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Current Realities and Emerging Issues Facing Youth in Canada

Research Paper
January 2010

Sandra Franke
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

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Table of Content

• Acknowledgements
• About this report
• Executive Summary
• Background
• Part 1
• Youth in Canada Today
  • 1.1 What is Meant by "Youth"
  • 1.2 Challenges and Opportunities for Youth in Canada
    • 1.2.1 The Importance of Education in a Knowledge-Based Economy
    • 1.2.2 Conditions for Workplace Integration are not Always Favourable
    • 1.2.3 Vulnerability of Certain Youth Subgroups
    • 1.2.4 A Multiethnic Context that Produces Social Inequalities
    • 1.2.5 Being Young in an Aging Society
  • 1.3 Youth and Major Policy Objectives in Canada
• Part 2
• A Framework for Youth-Related Policy Development and Research in Canada
  • 2.1 Major Trends in Youth-Related Policy and Research
    • 2.1.1 The "Risk, Protective and Resilience Factors" Approach
    • 2.1.2 The Importance of Life Contexts
    • 2.1.3 The Transition Approach and the Extension of Youth
    • 2.1.4 Towards an Overall View: Developing a Holistic, Positive Perspective on Youth
  • 2.2 The Framework's Matrix of Conceptual Elements
    • 2.2.1 A Framework Based on Life Courses: A General Description of the Model
    • 2.2.2 Individual Determinants, Social Inequalities and Social Polarization
    • 2.2.3 Key Trajectories of the Passage to Adulthood
    • 2.2.4 Structure of Risks and Opportunities
• Conclusion
• References
• Notes

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