For Participants, the Community, and for Sponsors

To You:

• A process to understand yourself, in the context of personal growth and discovery through our focus to surface and strengthen your passions, values, and capacity to make a significant difference in your community.

 • The opportunity to enhance and expand your knowledge related to how people from diverse backgrounds and communities function; how they interact with each other, and how decisions are made that positively impact residents, and most importantly how to use your critical thinking, dialogue and conversation, and community engagement skills. 

• An opportunity to share and exchange with others your personal meaning and value of community, your ways of thinking, and construct your future ideas to take action to make a contribution to the community

An opportunity to understand change in yourself and community, using a Gentle Action approach - one step at a time, small steps, eventually resulting in bold steps. 

• A safe space to become involved as an active member of a unique and growing network of Canadians, who have knowledge, community engagement skills, and bring their Muslim community ethics, values, passion and vision to this learning experience

• A distinctive opportunity to build a long-term relationship with a mentor who will assist you with skills, knowledge, strategies, and access to other networks and people to strengthen your interest and passion in leading in community. 

• A range of high impact tools and techniques to aid in understanding complex ideas and concepts by: engaging community and empowering others; becoming individuals who manage change; building and sustaining visionary action in community; and strengthening community organizations. 

• A personal development plan (PATH) for your interest and passion in leading in community; to grow, expand and be integrated into your community, your family and your work life

To the Community

 • An increased number of women and men who are committed to assume roles where they collaborate with others; they are reflective of the multicultural, and multi-ethnic diversity of Canadian Muslims.

• A community talent pool embodying the traditions of wisdom, consultation, justice, equity, freedom of thought and inner reflection and who continue to renew community.

• An increased number of innovative ideas and actions that serve to further develop the Muslim community’s interests in a strong and inclusive Canada.

• A renewed and strengthened commitment by Canadian Muslims to engage the broader Canadian community and become engaged in roles to strengthen Canada now and in the future.

• Increased community cohesion, based on shared values, a shared vision of Muslim communities in the Canadian context, and a recognition of their diversities.

• A reinvigorated determination to grow, strengthen, and renew the diverse Canadian Muslim community by engaged and passionate people.

 To Sponsors

 • The benefit of serving a perpetual charity with an educational end in mind, and ensuring a strong future for Canadian Muslims.

• The benefit of becoming a valued CMLI pioneer supporter by supporting a unique program within the Muslim community of greater Canada.

• The benefit of gaining satisfaction by enabling a range of individuals to meet their potential and having a strong vision for the future of the Canadian Muslim community.

• The benefit of supporting an aspiring, passionate individual who wishes to collaborate with others, and strengthen community (who is mentored and guided during the program)