2026 Young Leaders Forum Application Form I Formulaire de candidature

Section 1 — About You

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Enter Email Confirm Email

Number(Required)

Pronouns (optional)

Age(Required)

Province or territory(Required)

City/community(Required)

Preferred language for the experience(Required)

Section 3 — Your Work in Mentoring & Youth Development

Briefly describe your involvement in mentoring or youth programs. Include your role(s) as a participant, mentor, organizer, and/or in another role. Be sure to include the name(s) of organizations that you have participated with.(Required)

Why do you want to be part of this cohort, and what do you hope to take from it?(Required)

What's one idea or perspective you'd bring to a conversation about strengthening mentoring across Canada?(Required)

Section 4 — Show Us Your Work

Share up to three examples of how you've co-created, facilitated, or evaluated programs for or with youth. Examples can include podcasts, videos, articles, social media campaigns, toolkits, events, workshops, or other projects. Examples do not need to be professionally produced. We are most interested in your role, contributions, and impact.

Example 1: Project or Initiative Title(Required)

Type of Work

Other - please describe

Organization - if applicable

Brief Description(Required)

What was the project? What was your role? What impact did it have?

Website (Optional)

Share a website, video, article, social post, or portfolio link if applicable.

Supporting File (Optional)

Upload a PDF, presentation, image, or other supporting material if your work isn't available online.

Max. file size: 100 MB.

Example 2: Project or Initiative Title

Type of Work

Other - please describe

Organization - if applicable

Brief Description

What was the project? What was your role? What impact did it have?

Supporting File (Optional)

Upload a PDF, presentation, image, or other supporting material if your work isn't available online.

Max. file size: 100 MB.

Website (Optional)

Share a website, video, article, social post, or portfolio link if applicable.

Example 3: Project or Initiative Title

Type of Work

Other - please describe

Organization - if applicable

Brief Description

What was the project? What was your role? What impact did it have?

Supporting File (Optional)

Upload a PDF, presentation, image, or other supporting material if your work isn't available online.

Max. file size: 100 MB.

Website (Optional)

Share a website, video, article, social post, or portfolio link if applicable.

Section 5 — Permissions & Consent

Data collection notice

I give Mentor Canada permission to feature the linked assets above (and my name/role) in Summit communications that celebrate and elevate young leaders strengthening the mentoring movement across Canada. (Optional)

Photography and Videography Consent

I consent to being photographed and/or recorded during the Young Leaders Forum at the Canadian Mentoring Summit. I authorize Mentor Canada to use these photographs and recordings for promotional, educational, reporting, and storytelling purposes in print, digital, website, and social media materials. (Optional)

Application Acknowledgement(Required)

I understand my full application will be reviewed for selection into the cohort of 30 young leaders and that submitting an application does not guarantee a spot.

Section 6 — Logistics

I'm available for the full day on November 2, 2026 and plan to participate in the Canadian Mentoring Summit on November 3-4, 2026 in Ottawa, ON.(Required)

Do you anticipate needing travel or accommodation support to attend?(Required)

Do you have any accessibility or accommodation needs we should know about to support your full engagement if selected?(Required)

We will make every effort to provide appropriate accommodations; however, not all requests can be guaranteed.

Other - if yes, please share describe

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