Youth
Project
Two-Eyed Seeing Network
Ongoing and persistent labour and skill shortages coupled with underemployment among key segments of the population, notably Indigenous youth have left the connections between industry and Indigenous populations to remain underdeveloped.
Research
Can social and emotional skills be taught?
In this research, we explore the challenges of teaching and learning social and emotional skills in the classroom. Based on interviews with 40 college instructors and...
In the Media
Taking Stock - The labour market is tight but many jobs may disappear, how can young people prepare?
BNN Bloomberg | July 7, 2023
Project
Strength in Structure
The Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity’s Strength in Structure project engaged Black youth and Black-focused, Black-led and Black-serving, or B3, community organizations to develop a toolkit intended to improve delivery of services to meet the needs of Black youth job seekers.
Research
Digital skills and the skills gap
For more than 20 years, industry has been decrying the skills gap and the need for digital skills. The problem of the so-called “digital skills...
Project
Building capacity in Indigenous early childhood education
The project explores how Indigenous communities can be engaged in the care and education of their children and how they might advocate for better and more equitable services and programing.
Research
Labour market implications for racialized youth
Through a review of academic and industry reports and an analysis of policies and programs, this report aims to identify the barriers faced by racialized youth in employment and education;
Blog
Skills Training for Youth
With employers reporting skills gaps in their workforce, the need for structured training and upskilling programs that equip youth for employment success has never been...
In the Media
Real estate development incubator aims to increase industry diversity
A new incubator program aims to make the real estate development industry more reflective of the city’s diversity. Led by consulting firm Monumental and the University of Toronto Infrastructure Institute, the FutureBUILDS BIPOC Real Estate Development Incubator invites mid-career entrepreneurs for a five-month course that will provide training, connections and on-site learning.