Pathways For Youth Employment (Previously knowns as YESS)
Building on the success of the first CBYF cohort in learning and advancing strategies together, Tamarack has collaborated with communities to create a new, more focused cohort. Starting in 2025, six communities – which include Yellowknife, Grande Prairie, Sudbury, Chatham-Kent, Moncton, and the Yukon Territory – have embarked on a journey together around understanding and addressing the issue of youth employment. For three years, these communities will respond to new and emerging systemic challenges within the youth employment sector through strategic, cross-sector partnerships, by using research and development approaches, and centring youth voice.
The goal for the communities is to develop and test innovative solutions to complex problems around youth employment, ensuring that they are scalable and sustainable. Tamarack will share these innovations across the membership and broader learning network to build organizational and sectoral capacity to improve outcomes for youth. Through the innovations, communities will help youth develop skills and gain the experience they need to successfully transition into the labour market. This will be done by supporting the needs of all youth – especially youth facing systemic barriers to success – to develop skills, knowledge, and networks through education, skills development, and meaningful work experience.
PYE INVOLVES
Involving Youth Leadership and engagement at all stages of work.
Leveraging the Collective impact framework to build strategies.
Adopting an approach that leverages strengths and assets.
Supporting and strengthening local community capacity and action.
Actively participating in learning and evaluation.
Understanding that supporting youth to successfully navigate transitions requires collaborative solutions.
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YOUTH LEADERSHIP TABLE
Creating a youth employment strategy for youth ages 15-30 in Yellowknife.
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Earn Community Hours
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Have input on employment in your community as a youth voice
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Monthly/Bi-Monthly Meeting
Coordinator : Finnlay Rutherford-Simon
PYE
(Previously known as YESS YELLOWKNIFE)
YESS COLLECTIVE TABLE UPDATED JULY 2025
PURPOSE
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Provides strategic direction for the initiative.
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Establishes a common agenda for their Collective Impact.
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Aligns and leverages mutually reinforcing activites.
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Some Leadership Table (LT) members may serve on Working Groups/Actions Teams.
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Helps coordinate various elements of the structure across the initiative.
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Provides guidance and support to YESS TEAM.
COMPOSTION
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Reflects Multiple Sectors (E.g. Non Profit Organizations/Community, Business, Government, Employment, Youth Leadership.
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Average size : 10-15 Members.
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Can meet monthly, or bi-monthly depending on initiatives.
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Includes community Partners
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Includes Youth Aged Aged 15-30
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Includes Employees
FOCUS & CONTRIBUTION
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Shapes and leads the Collective Impact Strategy overall.
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Mobilize resources & knowledge.
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Engage other stakeholders.
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Hold commitment to common agenda
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Aligns work of various action teams.
TIME COMMITMENT
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Total of 4-6 hours/month or less depending on the work needed to be done. 2-3 hours / month to participate in meetings (but could be less depending on the work).
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2-3 hours / month to undertake key actions (but could be less depending on the work).
WHAT TO EXPECT
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Meetings will take place once a month or bi-monthly and will be 1-2hrs long.
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Meetings will take place during weekday during lunchtime but are willing to change to accommodate scheduling.
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Catering will be provided for in person meetings.
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You will receive gift card incentives.
KEY ACTIONS
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Learning about Collective Impact.
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Reviewing and responding to emails from YESS.
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Providing feedback on documents when needed.
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Completing actionable items as per meeting agenda.
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Preparing for meetings.
OUR ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THE SUPPORT OF TAMARACK INSTITUTE, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, AND OUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS :
