Rachel Gouin

Rachel Gouin

Rachel Gouin is Executive Director at the Child Welfare League of Canada. A graduate of the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management, she sits on the Board of the Canadian Advocacy Network. Find her on Twitter @Rachelsmind.

Written By Rachel Gouin

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.