This Professional Certificate equips you with the essential skills to create, implement, assess, and communicate a Social Impact Measurement Strategy for a new program, or to modify or evaluate an existing one.
For full program details, including dates and registration, visit the SIMPC Program Website
Module 1: Fundamentals of Social Impact Measurement
Build a strong foundation in the core concepts and language of social impact measurement. Explore key frameworks and approaches used across sectors, and examine how organizations define, assess, and communicate impact.
Participants will compare qualitative and quantitative methodologies, understand the role of Theory of Change, and explore how impact data is used in nonprofits, social enterprises, and corporations.
Module 2: Theory of Change
Learn how to design and apply a Theory of Change and Logic Model to guide your organization’s social impact strategy.
This module focuses on aligning mission, values, and strategy with measurable outcomes, while meaningfully engaging partners and those affected by your work. Participants will explore ethical frameworks, risks such as greenwashing, and practical tools for operationalizing impact measurement.
Culminating work includes: developing a Theory of Change, logic model, and a clear impact thesis for an organization.
Module 3: Developing a Metrics and Data Collection Strategy
Design a robust approach to measuring impact through appropriate metrics, indicators, and data systems.
Participants will learn how to select and apply frameworks (e.g., UN SDGs, IRIS+, SROI), build a data pipeline, and ensure indicators capture meaningful change over time. The module also addresses stakeholder engagement, power dynamics, and capacity considerations in data collection.
Culminating work includes: creating a comprehensive metrics and data collection strategy.
Module 4: Making the Business and Impact Case
Develop a compelling case for social impact measurement within your organization.
This module explores the costs, benefits, and strategic value of impact measurement, including resource allocation, stakeholder alignment, and long-term sustainability. Participants will assess risks and opportunities, and connect impact initiatives to broader organizational strategy and systems change.
Culminating work includes: building a business and impact case for senior leadership, including cost analysis and strategic alignment.
Module 5: Social Impact Reporting and Communication Strategies
Learn how to effectively communicate social impact to diverse audiences.
Participants will explore reporting formats and tools—from dashboards to formal reports—and examine best practices in clarity, credibility, and strategic alignment. The module emphasizes storytelling, data visualization, and stakeholder engagement to ensure impact is communicated in meaningful and actionable ways.
Culminating work includes: developing a reporting framework and presenting a capstone project, including an outline of both an impact report and evaluation report.
Engage in Meaningful Communication Across Differences
- Delivery: Online via Zoom
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Day of the week: Thursdays
- Dates: February 26 to April 2, 2026
- Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Cost: $150 (includes HST) **15% discount available to alumni of the University of St. Michael’s College and seniors 65+
- Level of Interfaith Dialogue (for learners taking the Diploma in Interfaith Dialogue): Core Course
Course Overview
This foundational course provides a practical introduction to interfaith dialogue, equipping learners with tools to engage in meaningful conversations across religious and cultural differences. Learners will explore the four levels of dialogue — the dialogue of life, the dialogue of action, the dialogue of theological exchange, and the dialogue of religious experience. Emphasising real-world application, this course fosters skills in active listening, and conflict transformation. By the end of the course, you will more confidently navigate interfaith conversations, fostering understanding and collaboration in your communities and professional settings.
**SMCE3000 is the foundational course for the Diploma in Interfaith Dialogue. It is recommended that learners who wish to complete this Diploma program take this course first.
Micro Credential
Learners who successfully complete SMCE3000 will receive a micro credential for this course.
USMC CE is proud to offer micro credentials—digital, verifiable credentials that you own and can share on your résumé, LinkedIn profile, and more. Micro credentials are certifications of assessed learning that focus on specific, relevant skills and competencies. These programs are designed for professionals seeking rapid, practical training to meet today’s social and environmental challenges. Whether you’re advancing your career, or deepening your expertise, our micro credentials deliver focused learning backed by real-world relevance, and academic excellence.
Method of Teaching
This course will be delivered in online via Zoom. Interactive discussions, case-based learning, and reflection will be used to practise the application of tools for effective interfaith dialogue practice.
Learning Outcomes
- Define interfaith dialogue and its significance in today’s world
- Identify and apply the four levels of interreligious dialogue
- Cultivate greater personal openness to, and tools for, interreligious dialogue and engagement, and communicating effectively across difference
- Practice dialogue techniques through structured exercises and real-world scenarios
- Reflect critically on lived examples of interreligious dialogue and collaboration in Canada, the Greater Toronto Area, and students’ own local contexts
- Create a personal or professional action plan for implementing interfaith dialogue skills
About the Instructor
Dr. Mia Theocharis is the Director of Advocacy, Emerging Campuses at Hillel Ontario, where she leads strategic initiatives to support Jewish students and allies on campuses without a formal Hillel presence. In this role, she develops student leadership pipelines, designs targeted programming, and works closely with university administrators and EDI offices to address student concerns. With nearly a decade of experience in higher education—as a researcher, educator, and advocate—she is deeply committed to bridging scholarly insight with real-world impact. Mia completed her PhD in Theological Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. Her research explores Jewish-Christian relations from the 19th to 21st centuries, with particular attention to antisemitism, the Holocaust, and the Second Vatican Council declaration Nostra aetate. Through historical methodology, critical analysis, and interdisciplinary research, her work aims to confront antisemitism, foster interreligious and interideological understanding, and ensure the lessons of the past inform our present. Her dissertation, supported by a prestigious SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, examines the development and influence of Canadian Catholic theologian Gregory Baum’s theological thought on Jewish-Christian relations in Canada and internationally. In the classroom, Mia cultivates inclusive spaces where students grapple with complex histories, reflect on their contemporary relevance, and engage in interfaith dialogue as a vital practice for understanding others as they understand themselves—grounded in empathy, humility, and intellectual integrity.
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