Every young person deserves a mentorship relationship that opens doors, bridges pathways, and supports them through pivotal transitions.
Across Canada, too many young people, particularly racialized, newcomer, Indigenous, rural, and equity-deserving youth, do not have access to a mentor when they need one most. At the same time, mentoring programs, schools, employers, and community organizations are working tirelessly with limited resources, outdated tools, and growing complexity.
This is the mentoring gap. And together, we can close it.
Mentor Canada is building a stronger, more equitable national mentoring ecosystem, one where every organization has the tools they need, every mentor feels prepared, and every young person can access a supportive relationship that helps them thrive.
Your support fuels transformation:
Expand Inclusive, Equity-Centered Mentoring
We help programs design mentoring that reflects the lived experiences of diverse young people. This includes approaches that are culturally grounded, trauma informed, and supportive of neurodiverse ways of thinking and learning.
Strengthen the Systems Around Mentoring
High-quality mentoring relies on strong infrastructure. Your gift supports workforce training, evidence-informed tools, clear program standards, and the resources that enable mentors and staff to build safe, supported, and impactful relationships.
Advance Research That Drives Change
Your support fuels research that shows how mentoring reduces barriers, improves mental health, increases belonging, and expands pathways to education and careers. This evidence guides policy and helps to inform programming decision for organizations across Canada.
Join the movement
Every day, young people navigate barriers tied to identity, discrimination, mental health, systemic inequities, and limited access to meaningful support. Mentorship has the power to change that, but access is not equal.
Your donation is helping Mentor Canada lead a national mentoring movement to change this.