The State of Mentoring in Canada
SRDC is designing, implementing, and analyzing a large-scale research project around the state of mentoring in Canada. Work includes mapping the mentoring experiences of young people and capturing the landscape of mentoring programs/services in Canada. The study includes the first ever nationally-representative survey of young people’s perspectives on mentoring in Canada and a survey of adult mentors and potential mentors. It also takes stock of the prevalence, practices, and scope of youth mentoring programs across Canada with a comprehensive literature and landscape review shaped by conversations with a variety of representatives within the youth development field. Mentor Canada has published early reports, and more detailed investigations of the collected data will continue through the summer of 2021.
Project Details
Capability: Strategic Program Review - Survey Design and Data Management
Policy Area: Youth Development and Inclusion
Population: Youth
Start Date: July 2019
Completion Date: March 2023
Sponsors: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
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