How Pathways Helped Vaksan Navigate His Career Journey.
How Pathways helped Vaksan navigate his career journey
Vaksan was interested in pursuing a career in the business and finance fields. While he had an idea of what he wanted to do, he was still figuring out the steps to get there. That’s where the Pathways Program comes in...Read more.
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#NACYNetwork Monthly Meetings are a chance to connect to others in the sector! For our November meeting, we will be making space for YOU to share your expertise and resources and ask any pressing questions to a group of peers. Are you interested in contributing the the agenda for our monthly gathering? Chat with Parul here. |
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- Save the Date! Join the UNICEF Canada Youth Advocacy Summit livestream on Nov 20 for #NationalChildDay. Hear youth advocates tackle key issues like Education, Healthcare, Racism, and Mental Health. Register here!
- Celebrate National Child Day on November 20th with Children First Canada! Join them to empower Canada’s 8 million kids with #8MillionEmpowered. Sign up your school or organization, explore our Activity Guide, and take part in our fundraising challenge! Learn more.
#NACYNETWORK YOUNG LEADERS SPOTLIGHT
- During YWCA Canada's #WeekWithoutViolence, Tashin shares her vision of a violence-free world through art. Her painting reflects community strength, social justice, and healing. Learn more.
- Award Canada celebrated #AwardAwarenessWeek by highlighting community service! Discover how Evangelina’s Award journey impacted her community. Read more.
- 4-H Canada celebrated their 2024 national scholarship recipients! Join us in applauding these 4-H'ers here! 👏
- Celebrating the Scouts Canada 2024 Scholarship Recipients! 🎉 Check out the full list of recipients and the 2025 application process here.
- We're thrilled to see BGC leaders highlighting the vital work of Clubs! Check out the Executive Director at BGC Durham and the Director of Programs at BGC East Scarborough on the Future Focused Learning podcast. Listen Now!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- Young leaders (14-24) can now apply for Plan International Canada’s Girls Belong Here program to gain leadership experience and promote gender equality. Deadline: Nov 5, 2024. Apply here!
- Join The Power Within's Systemic Change Fellowship to enhance advocacy skills and drive policy change on issues like body confidence and youth leadership. Includes workshops and a National Youth Summit in May 2025. Deadline: Nov 5, 2024. Apply here!
- Apply now to Shad 2025 and step into an experience filled with hands-on STEM learning, leadership skills, and lifelong friendships. Apply here!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES
- Join the festivities for Canada’s #MediaLiteracyWeek! Explore the core aspects of digital media literacy and access a plethora of free resources for the entire week here.
- Social media can impact our well-being more than we realize. For tips to protect yourself online and support options, read the Kids Help Phone post here.
- Join The Student Commission of Canada for an insightful session with Michael, a Manager of Investigations and Technical Services from WorkSafeNB! Register here.
HIRING OPPORTUNITIES
The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE) is hiring post-secondary students nationwide for Support and Local Coordinator roles in 2025! These part-time roles transition to full-time in summer, offering career-building and skill-development opportunities. Apply here.
Wisdom2Action is recruiting participants for the study “Digital Resilience: Addressing the Rise of Transphobic Online Hate.” Learn more and participate here.
Get Involved!
Stories from our Frontline Workers: A first-hand narrative about the program, the volunteers, and/or the frontline staff supporting young people directly. It can be written by a young person about their experience, a staff, a volunteer or another team member i.e. communications person, policy person, etc. Contact Parul to learn more.
NACY Welcome Meetings
We’re interested in scheduling site visits with our member organizations. This is a great opportunity to connect in-person, introduce your team to NACY, share insights, and strengthen our community bonds.
Reach out to Parul at communications@nacy.ca
