Dayle McKay has always cared about young people having a say in the decisions that shape their lives. That drive has her thinking about a future in education, although she’s still exploring what form it might take.
What she knows is that the system needs more voices like hers.
“I’m Indigenous. I’m a woman. I’m a youth-in-care, and I feel like there’s not enough representation from any of those groups in making decisions that impact all of us,” said McKay, who is one of 50 students that make up the first cohort of McMaster’s new Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement.
“We need more people with lived experience in these roles so that decisions reflect everyone.”