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• Vital Signs reaches the Emerald Isle

  

  Posted 2 months ago.

  In a 2013 VitalSigns report release in January, the Community Foundation of Ireland reached a milestone in becoming the first European country to measure public sentiment about its standard of living.

• Generation Jobless: young Canadians overeducated and underemployed

  

  Posted 2 months ago.

  Today’s #GenerationFlux is facing many challenges as they enter the workforce and search for employment, not least of which is the fact that many young job seekers and workers are overeducated...

• Ian Bird takes questions from young job seekers on Reddit

  

  Posted 2 months ago.

  What can young professionals expect to find once they get out into the workforce? What skills and resources do young people need to succeed in today’s economy?

• Changing the dialogue, asking the questions through a wellbeing lens

  Posted 4 months ago.

  Sometimes we are tempted to minimize the challenges of others or blame them for their own predicaments. Since the 2008 recession, Canadian youth face life and employment challenges more so than...

• Generation Flux: Seismic shifts shaking Canadian youth, says report from Community Foundations of Canada

  Posted 7 months ago.

  The predictable trajectory that guided the lives of their parents is gone and Canada’s youth are coming of age in an era of complexity and uncertainty that has delayed or even destroyed the...  

• CFC Chair brings Smart & Caring message to Huronia

  

  Posted 7 months ago.

  Terry Jackson had a lot to share with the Huronia Community Foundation. The Chair of Community Foundations of Canada’s Board of Directors recently addressed the foundation’s Annual...

  Year: 2012
  Province: Ontario

• Vital Signs attracts media coverage from coast to coast to coast

  Posted 7 months ago.

  Along with our national report – Canada’s Vital Signs 2012 – Vital Youth - community foundations in 14 communities across Canada also released Vital Signs 2012 reports last week....

  Year: 2012

• Vital Youth Café melds youth, wisdom and expertise

  

  Posted 8 months ago.

  Community Foundations of Canada’s recent Vital Youth Café brought together a multitude of individuals – mainly youth, but there were also others on hand to help move the...

  Year: 2012