Share:

Learn More

Governance, Leadership and Ethics

Students who will thrive in Huron’s new Major in Governance, Leadership & Ethics (GLE) recognize we live and work in an increasingly complex, interdependent and uncertain world. They understand, or are determined to understand, the need for new decision-making models and the influences of different leadership styles. They are keen to participate in civic affairs and contribute to the well-being of their local and global communities.

GLE is designed to help students fully grasp the challenges of contemporary governance and develop the know-how for leadership that is inclusive, accountable and effective. The goal of GLE is to develop Leaders with Heart who are able to meet the growing demand for ethical and transformative leadership in the private, public and non-profit sectors.

GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP & ETHICS (GLE) BROCHURE

Alumni

Leaders with Heart need to know how to conduct their teams and themselves in ways that protect and promote positive values. There are huge differences between people in positions of power who take it, rather than earning the admiration and cooperation of their follows. Learn how Governance, Leadership & Ethics has helped Huron graduates to lead others more successfully toward their goals – in community, corporate, government and other various sectors.

If you want to Lead with Heart like these strategic individuals, considering studying within this program to refine your understanding of how to motivate others in ways that command respect.

  • Volunteering is essential for developing a compassionate heart and a realistic worldview.
    Ailin Chant
    Fourth year, Major, Governance, Leadership, & Ethics, Minor, Health Sciences
    Read more
HONORS SPECIALIZATION
SPECIALIZATION
MAJOR
MINOR
GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP & ETHICS

Huron’s GLE Major integrates teaching, research and community-based learning (CBL) into the analysis of organizational behaviour, civic engagement and social responsibility in decision making.

Students majoring in GLE are required to take three courses:

– Governance
– Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory
– Leadership

After successfully completing these courses, they may choose from selected courses from three groupings:

– The Governance Group
– The Leadership Group
– The Ethics Group

Learn more about the Governance, Leadership & Ethics major.

Professors

You know professors are dedicated to their students’ learning when faculty members across multiple departments come together to create a unique interdisciplinary learning experience that intersects a wide variety of programs, while also incorporating intensive research and community engagement opportunities.

During your pursuit of a Governance, Leadership & Ethics specialization, you will work with a faculty advisor to develop individual research-learning opportunities and connect with community-based and professional organizations for experiences where theory meets practice.

Learn more about professors who are going to help you fully grasp the ever-changing challenges facing our world’s Leaders – within and beyond the classroom.

Governance, Leaderships & Ethics Department

Professors

GLE:  Environmental Science

 

  • Our students will be called to serve in a rapidly changing and complex world. Collaborative leadership and ethical governance are increasingly crucial to ensuring the common good. Rather than “trading off” the economy, environment, and community, we need to find ways to work together for sustainable, inclusive development.
    Neil Bradford, PhD
    Coordinator and Professor - Governance Leadership and Ethics (GLE); Professor, Political Science
    Read more
  • The two greatest influences on Dr. Irwin’s personal approach to teaching are John Dewey and his focus on community, democracy and the engaged citizen, and Paulo Freire and his advocacy of critical pedagogy as a means of understanding how hegemony works, how oppression occurs and using education to resist oppression and engage agency.
    Bill Irwin, PhD
    Professor Emeritus, Management and Organizational Studies, Professor, Governance, Leadership and Ethics
    Read more
  • Huron’s academic program equips undergraduate students with essential tools: how to think, how to lead, how to make ethical decisions, how to drive change, and how to address fundamental inequities in our world. No matter the career path ahead for the students, these tools will make them more effective leaders in their chosen fields — and better citizens.
    Kathryn Graham, PhD
    Assistant Professor, MOS, Political Science, Governance, Leadership and Ethics
    Read more

Governance, Leadership and Ethics Course Intro

Huron’s new Major in Governance, Leadership & Ethics (GLE) is designed to fully grasp the challenges of contemporary governance and develop the know-how for leadership that is inclusive, accountable and effective. The goal of GLE is to develop students who are able to meet the growing demand for ethical and transformative Leadership with Heart in the private, public and non-profit sectors.

 

GLE Minor in Environmental Stewardship

The GLE’s Minor in Environmental Stewardship brings together different disciplinary perspectives on climate change and sustainability, examining governance, leadership and ethical issues arising over time at scales from the global to the local. Environmental Stewardship is a term that has deep historical roots and is now beginning to be used widely again in natural resources management and conservation, and urban governance and community sustainability practices. The GLE Environmental Stewardship Minor provides learning opportunities to integrate theory and practice, exploring the scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems, as well as the spiritual and ethical principles, and public policy frameworks, that inform environmental stewardship in the 21st century.

Admission Requirements

Completion of First Year with an average of 60%.

Module 4.0 Courses

0.5 Course GLE2004F/G Environmental Stewardship

1.0 Courses: GLE 2001F/G Introduction to Governance; GLE 2002 F/G: Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory; GLE 2003F/G Introduction to Leadership,

2.5 Courses*:

GLE 3004F/G Environmental Stewardship

GGB 3001F/G Nature and Technology

CGS 3531F/G Global Energy Regimes

HIS 4202F/G Confronting Colonialism: Land, Literacies and Learning in Indigenous North America

PHIL 3850F/G Climate Justice

POLS 3379E Global Environmental Politics

*(Up to 1.0 other courses may be substituted with permission from the Coordinator.)

Governance, Leadership and Ethics: 2024-25 Course Line-up

2024-25 – Governance

Introduces students to the theories and models of contemporary governance and explores their implementation in organizational settings across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

Courses 2024/25  (see section for Brief Course outline)

  • GLE 1010G Foundations of Governance, Leadership and Ethics (Neil Bradford)  550
  • GLE 2001F Introduction to Governance (Jesse Helmer)  550 / 551
  • GLE 2001G Introduction to Governance (Jesse Helmer)  550
  • GLE 2010G Introduction to Public Policy and Governance (Kate Graham)  550

2024-25 – Leadership

Introduces students to principled leadership as a foundation for decision-making and evaluation, considering power, influence, collaboration and citizen engagement.

Courses 2024/25 (see section for Brief Course outline)

  • GLE 2003F  – Introduction to Leadership (Kate Graham) 550 / 551
  • GLE 2003G  –  Introduction to Leadership (Kate Graham) 550 / 551
  • GLE 3003F – Special Topics in Governance Leadership: Citizens Governing (Kate Graham)  550
  • GLE 3007G  – Leadership in Historical Perspective (David Blocker) 550

2024-25 – Ethics

Introduces students to questions about ethics and values in contemporary governance, exploring how conceptions of the common good are contested and constructed through public leadership.

Courses 2024/25  (see section for Brief Course outline)

  • GLE 2002F Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory (Jonathan Marsh / Emerson Doyle)  550 / 551
  • GLE 2002G Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory (Emerson Doyle / Jonathan Marsh / 550 / 551
  • GLE 3002G The Ethics of Leadership (Sara Macdonald)  550
  • GLE 3011F Animals in Law and Policy (Kendra Coulter)  550
  • GLE 4010F Governance Theories and Thinkers (Neil Bradford)  550

2024-25 – The GLE Capstone Course  (see section for Brief Course outline)

Offers students a range of options to integrate their studies across the Governance, Leadership, and Ethics themes including major research papers, community-based learning, and collaborative governance projects.

GLE4001E The GLE Capstone Course (Neil Bradford, Michelle Baldwin, Malvin Wright, AnnaLise Trudel)  550

2024-25 – Environmental Studies and Stewardship  (see section for Brief Course outline)

Introduces students to the science, governance, and policies shaping key environmental issues ranging from climate change to loss of biodiversity and air and water pollution.  Issues are explored from contemporary and historical perspectives, and from local to global scales.

Courses 2024/25

Governance

Introduces students to the theories and models of contemporary governance and explores their implementation in organizational settings across the public, private and community sectors.

Courses 2023/24

  • GLE 1010G Foundations of Governance, Leadership and Ethics (Neil Bradford)  550
  • GLE 2001F Introduction to Governance (Jesse Helmer)  550
  • GLE2001G Introduction to Governance (Jesse Helmer)  550
  • GLE 2010G Introduction to Public Policy and Governance (Kate Graham)  550

Courses 2022/2023

  • GLE 2001F Introduction to Governance (Graham / Helmer) 550
  • GLE 2004G – Environmental Stewardship (Brito Patricio)  550
  • GLE 3001G– Gov Topics- Policing, Community and Governance (Kalyal)   550

Courses 2021/2022

  • GLE 2001F – Introduction to Governance (Bradford) 550
  • GLE 3001G – Governance Topics (Brito Patricio) 550
Leadership

Introduces students to principled leadership as a foundation for decision making and evaluation, taking into account power, influence, follower-ship, roles and citizenship.

Courses 2023/24

  • GLE2003F Introduction to Leadership (Kate Graham)  550
  • GLE2003G Introduction to Leadership (Kate Graham)  550
  • GLE2003G Introduction to Leadership (Bill Irwin)  550
  • GLE3003F Special Topics in Governance Leadership: Citizens Governing (Kate Graham)  550
  • GLE3007G Leadership in Historical Perspective (David Blocker)  550

Courses 2022/2023

  • GLE 2003G – Introduction to Leadership (Irwin / Graham) 550 / 551
  • GLE 2004G – Environmental Stewardship (Brito Patricio)  550
  • GLE 3003F – Leadership Topics – Historical Leaders (Blocker)   550

Courses 2021/2022

  • GLE 2003G – Introduction to Leadership (Irwin / Graham) 550 / 551
  • GLE 3003F – Leadership Topics (Blocker) 550
Ethics

A central intellectual theme in GLE studies explores questions about the common good or public interest and how these ideals are contested and constructed through governance and leadership. Today’s societal “grand challenges”, from climate change to income inequality and systemic discrimination, all require collaborative solutions that combine the resources of public, private and nonprofit sectors. However, complex ethical issues arise through collective action as the various stakeholders represent different values, interests, and constituencies. GLE students explore enduring conflicts among rights, obligations, and community, and investigate how such tensions might be directed toward achieving collective well-being.

Courses 2023/24

  • GLE2002F/G Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory (Emerson Doyle)  550
  • GLE3002G The Ethics of Leadership (Sara Macdonald)  550
  • GLE3011G Animals in Law and Policy (Kendra Coulter)  550
  • GLE4010F Governance Theories and Thinkers (Neil Bradford)  550

Courses 2022/2023

The Capstone Course (4th year)

Offers students a range of opportunities to integrate and develop their learning experiences, including a thesis, major research papers, reading course or a community-based consultancy with a written report.

Courses 2023/2024

GLE4001E The GLE Capstone Course (Neil Bradford, Michelle Baldwin, Malvin Wright, AnnaLise Trudel)  550

Courses 2022/2023

GLE 4001E – Capstone Course   Trudell / Baldwin / Wright   550

Courses 2021/2022

GLE 4001E – Capstone Course   Bradford / Baldwin    550

Environmental Studies

An overview of the science underlying key environmental issues (e.g. climate change, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function, air and water pollution, and resource use) and how each issue impacts environmental sustainability from the local to global scale.

Courses 2023/24

Courses 2022-2023

  • ENVIROSCI 1021F – Enviro Science & Sustainability (Vogel)  550
  • ENVIROSCI 1021G – Enviro Science & Sustainability (Hollingshead / DSousa)  550/551
  • GLE 2004G – Environmental Stewardship (Boyer / Brito Patricio) 550

Courses 2021-2022

Courses 2020-2021

Courses 2019-2020

Courses 2018-2019

Governance, Leadership and Ethics Careers

Graduates from Huron’s GLE program will be prepared for leadership roles in government, business and the non-profit sector. GLE graduates will also be prepared to pursue advanced study in graduate studies in the social sciences or at professional schools in business or law.

Where will a degree in Governance, Leadership and Ethics take you?
  • Civil service
  • Government/International agency advisors
  • Policy researchers/consultants
  • Journalism
  • Media
  • Film
  • Business
  • Advocates/Volunteers in community organizations
1

Key Contacts