Society needs to ask itself if it wants young people in leadership roles. If ‘Yes’, then it needs to step aside and mentor/foster young people's leadership skills
Gavin Dew, founder of the Forum for Millennial Leadership (FML) On Thursday, at the UBCM annual meeting which was held in Whistler, Gavin Dew, founder of the Forum for Millennial Leadership (FML) spoke at a session entitled, “Engaging Millennials”. At the session, he spoke of millennial leadership, polling on millennials in politics, why millennials are a growing electoral force, and why we should help. My nephew Steve Forseth, Cariboo Regional District Area “D” representative, attended the workshop session and when I asked him about the session he stated: “ The session Engaging Millennial's was an interesting one, lots of tips on how a local government can start up a youth council, and an engaging session on how to get more young people involved in local government .” Young people in public leadership is not a new concept, but it is not an easy journey. Perhaps one of the very reasons the Forum for Millennial Leadership was formed, and why on Tuesday (S...