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 — and they’re 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 Kelowna General Hospital Foundation, 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’s 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’t 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
South African and Canadian students meet their professors, as well as leaders of nonprofit organizations, in Johannesburg, South Africa. This year, graduate students in the…
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MPNL & CAPSI Intensify Their Partnership
Dr. Keratiloe Mogotsi speaks at a panel discussion, “Philanthropy in a Global Context: Trends to Watch,” hosted during the MPNL program’s 10th anniversary celebrations on…
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“The MPNL program came at the right time, when we were starting to take the sector more seriously.”–Kristina 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’s 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:
Banner photo of office is courtesy of Copernico P.