Promoting Opportunities for Youth Community Partnerships : A Policy Brief

Across Canada, youth retention and success have always been key in ensuring the continued vitality of official language minority communities (OLMCs). Within the context of Quebec, retention in particular is a constant challenge, where English-speaking youth are disproportionately apt to pursue professional opportunities outside of the province. While this option should never be condemned, it is nonetheless important to ensure that those who wish to remain have access to the resources necessary to help them thrive therein. With this in mind, and considering that youth retention is equally beneficial to the state, policymakers need to be in a position to support organizations that are working towards this objective.