Myna Kota

Myna Kota

Myna Kota is Senior Manager of Advocacy at Girl Guides of Canada. Myna was a 2019 Maytree Policy School participant and currently sits on the Board of the Ontario Nonprofit Network. Find her on Twitter @MynaKota.

Written By Myna Kota

Case study in advocacy: How national youth serving agencies came together to help government create the Prime Minister’s Youth Council

Four years ago, 20 youth-serving organizations collaborated to create and shape a small piece of public policy: the Prime Minister’s Youth Council. It is not an earth-shattering achievement or priority, to be sure, but our efforts provide useful lessons for how organizations can take advantage of small policy opportunities in the current context of a minority government.