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Expertise in cross-sector collaboration:

We have experience leading or participating in successful collaborations with organizations that represent different sectors (e.g., service providers, employers, academia, innovation, knowledge mobilization) to address a challenge.

Expertise in strategic partnerships & networks:

We currently hold strategic partners and networks that could facilitate collaboration related to a theme within and across the youth employment and or youth with disabilities and employment spaces.

Expertise in research and development (R&D), experimentation or innovation, in the past five years:

We have been significantly engaged in R&D, experimentation, or innovation in the past five years.

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​Themes:

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A. Strengthening youth voices:
This theme emphasizes the importance of including young people in decision-making processes; it focuses on supporting organizations to involve youth more meaningfully in the design and delivery of services and programs intended for their benefit.

B. Integrating employment supports into social and health services hubs/networks for marginalized youth:
Youth with complex needs must often independently navigate a complicated and disconnected web of services (e.g., shelters, foodbanks, counselling), and can struggle to access employment supports. This theme focuses on integrating employment services for youth furthest from the labour market within existing health and social service hubs, to better support them in making progress towards their goals.

C. Improving impact measurement:
This theme focuses on strengthening capacity to use data among youth employment organizations. Better quality data and data analysis will support organizations to identify the diverse and unique needs of youth and demonstrate what works well for youth in different contexts. This in turn helps generate learnings that can inform program and service improvements.

D. Building sectoral capacity for sensemaking: Shared learning, analysis, and action:
This theme aims to improve sector-wide knowledge sharing and coordination through methodologies like ‘sensemaking’ and ‘collective intelligence’. Building the sector’s capacity to work together to identify emerging trends, document effective practices, and align efforts to address shared challenges will ultimately lead to more relevant and effective employment services for youth.