The GDPL is Canada’s first, and only graduate diploma designed specifically for pharmacists to become leaders. The program aims to equip working pharmacists with the relevant, pharmacy-specific leadership skills needed to meet or exceed the expectations of employers seeking experienced leaders in administrative, corporate, public health, primary care, academic, regulatory, or government roles.
 

Graduates of the GDPL will be able to:

• Apply organizational behaviour and change management principles to the critique of existing leadership and practice models.  
• Apply best practices and latest thinking, to current leadership issues, challenges, and opportunities confronting pharmacy.   
• Apply evidence supporting pharmacy decision- and policy-making to the design, development, and implementation of healthcare policy.  
• Apply specific models of communication and principles of conflict management to lead in challenging circumstances.  
• Interpret and apply best practices and pedagogical principles to lead and educate diverse audiences.  
• Enhance and support leadership development in the self and in others, leveraging individual strengths, values, and roles.