Make Way for YOUth!

What can Make Way for YOUth offer YOU?

For individuals, Make Way for YOUth offers a variety of services to introduce you to (and help you settle in) the Estrie region. For more information, read on.

For employers, Make Way for YOUth offers you FREE job postings on TWO highly visible, well-visited websites (www.topportunity.ca and www.accrodesregions.qc.ca), publicity for your business, networking opportunities and a chance to browse a database of motivated and enthusiastic young graduates who already have a real interest in living and working in the Estrie region. For more information about what this project can do for you, visit the Make Way for YOUth Employers page.

Individual Support Services
If you are under 35 years old, and:
• Living outside the Estrie administrative region and considering moving to the area;
• Or living in the Estrie and in need of help to find a job, a home or some information about the services available to you in your area;

The Make Way for YOUth project offers FREE individual support services to help you. For more information, contact me today!

Discovery Days
Make Way for YOUth offers you an exciting introduction to the Estrie English-speaking community via a variety of FREE activities. What better way could there be to get to see and know the region? If you are thinking about moving to the Estrie, consider participating in one of our Discovery Days activities to 'test out' the region for FREE. It's a small commitment that has BIG potential rewards for you and your future!

The Discovery Days activities provide you with the perfect chance to explore the region and begin putting into place a network of contacts (through visits to businesses and meetings with potential employers, municipal councillors and other 'movers and shakers' in the area). Over the course of the activities, you will also find out about the many employment opportunities that are currently available in the Townships.

If you have recently moved to the area, don't worry! You can still participate in the Make Way for YOUth activities. If you've lived in your new home for less than a year, you are eligible to participate in the activities taking place in the Estrie...who knows, you might just learn some new things about your new surroundings!

To participate in the Make Way for YOUth Discovery Days in the Estrie English-speaking community, you must be:
- between the ages of 18 and 35;
- a graduate (or soon-to-be graduate) of a Vocational Training, College or University program;
- hoping to work, start a business and/or create your future in this beautiful region of the Eastern Townships.

You are invited to participate in the 2010-2011 Discovery Days in English,

in various parts of the Estrie region:

August 13 - 15, 2010, Haut-Saint-François and Granit:

Visit the Parc national du Mont-Mégantic, and participate in the Perséides astronomy evening.

September 17 - 19, 2010, Val-Saint-François and des Sources:

Visit Townshippers’ Day, the largest two-day event of the year for the English-speaking community in the Eastern Townships… a great opportunity to meet many different employers and organizations, without a lot of travelling!

January 21, 22, 23, 2011 (dates TBA): Memphremagog and Sherbrooke MRCs

March, 2011: Richmond

March 25, 26, 2011 (to be confirmed), Sherbrooke:

A workshop, a networking event and a visit to the Priorité-emploi job fair. Priorité-emploi is the largest gathering of employers in the Estrie region.

For further information, or to sign up, contact:

Sheila Quinn, Make Way for YOUth/Desjardins Migration Agent
100-257 Queen, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 1K7
Phone: 819 566-5717 (1-866-566-5717)
Fax: 819 566-0271
E-mail: mwfy@townshippers.qc.ca

To learn about our Make Way for YOUth partners, visit:
Make way for YOUth Partners

Follow the links below to read all about our other Make Way for YOUth projects!

Make Way for YOUth Research Study, Eastern Townships 2007-2008

Make Way for YOUth, Coaticook MRC 2006-2007

Sheila Quinn
Make Way for YOUth/Desjardins Migration Agent
819 566-5717 (toll-free: 1-866-566-5717),
mwfy@townshippers.qc.ca

Visit http://www.accrodesregions.qc.ca/ to sign up for the Accro des Regions e-bulletin... a weekly online newsletter that lists job opportunities and activities available in the Estrie region. It's the perfect tool for anyone who wishes to make (or who has already chosen to make) the Estrie their home!