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Federal parties should adopt student recommendations on addressing youth mental illness

There is a growing, often overlooked, trend that is finally starting to reach the forefront of people’s attention: more and more college and university students are beginning to seek help for mental illness. In many ways this is an unsurprising development – post-secondary students face enormous stress and daily pressures, from maintaining good grades, to dealing with rising tuition fees and debt, to navigating an unfriendly job market both during school and after graduation.

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Guest column: An alternative view on unpaid work and internships

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a writer. I started at Carleton University undeclared and later decided to do a combined honours bachelor degree in Journalism and Greek and Roman Studies. As my journalistic skills began to develop, I looked for opportunities outside of the classroom to practice and hone my writing abilities. I sent samples of my work to various publications, and as if a dream came true, a national music magazine called "The Scene" contacted me to cover events in Ottawa.  

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Youth Job Guarantee would go a long way in reducing youth unemployment

University can be an extremely stressful experience for students, but it's also a time of growth. Learning how to balance school, extracurriculars, a social life, and living on your own is useful training for dealing with the challenges that come with adulthood. While graduation should be a celebration of conquering the intense demands of a post secondary education, for many students it's more nerve-racking than university itself. That's because youth unemployment is a major problem in Canada.

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Guest column: My experience as a working student living on minimum wage

As a university student living on my own, I have a number of responsibilities such as paying for my living expenses and tuition fees. The Ontario Student Assistant Program (OSAP) estimates that the average student living away from home pays approximately $11,000 per year for school and living costs. In order to cover these expenses, my summer months away from school are spent working two jobs for 60 hours a week.

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Young people can make a difference in the Ontario Election

The Ontario Election is right around the corner, and if everything goes as planned, young voters will turn out to the polls in much lower numbers than our older counterparts. And that's a shame, because our generation can have a major impact on the election if we choose to get out and vote.

 

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Ontario should scrap the student minimum wage

A panel tasked with advising the Province of Ontario on how it should determine future changes to the minimum wage will be submitting its recommendations to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne this month. The panel heard calls for a $14 an hour minimum wage from various social justice organizations and civil society groups – including Health Providers Against Poverty and the Canadian Federation of Students – that were well-publicized in the media.

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Why are interns being asked to work for free?

At the same time that college and university graduates are struggling to find jobs, a majority of employed Canadians under 25 are making minimum wage, and 42 percent of 20- to 29-year-olds are living with their parents, unpaid internships have emerged as another disturbing trend facing young job-seekers in Canada.

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Guest column: The car, the commute, and the city

I started commuting at a young age. My parents sent me to a French immersion school that was 50 kilometres away from our house. From the time I was five, I endured a one-hour bus ride twice a day. It sounds awful, but "kid commuting" wasn’t so bad. Since we were children we always had a bus driver to take us home, which meant we had time to play, read, write, imagine, and draw while riding the bus.

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More Articles...

  1. Guest column: On disarmament and arms control, Canada has lost its moral purpose
  2. Where are the jobs? Youth joblessness and underemployment in Canada
  3. Guest column: Raising a red flag on school obesity prevention programs
  4. Guest column: My trip to The Netherlands to debate in The Hague International Model United Nations
  5. Guest column: Give yourself a financial head start - invest early, and with a conscience
  6. Guest column: Why I chose a career in government, and why you should too

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