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Stressed, Overwhelmed And Suicidal

2013-06-17T14:22:31Z

Canadian post-secondary students feel stressed, overwhelmed, lonely and some have even considered suicide in the past year, a new study released Monda...

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AskMen: What You Need to Know Before Graduating

2013-06-12T12:08:58Z

It's graduation season. As someone who's less a recent graduate and living more in "dude, why are you still attending events for recent graduates?" territory, I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring and address some of the concerns you probably didn't know you had.

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Is Personal Branding Necessary?

2013-06-06T12:26:43Z

Stacks of books, an empty Starbucks coffee cup, Post-it notes and old essays cover Brody Hatch’s desk in his bedroom in Kingston, Ontario. Hatch, 22...

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Michael Ferreira: 5 Tips to Help Transform Gen Y Renters Into Homebuyers

2013-05-24T04:18:23Z

Today's twentysomethings are feeling pinched, trying to earn meaningful pay cheques to put toward a mortgage, but the Canadian government has made it even tougher by tightening lending rules to keep a leash on the housing market. Combine this with a decade-long rise in house prices across Canada, it's no surprise Gen Y is feeling down about buying their first home.

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New Economic Reality: Delayed Careers, Delayed Adulthood

2013-05-21T09:46:26Z

When Carley Smith graduated from a public relations program in 2006, she decided to take a decent-paying job far outside her preferred field rather th...

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Shachi Kurl: 5 Reasons B.C. Millennials Should Vote Today

2013-05-14T11:50:41Z

Did you know that political strategists are counting on you not to vote? Senior BC Liberal strategists say this to reassure their nervous supporters: "Our base leans to older voters, whereas the NDP base leans to the 18-34 age group (older voters vote)." Now technically, there's nothing untrue about that statement. But whether you're voting Liberal, NDP, Green or Conservative, merely casting your ballot is putting your thumb in the eye of decrepit politicos who have already dismissed you.

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3 Aboriginal Millennials To Watch

2013-05-10T07:23:00Z

Much of the news reporting on Canada’s aboriginal community highlights the challenges indigenous people face: violence, barriers to receiving decent...

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Are Young B.C. Voters Screwed?

2013-05-09T15:10:58Z

The needs of young, urban British Columbians are being left behind this election and poor voter turnout from the last is partly to blame, according to...

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Stephanie Brooks: It's Not the Labour Market -- It's You

2013-04-21T10:02:43Z

Sit down, take a nice cold sip of your iced grande half-caff sugar-free non-fat vanilla hazelnut latte, turn off Angry Birds on your iPhone 5, and pay attention, 'cause Gen Y? We need to talk. Stop blaming everyone else for your lack of a decent job. It's not the labour market. It's you.

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Men's Rights Movement Grows On Campus

2013-04-15T06:51:31Z

It’s mid-November at the University of Toronto and a crowd is chanting.

“No hate speech on campus.. No hate speech on campus!”

Protesters...

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AskMen: Do Millennials Really Have It Tougher Than Their Parents?

2013-04-05T17:58:11Z

People are slagging on millennials for not getting their act together, but the truth is that our economic reality is much more difficult than 20 or 30 years ago. Almost every Gen Y'er wants to be responsible with their money -- trouble is we just don't have any.

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WATCH: Sh*t Harper Did Is Back With A Vengeance

2013-04-02T11:26:07Z

Shit Harper Did (SHD), the viral phenomenon that captured the digital zeitgeist during the 2011 federal election campaign, is back in action.

The t...

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John Laforet: Five Tips For Landing the Job You Want

2013-04-02T08:27:23Z

In just a few weeks, the latest batch of millennials will graduate from post-secondary institutions across the country in one of the most challenging job markets young Canadians have ever faced. Below are some tips I offer soon-to-be and recent grads as they enter the workforce.

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Arielle Brown: 'I Never Expected to Leave Such a Long Trail of Resumes'

2013-03-27T16:20:15Z

With such high hopes, I never expected to leave such a long trail of resumes and feel so lost in a sea of interviews that have yet to produce significant results. I never thought finding a job would be easy, but I truly did not believe the job market would be as saturated as it is.

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Cleo Hamel: A Beginner's Guide To Income Taxes

2013-03-26T17:37:36Z

No matter how your academic career ends, there comes a point when you join the workforce and (hopefully) start earning a regular paycheque. Earning income means you have the privilege of paying income tax. It may not be your first thought, but tax planning is an important part of a financial plan.

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Jeffrey Bernstein: How to Run Your Non-Profit Like a Business

2013-03-25T17:28:10Z

The non-profit organization, just like the technology start-up with a disruptive, yet unproven, new innovation, must sell its vision as much as its financial model and its metrics for measuring impact. But by reducing organizational survival to a simple sales-pitch ignores the fundamental truth that not all organizations are created equally.

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Youth Fear They're Locked Out Of Home Ownership: Poll

2013-03-20T16:44:59Z

A large majority of Canadians in the so-called Y generation are worried that affordability will hamper their desire to own a home in their lifetime, a...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Bike Sharing And Car Culture

2013-03-14T10:59:19Z

Generation Y isn't necessarily a car culture. The emergence of a bicycle culture coincides with a move toward sustainable living. Millennials face ins...

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LOOK: Fashion And Bikes Really Do Mix!

2013-03-14T09:46:08Z

The Deadly Nightshades are convinced that the bicycle is magic. When they're out as a "roving midnight bike gang," in seafoam green jackets, the seven...

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Jodie Shupac: Give Us a Break: Generation Y and Precarious Work

2013-03-11T16:14:30Z

it's the state of the current labour market that has triggered much of this Millennial stereotyping. We're often pegged as lazy, unwilling to commit to a stable, full-time job because it means forsaking our supposedly cherished sense of freedom and flexibility. But in reality, so many of us 20 and 30-somethings in Canada and elsewhere have had to struggle to find any job, let alone one that offers secure, full-time hours, pays decently or offers any sort of benefits; this "freedom" has not been chosen, but flung upon us unwittingly.

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Why Is This The Quitting Generation?

2013-03-11T06:31:19Z

By the time Kai Nagata got out of the pool, the iPhone on his towel was vibrating out of control. A half hour earlier, before taking a night swim in J...

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Why Are MP3-Weaned Millennials Adopting Parents' Vinyl Habit?

2013-03-08T06:00:28Z

Cleaning my basement the other day turned into a musical archaeological dig. I unearthed a Men at Work vinyl album from when I was 8, a bag of old-sch...

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Adam Kingsmith: We're Not Entitled, We're Just Screwed

2013-03-07T12:47:46Z

We were told we could have the world, and unsurprisingly, we're getting more than a little anxious out about the idea that we won't be so fortunate. To be frank, all we really want is for that ugly lie our high school guidance councillors told us in senior year "if you go to a good university and work hard, doors will open for you," to be true. But it's not.

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Cleo Hamel: Navigating Your First Tax Return on Your Own

2013-03-06T17:54:00Z

There are many different types of tax preparers but one of the most trusted is mom and dad. Many younger Canadians rely on parents to help them file their first tax returns, but there does come a time when you need to take control of your tax return and learn how to prepare it yourself.

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Mary Donohue: How to Get Millennials Excited About Coming to Work

2013-03-05T17:43:09Z

The recent dust-up over working from home or working at work has brought a few issues to the forefront. Primarily, that dealing with a young, mobile and educated workforce is hard. When millennials work for you, life is going to be very different: they are not their father's workforce.

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