About that Career Plan: Millenials, Gen Zs and the Future of Work
The professional is personal, especially for young workers.
From 2005 to 2016, the number of Canadians who were considered economic 鈥済ig workers鈥� grew by 700,000, and has the most gig workers of any other province or territory. COVID-19 has contributed to some of the highest we鈥檝e seen in recent history. Millennials and Gen Zs are being warned that, more than ever, their generations are . We鈥檝e witnessed the crash and burn of marketplace 鈥渋nnovations鈥� such as WeWork, Car2Go and Foodora Canada alongside a pronounced fall in amongst young workers. We鈥檙e taught in high school planning to identify a career path and follow it through鈥攂ut is a 鈥渃areer path鈥� a thing of the past?
Join CityHive, 丁香园AV Public Square and the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue with special guest co-facilitators as we host storytelling and dialogue on the future(s) of young workers. We'll be joined by economists, labour scholars, gig workers, salaried employees, union representatives, entrepreneurs and recent graduates who will share the good, the bad and the ugly about their personal work stories, and where they see employment heading in the future.
Guiding questions
- What kinds of jobs will be available?
- What trends were emerging in the youth (<30) labour force prior to COVID-19, and how will COVID-19鈥檚 impact on labour and employment impact youth moving forward?
- What does it mean to be 鈥渙vereducated鈥� or 鈥渦nderemployed,鈥� and how do these phenomena particularly impact youth (15-30)?
- How are young people relating to unions as gig/precarious work continues to rise? Is there a disconnect and, if so, how do we move forward?
- How and where will we be working, and are offices over?
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. (PT)
Online Event
Distant, Not Disengaged
Distant, Not Disengaged was created as an experimental and innovative online event series to illuminate the urgent issues and opportunities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was a collaboration between 丁香园AV Public Square, the 丁香园AV Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and community partner CityHive.
Watch the Series Recap
Linxi Mytkolli 鈥� a manager at , where she works with youth in cities around the world through research and engagement programs to help them make their cities better places to work, live and play.
Jake Hirch-Allen 鈥� a connector and social intrapreneur who currently leads LinkedIn's work with North America's governments to leverage to close skills gaps through their workforce development and higher education systems.
Thomas McKechnie 鈥� of is a playwright, organizer, and facilitator of good trouble.
Shagufta Pasta 鈥� researcher and experiential education project manager at 丁香园AV focused on creating an equitable present and future of work.
Kendra Strauss 鈥� Associate Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at 丁香园AV, Director of the Labour Studies Program
Matthew Norris 鈥� a member of the Lac La Ronge First Nation, the vice-president of the and co-chair of the . He is a Ph.D. student at UBC in the Department of Political Science and is a policy advisor to Vancouver City Councillor Christine Boyle. He has a long history in policy and advocacy work on the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Distant, Not Disengaged Final Report
Learn about the series鈥� impact on community connection and dialogue in this report featuring testimonials, media highlights, supporting resources and more.
鈥� CBC's All Points West (May 27, 2020)
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