The Burnaby Board of Trade partnered with the Reboot Plus program “Common across all sectors in Burnaby is the challenge of finding and acquiring talent. Our businesses are growing at a significant rate yet it’s a challenge to fill the roles. We’re looking for...
“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...
“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...
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...
Generational diversity is increasing in the Canadian workforce. In addition to employing people from different races, religions, and genders, most businesses have workers from four very different generations. "Generational diversity can be an advantage," says...
The Reboot Plus program is funded as a labour market research initiative by the Future Skills Centre, Government of Canada. The goals for the Reboot Plus program are 1) to provide youth who are not on track to graduate from high school, the support, knowledge,...
Kari and Coreen work with youth in the Reboot Plus Program Once students have made the choice to enter the program, these two guide youth through a transformation in their mindset to keep them on track to graduate. They meet students where they are and provide the...
Hope-Centred Career Development “If you could go back in time and tell your 18-year-old self where you are now, would they believe you?” This is one question posed to an employer by a youth participating in Reboot Plus, a program is designed to re-engage youth, who...