The Mentoring Effect: Indigenous Youth
3 months ago 3 months agoThis report was published by Mentor Canada.
HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT:
Mentor Canada’s Mapping the Mentoring Gap is the first study to provide a detailed portrait of young people’s mentoring experiences across Canada. In the winter of 2020, Mentor Canada surveyed 2,838 young adults and interviewed 19 young adults between the ages of 18 to 30 to learn more about how mentors supported them while they were growing up. In total, 304 survey respondents and two interview participants indicated that they belonged to an Indigenous group.
This report outlines key findings from the study for Indigenous young people about the following questions:
- How is mentoring defined in Indigenous cultures?
- What proportion of young people recall having access to mentorship growing up?
- What influence do mentoring relationships have on young people’s educational, professional, and personal journeys?
- What barriers prevent young people from accessing mentorship?
The report concludes with actions that governments, philanthropists, schools, mentoring programs, and individuals and communities can take to close the mentoring gap and increase Indigenous young people’s access to meaningful mentorship opportunities.
MentorCanada. (2022). The Mentoring Effect: Indigenous Youth. https://mentoringcanada.ca/en/knowledge-hub/research
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