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AAPPA is proud to bring the training back the APPA Leadership Program to Halifax with a special offer. AAPPA is subsidizing the cost of the training bringing it down to 550USD (approx. 750 CAD) for all its institutional members. Typically, this training would be $995 USD (approx. 1375) plus travel costs.

To register, please use the following link and coupon code. There are limited seats available so please see your training manager and register today.

https://www.appa.org/events/leadership-academy-level-i–halifax-nova-scotia-aappa

Discount code of AAPPA_LA_DISCOUNT

**You will need to register for an APPA account to complete the registration process. It will be a great chance for you to explore the new website portal APPA has just launched. You will also soon be able to access your training records and register for other webinars and other training.

Leadership Academy

APPA Leadership Academy – Level 1
Nov 3 – 12pm start time
Nov 4 – 8:00am to 4:00pm – Breakfast Served at 7:00am
Nov 5 – 8:00am to 4:00pm – Breakfast Served at 7:00am
Nov 6 – 8:00am to 12:00pm – Breakfast Served at 7:00am. Attendees for the academy may join the Annual Fall Conference Starting @ 12:00pm, if registered.

Level I: Individual Effectiveness Skills (approved for 24 AIA CLUs)
APPA > Your Partner In Educational Excellence > Leadership Academy > Level I: Individual Effectiveness Skills (approved for 24 AIA CLUs)
Level I helps your institution achieve sustained superior results by focusing on making individual leaders more effective. The most successful teams and organizations are led and driven by the character, strengths, and talents of their individual members. Developing that strength of character and releasing individual potential is an inside-out process. Level I helps participants explore their values and highest priorities, increase productivity by staying focused on those priorities, improve leadership skills and trust-based relationships, and achieve a healthy work/life balance. Participants will discover that the pursuit of effectiveness will have enduring positive impacts on both their personal and professional lives. This level includes a 360-degree benchmark providing participants with feedback from managers, peers, and direct reports and clear indicators of their top strengths as well as areas to target for improvement.

Skills Learned
• Leaders learn to be effective leaders, not victims, and are responsible and accountable for their actions and subsequent consequences.
• Leaders learn to live by a personal vision, mission, and values commitment that serves to guide their life.
• Leaders learn that credibility and integrity stem from personal trustworthiness that is demonstrated in all they say and do.

https://www.appa.org/professional-development/leadership-academy/

HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Hotel Halifax
Directions to the Hotel
1990 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1P2

Room Rate: $159 per night Standard Room 1 King Bed or 2 Queen Beds.

To receive the special guestroom rate, delegates can call the toll-free reservations number at 1-833-357-8155 and ask for the “AAPPA Fall Conference”. Alternatively, below is a weblink that you can forward along to your attendees (or include on your website) so attendees can book directly on-line and receive the special rate. Please note attendees can use the weblink below to make their reservations in a variety of browsers such as Chrome Safari, Firefox however it is currently not compatible with Internet Explorer.

https://reservations.travelclick.com/108084?groupID=4818692

Attendees can make their reservations up until October 10, 2025, to receive the special group rate. Please note the discounted rate will no longer be available after that date. Once the rooms are released, availability may be limited, and any additional rooms will be at a higher rate.

Parking: Covered self-parking is available in the Scotia Square parkade. For unlimited in and out access, bring your parking ticket to get validated at the front desk for $30 (Inclusive of tax), the same price as the parkade. Limited oversize (5’11” and up) parking is available in the Ablermarle P3 Entrance and in front of the hotel (weather dependent).

Sincerely,

Jason Penney
VP Professional Development
AAPPA

On June 5 -6, 2025; the AAPPA executive met with a majority of its members at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax NS.

In addition to the regular business meetings and round table discussions, 2 new executive were voted in.  Tom Gilmore from UNB was elected as AAPPA President and Jason Penny from DAL was elected VP of Professional Development.  AAPPA would like to thank outgoing President Craig Hickey and outgoing VP of PD Kris Kiersted for their years of service and dedication to AAPPA.

At the end of the day we were treated to a tour of MSVU.  Many thanks to our host Tom Strapps and team at ‘The Mount’.