Women in Leadership (WIL) Committee

The WIL committee shall exist for the following reasons:

1. To review Local Association structures and practices to identify opportunities to promote and enhance gender equality and women’s participation in all aspects of a member’s employment and Association life.
2. To study, monitor and advise Local Council on matters affecting women in/into leadership within public education in Alberta and make recommendations for coordinating the work of the Association related to women in/into leadership.
3. To review annually relevant Local Association policy and to submit recommendations to the Local Resolutions Committee, as appropriate; to recommend to Local Council on new policy, as required.
4. To undertake research within budgetary limits.
5. To constitute subcommittees as needed for the purpose of carrying out its mandate.
6. To prepare and submit directly to the Resolutions Committee any reports on relevant resolutions referred to Council by the Annual Representative Assembly.
7. To provide opportunities for networking and support for women in leadership.
8. To cooperate with the Provincial Women in Leadership committee to advance the cause of and information about women in educational leadership.​