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My Internship Experience at Future North
The Start Pre-application Application Interviews Team meetings Acquaintances Welcome to my blog about my experience at Future North. This was my first intern experience, and what a great way to kick things off! This all started when my sister sent me an Instagram post...
Getting things done
Written by: Charles Nyabeze Projects, papers, groceries, workout, GTD. Getting things done. Getting things done is the age-old struggle that many of us face day to day, hour to hour, and minute to minute. What is GTD, why is it important, how can we get better at...
Culture of the North – Youth Led Project
The Culture of the North: BIPOC Youth Taking Action is a youth-led project that is supported by Future North and funded by Pathways to Education. This project sought to determine the degree to which multicultural education is being taught within the high school...
Micro-Creds: The new way to get XP!
Certificates, diplomas, work you did, and micro-credentials? Micro-credentials are the modern way of proving your knowledge in specific areas. These are the future for key resume builders and a must-have when attempting to attain industry-specific jobs. What are...
Future North on the Road: Lessons Learned
Future North — A Network for Youth was officially launched on social media (Instagram and Facebook) at the end of Summer 2021. This launch was preceded by a year of engagements, planning, iterating, and replanning with youth in the district of Sudbury-Manitoulin, to...
Top 3 Ways to Increase Employability
Written by: Charles Nyabeze Hey everyone! My name is Charles Nyabeze and I’m 17 years old and I work as a Business Administration Intern at Future North. This blog is going to take a look at barriers that youth face within employment and specifically, how entry-level...
The Value of Networking As a Teen: 10 Ways to make meaningful connections with the right people
Written by Charles Nyabeze @Charles1 I have had the dream to start a business since I was 14 years old. In my final year of high school (I am now in my first year of university), my team and I built a Web3 Rewards Platform called BitPerks, where we allowed creators to...
Sudbury Youth Co-design Digital Strategy to Improve Service Access
The Brand Identity and Digital Strategy project’s goal was to develop an in-depth understanding of youth and how to best engage, recruit and maintain youth participation. Additionally, the project served to create a virtual platform to enable youth to...
Pilot project combines apprenticeship training, Indigenous teachings for Sudbury youth
Miskwaawaak (Red Cedar) is a pilot project which seeks to explore the experiential learning opportunities available through hands on projects that benefit youth participants and also make an improvement to the community. The project will see the build of a traditional...
Future North Youth Innovation Project
Get creative and design a project for youth! The Youth Innovation Project is an opportunity to pilot a small scale project within the community of the District of Greater Sudbury which will contribute to the overall Future North Initiative. Youth applicants are asked...