Podcasts Culture Indigenous 150+ How does this work to support the bus ride home?: Youth Engagement & Compensation

How does this work to support the bus ride home?: Youth Engagement & Compensation

Published: July 11, 2023, 8:10 a.m.

How should young people be compensated for their time and expertise? What constitutes fair remuneration? What challenges do young people face when it comes to requesting compensation?\xa0

Host Sam Bird digs into these questions as well as the hidden costs of youth engagement that Indigenous young people often bear when they are consulted.\xa0

The episode guests include:

  • Riley Yesno - \xa0Former member of the Prime Minister's Youth Council, Vanier Scholar, and former Student Trustee with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (Anishinaabe, Eabametoong First Nation).\xa0
  • Jocelyn Formsma - CEO, National Association of Friendship Centres, Board Member of the Indigenous Bar Association, and Advisor to the Ontario Indigenous Youth Partnership Project.
  • Brandon Montour - Concordia University Young Alumni Council, McGill University Faculty of Law - Faculty Council, (Kanien\u2019keh\xe1:ka from Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake).
  • Autumn LaRose-Smith - President of the Provincial M\xe9tis Youth Council & Former USask Student Union President (M\xe9tis).
  • Tutchone Dunfield - Former member of the Provincial Youth Council for M\xe9tis Nation of Alberta (M\xe9tis & Cree).
  • Darian Baskatawang - Former member of Premier\u2019s Council for Youth Opportunities, Independent First Nations Youth Working Group, and Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council, and lawyer at OKT Law (Anishinaabe, Whitesand First Nation).
  • Elycia Monaghan - a Kitikmeot Inuk medical student at NOSM University, and a former member of the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre Youth Council.

See here for more on OCAP and a Livable Wage, both of which are discussed in this episode.

\xa0Our theme music is from Minou-Pimatiswen by Nigel Irwin and the Chippewa Travellers. Supplemental music provided by Nagamo Publishing.\xa0

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A transcription of Episode 4 is available\xa0 here. \xa0