, boasts a reputation for developing private sector, public sector and civil society leaders who manage with integrity and make things happen. Starting each September, our comprehensive two-year full-time program (part-time also available) seeks to equip students with the management skills tailored for public service organizations. Moreover, it fosters a deep understanding of governmental structures, processes, and policies, encompassing not only government bodies but also public agencies and policy groups operating within the public sector. Combined with a paid summer internship and dedicated professional development courses, our graduates are prepared to make a real difference in the lives of those they serve.

Guelph’s Master of Arts (MA) in Leadership program is a life and career changing experience that will enhance your leadership competencies, transforming you into the leader you want to be.

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is tailored for busy public and non-profit managers who seek to enhance their credentials and broaden their horizons. The UAS MPA program comes to you where you live and work in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, and is delivered through live classes streamed over various internet technologies (anywhere students have access to high speed Internet connection). The program combines the relationships and structure of the traditional classroom with the accessibility of a distance delivered program to create a stable, supportive, and high quality education.

The Master of Administrative Science (MAS) degree is a 30-credit degree to enhance the administrative and leadership skills of graduates. The program combines both cognitive and affective (interactive) instruction through case studies, simulations, individual and group exercises, and fieldwork that helps to develop critical managerial effectiveness. The MAS educational experience seeks to develop critical administrative competencies in a supportive learning environment in conjunction with specific and clear feedback.

Four out of ten people in management in Saskatchewan are over the age of 55. This means there will be a significant amount of retirements on the horizon which is an opportunity for those with the right combination of skills, experience, and education. The Bachelor of Applied Management (BAMgt) provides journeypersons and non-business diploma and certificate graduates with the ability to leverage their existing education and experience into a bachelor's degree with only the equivalent of two years of additional study, which can be completed either full or part-time.

The Master of Management (MM) program at the University of Niagara Falls Canada, is designed to equip graduates with the knowledge, skills and practical experience needed to become entrepreneurs and drive digital transformation. This interdisciplinary program offers two specializations: Entrepreneurship and Emerging Technology. Students can focus on developing successful business plans or assessing and implementing new technologies for a competitive advantage.

A comprehensive program unique to Canada, students enrol in their Specialty Field (Applied, Sciences, Biological Sciences or Global Health Systems in Africa*) while taking Core Courses in management and communications.

This master's degree has been developed for people who want to expertly manage projects of various natures and sizes. The managers resulting from this program will be able to design projects adapted to particular contexts and manage them taking into account the previously established constraints.

Multidisciplinary, holistic and forward-looking, the Telfer Ph.D. in Management program is unique, challenging and carries high expectations for students. Specializing in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (OBHR) will allow students to gain insight into the “human” side of work, such as individual-level topics (e.g., recruitment, selection, job analysis), relational topics (e.g., relationships between individuals at work, leaders-followers, conflict management, diversity, equity) and organizational-level topics (e.g., organizational learning, change management, compensation systems, industrial relations) as well as topics from complementary disciplines such as psychology and sociology.