This blog post, from the Decent Jobs for Youth Initiative, discusses the involvement of youth in youth employment programming. Breaking down meaningful youth engagement, this blog presents a framework that “emphasizes the connection between youth employment and meaningful youth engagement within project and progrmme lifecycles”.
Youth and Young Adults
5 Ways in Which the Workplace Could Serve Young People Better
As part of the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, business leaders met with young professionals to learn how to best support youth in the workplace. This blog post highlights the top five takeaways and shares realistic ways to shape the future of work to be inclusive and welcoming for youth.
Mentoring Empowers Young Entrepreneurs to Grow and Succeed
“A mentor can transform the course o fa young entrepreneur’s business and life”. In this article from Futurpreneur, Corinne Lau speaks to her own experience as a mentor, highlighting the transformative power of mentorship on young startup founders.
Road to Employment: Advice for Youth that Just Makes Sense
In this blog post, Rebecca McCarthy talks about Clinton Nellist and Denis Luchyshyn, the creators behind “Road to Employment”. Nellist and Luchyshyn created a docuseries in 2014, in which they travelled the country talking to career professionals, employers, and recent graduates to learn more about employment opportunities.
Foregrounding First-Voice: The CEIā€™s Youth Advisory Group
In this blog post from the CEI's Youth Engagement Framework, Addy writes about how a Youth Advisory Group was a vital part of building a framework that highlighted youth voices, and accurately presented what youth want to see from employers. For those interested in...
Foregrounding First-Voice: The CEIā€™s Youth Advisory Group
In this blog post from the CEI's Youth Engagement Framework, Addy writes about how a Youth Advisory Group was a vital part of building a framework that highlighted youth voices, and accurately presented what youth want to see from employers. For those interested in...
13 Ways to Modernize Youth Employment in Canada
This report from the Expert Panel on Youth Employment captures and unpacks the barriers to youth employment and provides practical solutions, innovative practices, and 13 recommended actions to best support youth. “Young people want to work. They want to gain independence and contribute to sociaty. It’s our job, as government, employers, educational institutions, unions and support services – all partners in the future of Canada – to make it happen”.
Skills2SucSEED Training Program
Skills2SucSEED is a virtual training program for youth in Nova Scotia connected to social assistance and child welfare systems. In this virtual training program, youth participants develop digital literacy, wellness, and pre-employability skills through workshops, sessions, and an in-person work placement.
A Guide for Navigating the Future of Work for Youth and Employers
This guide and toolkit is for youth and their employers to help navigate the shifting landscape of the future of work. Created by the Tamarack Institute, this guide includes trends in the future of work, challenges to consider, stories and reflections, and useful resources to help both youth and employers to sort through the magnitude of literature on the future of work.
Youth Voices in Youth Employment
This report serves as a roadmap for promoting meaningful youth engagement in youth employment programs. Outlining barriers, responses, and the value of meaningful youth engagement, this report provides insight for funders, implementers, private sector partners, and youth to support the integration of meaningful youth engagement into youth employment programming.