Youth & Innovation Project : New report reveals insights on how Canadian youth are navigating a new employment reality

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Youth & Innovation’s Project from the University of Waterloo’s latest report titled “Facing challenges, finding opportunity: Young people in Canada navigating a new employment reality” shares initial findings from the RBC Young People and Economic Inclusion Longitudinal Study, funded by RBC Future Launch. This report reveals the trends that are shaping young people’s employment experiences today including:

• Many adolescents (ages 15-19) prefer to work fully in-person while transition youth (ages 20-24) favor hybrid models with an in-person component more than any other age group.
• Young women in lower income groups earn significantly less than their male counterparts, suggesting that younger generations continue to experience gender pay differences as they begin their careers.
• Young immigrants are less likely to be thriving at work than those born in Canada.
• Young participants are optimistic about collaborating with decision-makers in the workplace; however, they have few opportunities to do so.