Young People Know, a special five-part podcast series hosted by Sam Bird, explores best practices in becoming youth-led through conversations with nine Indigenous changemakers from across the country. 

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&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;What role does youth engagement play in leadership development? What role does it play in building relationships and meaningful careers?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Host &lt;a href= &quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-bird/&quot;&gt;Sam Bird&lt;/a&gt; speaks with veteran youth engagement expert &lt;a href= &quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyn-w-formsma-a846098a/&quot;&gt;Jocelyn Formsma&lt;/a&gt;, CEO of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) about how her extensive experience on youth councils led to her on path to leading a national organization.   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;In addition to leading the NAFC, Jocelyn is a Board Member of the Indigenous Bar Association, Advisor to the Ontario Indigenous Youth Partnership Project and on the Board of Trustees for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Our theme music is from Minou-Pimatiswen by Nigel Irwin and the Chippewa Travellers. Supplemental music provided by Nagamo Publishing. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to share it with others and give it a five-star rating.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast and sign-up to our newsletter to be notified about our next podcast series. Miigwech for joining us on this journey.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Young People Know is a co-production between Indigenous 150+ and the Mastercard Foundation EleV program.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;To learn more about the Mastercard Foundation EleV Program, and the voices and visions of Indigenous young people visit our website &lt;a href= &quot;https://mastercardfdn.org/elev/&quot;&gt;EleV: Taking Flight Together&lt;/a&gt; and sign up for our newsletter. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;You can also follow EleV on our socials:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.instagram.com/elevindigenous/&quot;&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.facebook.com/EleVIndigenous&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://twitter.com/elevindigenous&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/elev-indigenous/&quot;&gt;Linked In&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;To learn more about Indigenous 150+ and the Indigeous 150+ media training opportunities please visit their &lt;a href= &quot;https://goodinfluencefilms.com/indigenous-150-plus&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and sign up for their &lt;a href= &quot;https://goodinfluencefilms.com/podsubscribe&quot;&gt;newsletter.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;You can also follow Indigeous 150+ on their their socials:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.instagram.com/indigenous150plus/&quot;&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.facebook.com/Indigenous150PLUS/&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://twitter.com/INDG150Plus&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;a href= &quot;https://www.linkedin.com/company/good-influence-films&quot;&gt;Linked In&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Don&#039;t forget to subscribe and be notified when we drop our next series!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;A transcription of Episode 5 is available &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wh1l-NkFK8BZRxq9QJ0x7Xu_uV8RAjjxIGnh2xe8c-4/edit?usp=sharing&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Baamaapii!&lt;/p&gt;

Introducing Season 1: Young People Know

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