12 – 16% of Canada’s youth will not graduate from high school. How Reboot Plus Can Help Vulnerable Youth Graduate and Thrive High schools are rife with students who have, for varied reasons, checked out and need help to graduate high school. These students need extra...
Andrea Cherewick
Helping Youth Find a Meaningful Career Path in Langley
“Education is a business issue. Without an educated workforce, businesses won’t be able to thrive and succeed in the future." The Langleys are the fastest growing communities of the Lower Mainland. According to the Statistics Canada Census, Langley grew at a rate of...
Why Investing in Vulnerable Students is Good for the Surrey Economy
“Every single person matters in this economy. We need to collaborate to ensure that our grade 11 and 12 students have every opportunity for mentorship and support to identify possible career and entrepreneurial opportunities in our community. This is good for the...
Humanities and Social Sciences Can Equip Youth for Future Work
In-demand skills in Canada include leadership, cultural competence, resiliency, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication. Universities, historically, were created to satisfy a thirst for knowledge with the belief that society would benefit from scholarly...
3 Things You Should Know About Students in the Reboot Plus Program
Students in the Reboot Plus program are youth who have not or may not graduate high school and includes Indigenous Peoples, new immigrants and refuges, racialized peoples, LGBTQ2S+, people on the autism spectrum, living with diagnosed and undiagnosed learning...
The Ingredients to Success with the Reboot Plus Program
“The students entering this program are some of the most self-aware students I have ever met. They really want the opportunity to be a part of their community. We have to give them hope and let them know they are important and that they are valued and they are cared...
3 Reasons Why I am Participating in Informational Interviews with Youth
“One conversation can change someone’s life. It did for me.” Aanchal Dhir is an Asset Manager for a Real Estate Family office. In her spare time, she founded Career Connect, an online business that connects jobseekers to expert career coaches. She has provided...
How Reboot Plus Bridges High School Students into Post-Secondary
“The cool factor of being able to go to college provided significant buy-in and engagement for my students." Adam Outhwaite is a Careers Teacher with the New Westminster School District. His school Administrator introduced him to the Reboot Plus program offered...
Five Reasons Why Professionals Should Provide Informational Interviews for Youth
If you could change the life of a youth in as little as 30-60 minutes, would you? For Ram Sundar, the answer is yes. A man of many talents: a Professional Engineer, a published author, business owner, and a body language coach, Sundar was driven to give youth an...
4 Ways Burnaby Schools Are Helping Students Reengage in Their Future
How Reboot Plus and the Burnaby School District’s partnership benefits by giving Help for high-school students in Burnaby The Learning Pathways Programs offered through the Burnaby School District provides various educational alternatives for students who have...