Environmental Scan of Canadian Investments in Youth Mentoring

Mentoring programs, at their core, are focused on offering youth social supports through relationships with caring adults and are well positioned to meet the need for human connection. Mentoring is a popular prevention and intervention strategy often used to promote young people’s overall positive development as well as to address specific challenges. Mentorship can have a significant impact on a wide range of developmental, academic, and professional outcomes. Mentoring is well aligned with many Canadian policy priorities, including combating loneliness and isolation, fostering mental health and well-being, supporting critical life transitions for youth, and improving young people’s educational and employment outcomes. However, it is challenging to understand the full breadth of public investment in youth mentoring at the federal and provincial levels without a consolidated national effort. The proposed project aims to amalgamate the various youth mentoring projects funded across Canada.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lia Daniels

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Partner:

Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area;Mentor Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

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