Youth
September 27, 2023
29 minutes
Podcast
Season 3 | Episode 5
Indigenous Youth Entering the Labour Market
350,000 Indigenous youth are set to come of age by 2026, offering unique contributions as they enter the workforce. Discover the multifaceted impacts of Indigenous...
Featuring: Julie Cafley, Michael DeGagné, Kory Wilson
Project
Pathways and Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) for internationally trained and non-traditional applied health professionals
This project sought a better understanding of how PLAR is used, or can be used, to effectively accelerate learners through programs in the applied health sciences.
Project
Two-Eyed Seeing Network
The project aimed to test innovative methods of bringing together a diverse group, including Indigenous communities, Indigenous youth, industry representatives and employers, workforce and social development experts as well as education and training providers.
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;