There are some organizations who hire young volunteers/ interns to promote a good cause and spread a message amidst the most influential sector of a society- the youth. Most of these happen to be students who are inspired to be change makers or do something fruitful about something they’re passionate about.

However, these organizations often don’t have them work under an official contract, or anything more than a meaningless and fickle verbal promise.

As a result many students are laid off without a proper letter of recommendation, certificate, or even a prior notice. Their ideas are taken but not credited for, and they are held against things they have not done wrong.

In some cases theft of original thought can be an actual felony, but students may think that these cases are far too insignificant to be thought of that way.

This has happened to me, a close friend, and I don’t want it happening to anyone else.
So before you join a team, make sure they are legitimate and professional, not entirely run by amateurs, and preferably an official and registered organization. Make sure they don’t use and throw you like some kind of tissue paper.

As someone who looks for a lot of work to do independently/ by myself, I have also come across various other forms of misguidance and scam. An example of this is a ‘fake’ company that tried to recruit me to scam me. I will include this in a separate post.

Demand for youth mental health is snowballing like never before, and universities may or may not be reacting up to the extent they ought to. Not only is it a general, overwhelming sense of nervousness that looms amongst every crowd of students, but there is also a rising trend in statistical data that explicates the same. For instance, data collected across Canada by the investigation run by the University of Ryerson shows dramatic increases in the number of young people seeking mental health services as well as increases in the associated costs of meeting that demand. While it is uncertain what exactly is going on, it is vital for us to acknowledge the fact that youth today is definitely under more pressure. It is alarming how there is an absolute lack of mental health services for younger Canadians. This is exactly what leaves serious problems undetected for years; then, years later, as students arrive on campus, they suddenly have access to counselling and psychiatry services not previously available in high school. This makes them even more overwhelmed, but it does engender the process of realizing, accepting, and treating the mental anxiety and similar such paradoxes students may be encountering. However, it is important we don’t pin down the reason on just one factor, when Canada today encounters several varying lifestyles due to changing parental styles, an increasingly competitive job market, societal changes with regards to how we communicate, and so on. Nonetheless, as the day’s progress, there is a general sense of decreased mental health stigma and increased awareness of the services available on campus. This allows people to find their journey, or make their own if they have to, to come out of their ‘anxiety’ category without being ashamed.

Referring to:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/29/youth-mental-health-demand-is-exploding-how-universities-and-business-are-scrambling-to-react.html

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