Supplement the discipline students already chose.
AI literacy for health, construction, architecture, film, arts, business, planning and social services—not a requirement to become a programmer.
A labour-market warningAI ENABLEMENT FIRST WORK
Entry-level opportunity is civic infrastructure.
The campaign research baseline reports Toronto youth unemployment at 16.8% in April 2026, compared with 9.8% in April 2019. That does not prove AI caused the gap. It does make paid pathways urgent.
Make experience real and paid.
Co-ops, apprenticeships, capstones, internships, fellowships and supervised first-credit roles.
Make staying possible.
Rental supply, complete neighbourhoods and regional connectivity matter to whether early-career residents can remain in Toronto.
Right response and navigation.
Help young people reach the appropriate human support without turning AI companionship into a substitute for relationships or care.
Preserve productive struggle.
Age-appropriate transparency, critical thinking and human relationships are part of being ready for the AI era.
Young Toronto
Protect the first rung of the career ladder.
Project Six, co-ops, apprenticeships, first-credit work and AI enablement should turn learning into proof of capability and paid opportunity.
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