Finance committee  Right now we have 2,425 students participating in the Pathways to Education program. That doesn't include the number of alumni. We now have, just this past year, seen our first students graduate from the program. They had gone through the first registration in grade eight, starte

Finance committee  We anticipate seeing our next program sites in the communities of Kingston, Winnipeg, and Halifax next, and after that seeing them in the provinces of Alberta, B.C., and elsewhere. Thank you.

Finance committee  Yes. The funding of Pathways to Education Canada, in our local program sites, are largely funded already through provincial support, through provincial sources, and through private sector funding. To date, there has been very little funded through the federal government. We are

Finance committee  Similarly, we have experienced a 93% participation rate in our communities and an increase in participation in post-secondary school, which has risen from 20% to 80%. Beyond the performance of these students, the Boston Consulting Group has taken an analysis of our program. The

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman, committee members, thank you for the important work you're doing and for the privilege to address you today on behalf of an ever-growing number of students and communities being served by Pathways to Education Canada. Thank you to the federal government for consider

Human Resources committee  Yes, first and foremost, make this issue a primary item on its agenda. I think it's about recognizing that the solutions to community, to poverty, and to integration of new Canadians will be found in programs that are helping our youth. In our most vulnerable communities, make th

Human Resources committee  Yes. First of all, I'd say that we don't see this as an education problem and we don't see it as an education solution. We see it as a community issue. It's about the time that students aren't in school. That's what we are focusing our time and energy on. It's helping them throug

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your comments. First, we have started the program in Quebec in one community in Montreal. We're excited to see how the program will evolve there. But as far as this discussion is concerned about whether or not the program has to be governmental or gove

Human Resources committee  High school, and also the transition into post-secondary.

Human Resources committee  We get this question asked to us a lot, about whether or not it could be applied. I think there's no question there are principles from our program that could easily be applied and should be applied at the elementary school level. The reason we have focused on the level that we h

Human Resources committee  Right. And I think it's partly to do with their stage in life and their age at that point.

Human Resources committee  So you know, we are registering students from grade 8. We are making that initial contact already in grade 8 to help them make that transition into grade 9, then prepare them on for the post-secondary part.

Human Resources committee  Thanks very much, members of Parliament and committee members, for this opportunity to speak with you today. And thank you for addressing this very real and pressing issue of poverty in this country. I am speaking with you about a very exciting program, Pathways to Education, th