RLPA understands the unique challenges faced by residence life professionals in Western Canada. We provide tailored support to help institutions address regional issues, such as remote student needs, housing affordability, and evolving student demographics.
RLPA offers leadership development, skill-building, and networking opportunities, connecting members with industry leaders across organizations like NWACUHO and ACUHO-I. Whether you're a new professional or a seasoned expert, our community supports your growth at every career stage.
As an RLPA member, you can actively shape the future of the association by joining committees or the Board of Directors. These roles offer opportunities to develop leadership skills, influence key decisions, and contribute to the growth of our profession.
RLPA membership opens the door to a vibrant network of residence life professionals across Western Canada. Through conferences, webinars, and informal meetups, you’ll have the chance to build meaningful connections, share knowledge, and collaborate with peers who are as passionate about creating supportive student communities as you are.
The RLPA meets twice yearly for formal meetings. Not only are these gatherings a great opportunity to catch up with what is happening in the area, but they also provide invaluable professional development. In fact, each meeting has a dedicated professional development time in which a highly qualified individual is asked to come and teach the gathered members about a certain topic.
This development has ranged from personality profiles to assessment best practices, and in each case has provided invaluable learning on the profession’s current hot topics.
Additionally, the RLPA has several elected positions that provide you or your professional team with developmental opportunities. There are vast skills to be gained from being involved in the planning of the LEAD conference, which is the annual RLPA Student leader conference in Gull Lake, Alberta.
Finally, the RLPA provides it’s members with a wealth of information on a variety of topics. So, whether you have a policy question and you wanted some “best practices” information, or perhaps there are conferences you wanted to attend (or might not even know about!) then the RLPA can help.
Membership inquiries to be directed to info@rlpa.ca
