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Air Canada Receives Gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Leadership Development Program

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Air Canada Receives Gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Leadership Development Program. (2026, September 22). Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/globenewswire/air-canada-receives-gold-brandon-hall-group-excellence-award-for-leadership-development-program/article_58bddc8e-bba1-53a0-9e09-fdac14b11032.html

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Air Canada received a Brandon Hall Group Gold HCM Excellence Award for its leadership development program called Elevate. The award was given in recognition of Best Leadership Development Program and acknowledges the company's commitment to fostering strong, consistent leadership through practical tools and experiences that align with Air Canada’s core leadership values. Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Executive Vice President at Air Canada, highlighted how Elevate supports an engaged workforce and drives performance across the organization since its launch in response to employee feedback.

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On September 22, 2026, Air Canada announced that its leadership development program, Elevate, received the Gold Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Award for Best Leadership Development Program. Created based on employee feedback, Elevate aims to establish a consistent foundation of leadership skills across the organization by providing practical tools and experiences. Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Executive Vice President at Air Canada, highlighted that this award underscores the company's dedication to fostering strong leadership and an engaged workforce. The Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards recognize organizations for their exceptional contributions in human capital management.

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Air Canada Air Canada’s Canada Elevate MONTRÉAL

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Air Canada ORG · 9× Air Canada’s ORG · 5× Canada GPE · 3× MONTRÉAL GPE · 2× Aeroplan ORG · 1× Arielle Meloul-Wechsler PERSON · 1× Elevate ORG · 1× Skytrax ORG · 1× Star Alliance ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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“This recognition reflects Air Canada’s commitment to developing strong, consistent leadership across our organization,” said Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and Public Affairs at Air Canada.

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2026-09-22 · Toronto Star

Air Canada Receives Gold Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award for Leadership Development Program · assertive framing

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Air Canada today announced that its leadership development program, Elevate, has been recognized with a Brandon Hall Group Gold HCM Excellence Award in the category of Best Leadership Development Program. asserted

program → announce → Program

Created in response to employee feedback, Elevate was designed to help establish a shared foundation for leadership across Air Canada. asserted

Elevate → create → Canada

The program equips leaders with practical tools and experiences that support learning, application, and reflection, while reinforcing the company’s leadership commitments: inspiring people, enabling performance, and finding solutions. asserted

that → equip → solutions

Wechsler → reflect → Canada

“Elevate demonstrates our belief that great leadership is essential to fostering an engaged workforce, delivering strong performance, and creating an environment where people can do their best work. asserted

people → demonstrate → work

We are proud of everyone who contributed to making this program a success.” asserted

program → contribute → everyone

The Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards recognize organizations that have successfully developed and implemented programs, strategies, and tools that drive measurable business results through human capital management initiatives. asserted

that → recognize → initiatives

Since its launch, Elevate has helped strengthen leadership across Air Canada by giving leaders a common framework to apply new skills, and support employees in doing their best work. asserted

Elevate → help → work

Air Canada is Canada’s largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world’s most comprehensive air transportation network. asserted

Canada → found → Alliance

Headquartered in Montréal, Air Canada provides scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and internationally on six continents. asserted

Canada → provide → continents

It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. asserted

It → hold → Skytrax

Members can earn or redeem points on the world’s largest airline partner network of more than 50 airlines, plus through an extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental partners. asserted

Members → earn → partners

Through Air Canada Vacations, it offers a selection of vacation and Flight & Hotel packages, tours, cruises, car rentals, and experiences. asserted

it → offer → packages

Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada’s passenger and freighter aircraft. asserted

division → provide → aircraft

Air Canada’s climate-related ambition includes a long-term aspirational goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. asserted

ambition → relate → 2050

Air Canada shares are publicly traded on the TSX (AC). asserted

shares → trade → TSX