Housing Market: Youth and Combustible Proportions

housing market: Their employment opportunities are frequently temporary, unstable and short-term and the housing market appears unattainable for many with levels of inequity across society increasing, according to Huffington Post Canada. Youth most affected by such tensions and disparities may shrug their shoulders and wonder, 'why bother ' But there's one thing we can do to help Canadian at-risk youth forge a positive path forward provide positive mentorship. They are growing up in a divided society with ethnic, gender and political tensions at seemingly combustible proportions -- not just south of the border, but in Canada too. Research shows that mentorship programs for youth improve school success and academic performance. Mentorships also reduce drug and alcohol abuse, engagement in violence and with the law and improves peer relationships, social skills and employment. For example, 45 per cent of at risk youth with an adult mentor are enrolled in higher education compared with only 29 per cent of their unmentored peers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.