The Booklet That ComplementsThe Emerging Millennials is Now Available!
64-page colour booklet
highlights The Ten Key Findings of the latest national youth survey
4 page sections on each of the ten findings
photo and graphic lead-ins and illustrative data
summary observations and reflections on responses
A great resource for those wanting to know the heart of the research findings, and their significance for understanding youth
Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................... 5 Background: Don’t believe everything you hear about teenagers!............................. 7 1.They're decent people ........................................................................................ 11 2.They love their friends and music......................................................................... 15 3.Their tech toys are new means to old ends............................................................ 19 4. They've said goodbye to the monoculture............................................................. 23 5. Their ties with parents are the best in decades...................................................... 27 6. They enjoy school – strain and all......................................................................... 31 7. Their quality of life is a solid upgrade.................................................................... 35 8. They're into relationships more than sex.............................................................. 39 9. They're morally flexible, but some things are no-no’s............................................. 43 10. They’re post-religious and pre-spiritual................................................................. 47
Conclusion: And are they ever buoyant about the future!......................................... 51 The Last Words................................................................................................ 55 Appendix.............................................................................................................................................. 57 Notes................................................................................................................................................... 58
Last year, Reginald Bibby carried out the latest in his series of national youth surveys. Entitled Project Teen Canada 2008, the survey built on previous surveys completed in 1984, 1992, and 2000 that have produced unparalleled information on the evolving attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour of the country's young people. The findings have taken on additional value since they have complemented by parallel adult Project Canada surveys spanning 1975 through 2005. In addition, the sample included a special Aboriginal supplement of more than 600 students in band schools across the country. James Penner served as the associate director of the project. From the beginning, a primary goal has been to generate information on youth that is academically sound and shared widely with organizations and individuals that care about youth. The findings have subsequently become well-known to educators, the media, governments, corporations, health care workers, family organizations, religious groups, youth leaders, young people, and parents. The three books that have summarized and interpreted the findings (The Emerging Generation, 1985; Teen Trends, 1992; Canada’s Teens, 2001) have known wide readerships. Indicative of general interest in the program, the findings through the 2000 survey were featured as a cover story by Maclean’s (April 5, 2001). Beyond publications, Bibby and other survey personnel have travelled extensively across the country, sharing the findings and reflecting on their implications in a large and varied number of settings.
The new 2008 national survey provides an important update on Canadian youth that is particularly important in light of the dramatic changes in technology in recent years, and ensuing impact on information and personal and collective life. As in the past, the sample consists of some 3,500 young people between the ages of 15 and 19 who are still in high school or its equivalents. Multi‑stage stratified and cluster sampling procedures were used to select one class in approximately 200 schools across the country. A carefully constructed questionnaire that took approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete was filled out in classroom settings under the supervision of a guidance counsellor or a designated alternate.
The survey contributes to data on Canadian young people covering close to 25 years – 1984 through 2008. Findings have been shared first of all with the participating schools through a new book, The Emerging Millennials: How Canada's Newest Generation is Responding to Change and Choice,that was available in late April of 2009. In addition, findings and releases on a number of topics are being made available free via the survey website, PTC08.COM. Still further, Project Teen Canada personnel, led by Bibby and Penner, will continue to make themselves available to explain and discuss the findings. As in the past, the survey has been greeted with considerable enthusiasm by a wide range of groups and individuals, led by educators, youth leaders, academics, and the media, along with parents and young people themselves.
For more information, please go to the project's website: PTC08.COM .
The Companion Volume to The Emerging Millennials
Released in October of 2006, this is the most recent addition to Reginald Bibby’s bestselling books on social trends in Canada.
In The Boomer Factor, Bibby examines just what kind of country Boomers will be leaving behind. Drawing on his unparalleled series of national surveys of adults and teenagers spanning the years 1975 to 2005, he identifies ten important trends, including significant changes pertaining to: the pervasiveness of diversity, the decline of community, the rise in the desire for input, the new basis for decision-making, the new sense of time, and the information explosion. He also exposes myths about what people want, decreasing civility, conventional family aspirations, and the decline of religion.
Bibby offers provocative assessments of the implications of these patterns for social and personal well-being in Canada, in the process evaluating the Boomer legacy. He again displays his trademark ability to present important research findings in a journalistic and engaging style. The Boomer Factor has being greeted with much anticipation and enthusiasm, and already has received consideral national and regional media attention.
$19.95 softcover ISBN 0-9780554-4-6 246 pp – 6 x 9 Project Canada Books Lethbridge
2009 April 01 Lethbridge Health Region Pre-Boomers Conference 26-28 Ottawa Towards 2020 Youth Conference
May 26-29 Ottawa Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting June 07 Victoria The Emerging Millennials - First Metropolitan UC 08 Victoria University of Victoria 23 Calgary Kerby Centre Boomers Conference
September 17 Edmonton CAFA Distinguished Academic Award Banquet
October 02 Fort McMurray Fort McMurray Catholic Schools 22 Edmonton Canon Law Society Annual Meeting 29 Edmonton Research Showcase: AB Centre for Child, Family & Community Research November 07-10 Montreal American Academy of Religion 21 Niagara CMA Board of Directors Retreat
December 03-06 Vancouver Canadian Youth Workers Convention
2010 January 09-10 Edmonton Western Canadian RC Youth Workers Annual Meeting 21-25 Victoria Explorations Conference, First Metropolitan UC
February 26 Calgary Calgary Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Group
March 19-20 Saskatoon RC School Board & Marriage Conference
April 08-11 Oakland Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting
May 28-04 Montreal Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting
June 07 Montreal Association of Theological Schools (CAOS)
October 18-21 Toronto Toronto RC Study Days #1 November 08-11 Toronto Toronto RC Study Days #2
