Gen Y on the move: Why Canadian young people leave home for work

By Alyshah Hasham Toronto Star About 100,000 people left Ontario between 2003 and 2010 and about half of them are young people, he says. The rates of interprovincial migration are»

Jobless Gen Y: Young, unemployed and giving up hope

Alyshah Hasham Staff Reporter Toronto Star “Set the bar low,” is the advice Ron Sly would give himself a year and a half ago, when he started looking for work»

As Charity and Fraud Move Online, Survey Finds Canadians Risk

A new survey commissioned by CanadaHelps.org and Capital One Canada, as part of Fraud Awareness Month, found that 45% of millennials (aged 18-34 years) are taking no steps to ensure»

Leadership in the Millennial Generation?

By Shannon Kellogg Huffington Post Blog Much of the media coverage of millennials — those individuals born between 1977 and 1998 — is about how to lead millennials, how to»

18- to 34-year-olds Are Now ‘Generation C’

By ZOE FOX Mashable Published February 23, 2012 It’s hardly news that young adults are the most digitally connected, but now Nielsen has come up with a new name for»

Adulthood begins later than it used to

PEW SOCIAL & DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS www.pewsocialtrends.org In a 1993 Newsweek poll, 80% of parents with young children said children should be financially independent from their parents by the age of»

National Study Quantifies the “Sharing Economy” Movement

The Sharing Economy movement has gone mainstream.  According to a national consumer study, not only did a 60 percent of overall respondents find the concept of sharing appealing, but a full»

Study Shows Boomers Are Still More Likely Than Gen Y to Purchase Health, Beauty, Food, and Beverage Products Online

Shoppers ages 50-54 lead the charge when it comes to purchasing health and beauty products online (52 percent), and shoppers ages 45-49 are purchasing more food and beverage products online»

Millennial women likely to influence others’ purchase decisions on websites, social networks

A report from Fleishman-Hillard and Hearst (Jan. 24, 2012) found that Millennial women are ideal brand advocates, as they are likely to broadcast positive shopping experiences they have across the web.»

The Problems of Life in Bubble Wrap

JANUARY 31, 2012 BY STEVEN ZHANG The Cornell Daily Sun It’s been said time and time again that children, so delicate, are our most precious resources. But that notion may»