YOUTHLINK2021 CAREER

FAIR

Professor Marieme Lo and Katherine Danksfrom the School of Cities,

Mark Raghu, and Natalie Comrie fromYouthLink Scarborough Pathways to

Education

M A DE PO S S I BLE WI T H T H E S U PPO R T O F

Maha Mohamed and Yerin Lee

Y o u t h L i n k S c a r b o r o u g h i s a n o n - p r o f i to r g a n i z a t i o n i n S c a r b o r o u g h V i l l a g e

d e d i c a t e d t o s u p p o r t i n g u n d e r s e r v e d a n dl o w - i n c o m e y o u t h i n c o m p l e t i n g h i g h s c h o o l

a n d a c c e s s i n g p o s t s e c o n d a r y e d u c a t i o n .T h r o u g h i t s y o u t h - c e n t e r e d a c a d e m i c a n ds o c i a l s u p p o r t p r o g r a m m i n g , Y o u t h L i n kp r o v i d e s g r a d e s 9 - 1 2 s t u d e n t s w i t h t h e

s u p p o r t a n d s e r v i c e s t h a t t h e y w o u l d n o t b ea b l e t o a c c e s s o t h e r w i s e , e i t h e r d u e t o

f i n a n c i a l b a r r i e r s o r a l a c k o f e d u c a t i o n a li n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e c o m m u n i t y .

Y o u t h L i n k r u n s a c a r e e r f a i r y e a r l y b e c a u s ei t a l l o w s y o u t h t o s e e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n i n t h ec o m m u n i t y t o a l l o w t h e m s e l v e s t o e n v i s i o nt h e m s e l v e s i n c a r e e r s t h a t t h e y m a y h a v e

n e v e r h e a r d a b o u t

H o w e v e r , t h i s y e a r d u e t o t h e p a n d e m i c t h e yw e r e u n s u r e a b o u t r u n n i n g a c a r e e r f a i r a s

t h e y d i d n o t k n o w h o w t o a d a p t i t t o a no n l i n e p l a t f o r m . T h e r e f o r e , Y e r i n a n d M a h aw e r e a b l e t o r e a c h o u t t o v a r i o u s c o m m u n i t y

m e m b e r s t h a t h e l p e d c r e a t e a s u c c e s s f u lc a r e e r f a i r . A s u l t i m a t e l y , t h e y o u t h w e r e

a b l e t o g a i n c l a r i t y o n t h e i r f u t u r e .

P R O M O T I O N T O T H E Y O U T H

B O O K L E T T O S H O W T H EV O L U N T E E R S W H A T T H E

E X P E C T A T I O N S A R E O F T H E M

R E S PO N S E FR O M T H E Y O U T H"Thank you so much for creatingthis wonderful experience. It was

truly great. Definitely treatyourselves! <3"

"I am very thankful for everyone that spoke todaybecause it helped me feel like i don't have to rushwhat i really want to be. Also knowing everyone

felt the same way as i do and are all verysuccessful helps me see that i will be too, even if

I'm not completely sure what i want to do"

"I would like to thank you for offering these amazingadvices. I found a lot of these advice really helpful andinteresting to learn about. I like how you were able to

explain what your past was like before choosing acareer. I like how you went in depth and explain whatrequirement and skills needed to reach those career. I

honestly didn't know what I should do, and wasconstantly worried for my future, but after hearing all

these amazing advices it really helped me imagine whatI could do in the future. Again, thank you for taking the

time to be here."

"Thank you for taking the time to organizingthis event. You guys are the backbone of

events so be proud!"

R E S PO N S E FR O M T H E V O LU N T E E R S

"I love these types of events. I am very happy youinvited me this year. If there's anything else I couldhelp you with in the future, please do not hesitate

in contacting me.

I wish you all the best for the upcomingYouthLink's projects. Programs like this are

fundamental to give tools to our youth for theirpresent and future, and to help them to developconfidence and a critical thought, especially in

such turbulent times. " Margie Bernal Rodriguez

"You did an amazing job coordinating and hostingthe career fair and it was a pleasure to participate

and represent Parks Canada. Thank you for sharingfeedback from the students; it’s great to hear they

found the session useful and informative. Thank youas well for the gift card; it will help fuel my work

days! All the best to you and your futureendeavours!"

Lorraine Chung

"The students in your program are sobright and energetic, being part of your

event was truly a wonderful experience. I’dbe happy to participate in any future

activities around mentoring and careerexploration!"Lesley Mak

"Just want to thank you for inviting me. I amcertain that students benefitted hugely from this

event. It was very interesting to meet other presenters,

including MP Singh, Chris Hadfield, plus aKinesiologist working at Amazon! Amazing!Also, I was not aware of School of Cities at

UTS ...I'd like to study there myself!"Cathy Newman

"Well done on everything it was amazing."Damion Edwards

"The career Fair last night was in one wordPHENOMENAL! I loved everything about it: the format,

the diversity of guests and their stories, the fact that studentswere so engaged and the kind of questions asked!

It absolutely met everything on the goal list! The many

students that attended had the opportunity to learn from thestories of how each person got to where they are now!

What a great way to end Mentoring and what a fantastic

SHINE!!!!!!" Thank you everyone for the support planning, promoting it

and running 2021 Career Fair!"

Alejandra Cabezas Senior Manager at Pathways toEducation

R E S PON S E FR OM Y OU T H LI N KPA T H WA Y S T O E DU CA T I ON