Youth empowerment in sustainability through career development
Preferred learners
- Canada
- Academic experience or paid work
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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Re_Generation aims to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact.
Our website has Canada's largest centralized resource for young people who want to start a career in sustainability & social impact. It includes a self-assessment guide, 60+ career path interviews with industry leaders, 10+ sectoral guides to understand the key trends and opportunities of various sectors & industries, and a job board page that includes the most extensive mapping of places to get an internship in social impact & sustainability. So far, close to 10,000 unique website visitors have used our resources.
We want to continue building and improving this resource center!
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Research and assemble job opportunities in sustainability, and lead the creation of a centralized database.
- Conduct focus groups and surveys to get feedback on our existing resources and identify missing ones we should create.
- Assist existing efforts to create a map of the sustainability/social impact ecosystem by identifying key players from the public, private, and social sectors.
- Interview sustainability professionals to develop Career Maps that allow students and recent graduates from all backgrounds to find inspiration from established practitioners.
- Help build the action toolkit for student leaders to get involved in their university to change the business culture around sustainability.
- What is the main goal for this project?
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Re_Generation aims to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact.
Our website has Canada's largest centralized resource for young people who want to start a career in sustainability & social impact. It includes a self-assessment guide, 60+ career path interviews with industry leaders, 10+ sectoral guides to understand the key trends and opportunities of various sectors & industries, and a job board page that includes the most extensive mapping of places to get an internship in social impact & sustainability. So far, close to 10,000 unique website visitors have used our resources.
We want to continue building and improving this resource center!
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Research and assemble job opportunities in sustainability, and lead the creation of a centralized database.
- Conduct focus groups and surveys to get feedback on our existing resources and identify missing ones we should create.
- Assist existing efforts to create a map of the sustainability/social impact ecosystem by identifying key players from the public, private, and social sectors.
- Interview sustainability professionals to develop Career Maps that allow students and recent graduates from all backgrounds to find inspiration from established practitioners.
- Help build the action toolkit for student leaders to get involved in their university to change the business culture around sustainability.
- How will you support learners in completing the project?
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- Weekly 1h check-in.
- One-on-one mentorship session every 2-3 weeks with career and intellectual development support.
- Tri-weekly meeting with the rest of our organization's team to learn from others.
- Introduction to connections/stakeholders who might have relevant insights to share with the student for the project.
The supervisor has more than two years of experience with supervision and mentorship.
About the company
- https://www.re-generation.ca/
- 11 - 50 employees
- Education, Environment, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
Canada's largest youth-run organization dedicated to advancing sustainable business practices!
Re_Generation is a Canadian youth movement that seeks to build a regenerative, sustainable, and just economy. We created Canada’s largest platform to empower youth in sustainability and social impact.
- We aim to re_imagine our schools, re_purpose our careers, and re_model our companies to be aligned with regenerative principles.
- We provide resources for young individuals (18-30) to launch impact-driven careers and advocate for change within their schools and companies.
- We also aim to advance public policies that promote regenerative and sustainable business practices.
After three years of existence as the Canadian Business Youth Council for Sustainable Development, we have changed our name to Re_Generation to become more inclusive of all youth, not just business youth. We now have a team of 11 full-time paid staff.