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Nathalie Blanchet

Nathalie Blanchet
In her role at Tamarack Institute, Nathalie works closely with the Managers of Cities and with staff across Tamarack to ensure communities have the knowledge, learning and coaching they need to design mechanisms for youth to be engaged and supported. -- Dans le cadre de son travail au Tamarack Institute, Nathalie travaille en étroite collaboration avec les Gestionnaires de villes et les membres du personnel de l’organisation afin d’assurer que les communautés reçoivent les connaissances, la formation et l’accompagnement dont elles ont besoin pour concevoir des mécanismes permettant aux jeunes de s’engager et d’être soutenus.

Recent Posts

Announcing the 2021/22 CBYF Community Innovation Fund Recipients

Posted by Nathalie Blanchet on January 12, 2022

Tamarack Institute is proud to announce the recipients of our 2021–22 Communities Building Youth Futures Community Innovation Fund. See below for a full list of funding recipients, including project descriptions.

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Announcing the 2020/21 CBYF Community Innovation Fund Recipients

Posted by Nathalie Blanchet on February 8, 2021

Tamarack Institute is proud to announce the recipients of our 2020-21 Communities Building Youth Futures Community Innovation Fund. Tamarack and Government of Canada’s Learning Branch through the Goal Getters program, have implemented Communities Building Youth Futures to develop system-wide solutions for youth as they build and act upon plans for their future. The Community Innovation Fund is an opportunity for member communities to experiment and develop new models and local efforts, that are not covered by other grants or funding streams, which support youth in the community.

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Communities Building Youth Futures – Update on the National Work

Posted by Nathalie Blanchet on August 13, 2020

At the local level of the Communities Building Youth Futures (CBYF) initiative, our CBYF communities are beginning to build their Common Agenda and identifying collective impact strategies for supporting their youth to ensure successful transition from high school.

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Youth Guide to Virtual Work

Posted by Nathalie Blanchet on June 11, 2020

In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, the number of jobs and internships available for youth this summer will have significantly decreased in comparison to previous years. In some cases, the jobs themselves will look very different as social distancing continues to impact the labour market.  

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Launching Communities Building Youth Futures

Posted by Nathalie Blanchet on June 7, 2020

Our team at Tamarack has been looking forward to June for so many reasons - one of which is the official launch of the Communities Building Youth Futures Initiative (CBYF).

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