National Findings
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Learning: Aboriginal Canadian High School Completion Rates
Posted 8 months ago.
In 2006 Aboriginal Canadian high school completion rates were lower than the total population high school completion rates for almost all of Canada's major census metropolitan areas (CMAs). More
Year: 2012
Issue Area: Learning -
Learning: High School Non-Completion
Posted 10 months ago.
Educational attainment is very important to living standards as it is strongly linked with future employment status and income level. More
Year: 2011
Issue Area: Learning -
Learning: Proportion of Population with Completed Post-Secondary Education
Posted 10 months ago.
Today, the employment opportunities and income potential for individuals with low levels of education are limited. More
Year: 2010
Issue Area: Learning -
Learning: Aboriginal high school completion rates
Posted 10 months ago.
Especially on reserve and in Nunavut, Aboriginal students are attending and completing high school at much lower rates than the non-Aboriginal population. More
Year: 2009
Issue Area: Learning -
Learning: High school non-completion
Posted 10 months ago.
More Canadians are finishing high school. More
Year: 2008
Issue Area: Learning -
Learning: Proportion of the Population with Post-Secondary Education
Posted 10 months ago.
The proportion of Canadians who completed post-secondary education is up nearly 50% since 1990. More
Year: 2007
Issue Area: Learning
News
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Vital Youth Café melds youth, wisdom and expertise
Posted 7 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... More
Year: 2012 -
Vital Youth Café digs deep, finds fertile soil
Posted 7 months ago.
Vital Youth Café, the dialogue and design workshop hosted by Community Foundations of Canada in Ottawa this week, gave Montreal-based youth activist Jonathan Glencross the shot in the arm he... More
Year: 2012 -
Canada’s Vital Signs 2012 digs deep into youth issues
Posted 8 months ago.
Each fall Community Foundations of Canada releases its national Vital Signs report, and youth issues have consistently been flagged every year since its inception in 2006. We know education,... More
Year: 2012
Stories
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Toronto Community Foundation puts on its game face
Posted 8 months ago.
The 2012 Ontario Summer Games may have taken place in August, but the reverberations are still being felt through Playing for Keeps Neighbourhood Games. A cross-sector legacy initiative of over 30... x 3 More
Year: 2012
Province: Ontario -
Aiming to 'sustain' youth in Clayoquot Sound Region
Posted 8 months ago.
Sustainability has long been a hot-button issue in Clayoquot Sound. Twenty years ago, the community was at a crossroads, with residents looking for ways to be more sustainable while continuing the... More
Year: 2012
Province: British Columbia -
Calgary Foundation to hear youth's vital ideas
Posted 8 months ago.
In 2010, The Calgary Foundation, in partnership with the Calgary Public Library, began hosting a series of community dialogue events - Vital Conversations - that create dynamic community forums for... More
Year: 2012
Province: Alberta
National Findings
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Getting Started: Youth (15 to 24 years of age) Unemployment Rate
Posted 8 months ago.
According to the OECD, youth unemployment must be paid attention to because of its negative implications for young graduates' future careers called "scarring effects". x 6 More
Year: 2012
Issue Area: Getting Started -
Economy: Consumer and Business Bankruptcies
Posted 10 months ago.
Despite the recent economic downturn, businesses are faring better than consumers when it comes to 'staying in the black.' More
Year: 2011
Issue Area: Economy -
Housing: Percentage of Households Spending 30% or More of Income on Housing
Posted 8 months ago.
Canadians who allocate a high proportion of their income for housing are more vulnerable to an abrupt change in financial circumstances. More
Year: 2012
Issue Area: Housing
