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May 27 to 28, 2024: Summary of Youth Council Retreat and the topics the members selected for the first year of their mandate

Natural Resources Canada’s Youth Council met in person in Ottawa. Members engaged in a series of team-building activities, learning workshops and networking events with representatives from across the department. Members also discussed a wide range of natural resources issues with various Natural Resources Canada experts. The meeting concluded with a private tour of Parliament and a meet and greet with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources on Parliament Hill.

The Youth Council is now ready to start working on the topics they selected for the first year of their mandate, which include:

• Helping communities (Indigenous, northern, and remote) overcome energy, infrastructure, and employment challenges;
• Dealing with effects of climate change on Canada’s natural resources; and
• Impacts of AI on Canada’s natural resource sectors and climate change-related initiatives.