What Do I Do with This Degree?
The MPNL and DPNL programs are focused on leadership and social and organizational change. Our graduates are executive directors of charities, founders of social enterprises, senior managers in hospital foundations and arts organizations, fundraising directors in associations, and officers in university advancement departments 鈥 and they鈥檙e grant-makers at philanthropic foundations, leaders of corporate responsibility, and policy makers in government. These are individuals who embrace opportunities to make change for a more equitable society, stronger communities and sustainable environment.
Allison Ramchuk became CEO of the , BC, soon after graduating from the MPNL program:
Damilola Abimboye, a student in the MPNL program in 2024, says the program attracts both experienced and less experienced leaders in our sector:
In 2024, Jean Peng spoke to us about her decision to jump from a Film degree to the MPNL program:
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Students Win Prestigious ANSER Award
Anna Hamilton, Jing Jia, Michelle Murphy and Tara Russell receive the ANSER 2025 Master鈥檚 Thesis/Capstone Project Award for their report, Mind Blowing, Powerful, Deficient: Scoping…
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Bob Wyatt on How Increased Transparency Could Strengthen Our Sector
What We Don鈥檛 Know Does Hurt Us: Possible Changes to Laws Related to Charities Charity law in Canada innovates at a glacial pace, but reform…
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A Three-Way Partnership with PFC, PhiLab & MPNL
The MPNL program signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Philanthropic Foundations Canada (PFC) and PhiLab to collaborate in the advancement of philanthropic research, teaching and…
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Students Fly to South Africa as Part of MPNL Course
This year, graduate students in the MPNL program flew from Canada to Johannesburg, South Africa, as part of an MPNL course, Philanthropy and the SDGs,…
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MPNL & CAPSI Intensify Their Partnership
Through a partnership with Johannesburg-based Wits Business School (WBS) and the Ottawa-based 杏吧原创 University, the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) has offered…
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鈥淭he MPNL program came at the right time, when we were starting to take the sector more seriously.鈥濃揔ristina Inrig
Kristina Inrig is a 2016 MPNL graduate and President and CEO of the Sustainable Capacity Foundation, which works to build capacity among small nonprofit organizations…
Find out more:
Visit PANL Perspectives, the MPNL program鈥檚 online platform, to hear from alumni and students about their work, research and workplaces.
Read about advanced internships and final-year Capstone Projects from senior students in the MPNL and DPNL programs.
Watch what students have to say from past years:
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