March, 2018 - BGC Canada

Four young people with diverse ethnic backgrounds stand together against a plain gray background, smiling at the camera.

Our Time Is Now

By: Ashley Whiteman, Emily Vandermeer, Karine Gauthier, Kianna Benson, and Shealah Hart As young Canadians, we watched with interest as youth in the United States mobilized in large numbers around the issue of gun violence, organizing marches and protests around...

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A group of diverse young Black men and women stand together laughing and smiling in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Canadians want youth to be engaged but don’t think they’re prepared to be civic leaders

A group of Canada’s National Youth Serving Agencies has commissioned an Abacus Data poll on public attitudes to youth civic engagement in Canada. The results reveal that a majority of Canadians believe that youth have too little influence on public...

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Angi Eddy, Club staff member at our Victoria Club

Raise the Grade helps youth plan their future

Angi Eddy can’t say enough about the impact of Raise the Grade in her community. “I have been able to help a teen who dropped out of high school get back into classes,” explains the Education Supervisor of Boys &...

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A woman wearing a gray "Dovercourt Boys & Girls Club" t-shirt and a black hoodie smiles as she works in a kitchen alongside two young children.

A good start to helping youth enter the workforce

2018 federal budget gives young Canadians opportunities for hands-on learning (March 2, 2018) BGC Canada is pleased to see this year’s federal budget invest $448.5 million over five years in the Youth Employment Strategy and direct that money to maintaining...

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