Youth Unemployment
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Calgary youth get chance to connect with employers at unique hiring eventThe Opportunity For All Youth coalition has set a five-year goal of providing meaningful employment to 40,000 Canadian youth.EconomySep 28, 2018
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Farm program aims to help at-risk Ottawa youth gain job skillsA heritage farm in rural Ottawa is transforming into a social enterprise designed to help marginalized teenagers and young adults gain the skills and confidence necessary to land and keep a job.CanadaSep 7, 2018
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‘Dress for success’: Thousands of hopeful students line up for Calgary job fairLast year's fair attracted over 5,000 young people and 85 employers.CanadaApr 2, 2018
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Canada sees slowest wage growth since 1997While the unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in years, wage growth stalled to its weakest in more than two decades, Statistics Canada said Friday.CanadaMay 5, 2017
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Retirees working longer as young Canadians struggle to find jobsCanada is among a minority of OECD countries where 65 is the age of eligibility for public pensions.CanadaMay 3, 2017
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Atlantic provinces have the worst social programs in Canada, but residents are happierIn the Conference Board of Canada's latest report, Atlantic Canada provinces rank high for poverty, jobless youth....and happiness?Apr 5, 2017
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Young Kelowna job seekers take in career fair amid dismal hiring climateFresh numbers from Statistics Canada reveal it's never been harder for young people to find a full-time job.Dec 5, 2016
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Halifax’s Youth Live program helps young people struggling with employmentA Halifax-run youth employment experience program hosted local business representatives Friday to hear about the struggles its "at-risk" participants face.EconomyDec 2, 2016
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Feds open panel exploring youth employment in CanadaThe country could see economic and social ripples in the future without a clearer picture about where and how young people are failing in the labour market.CanadaOct 17, 2016
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Quebec government pledges $45M for youth unemployment, critics call it workfareThe Quebec government says it is investing $45 million a year for the next three years into Quebec's youth employment centres.CanadaApr 25, 2016
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