• An evidence base is needed to articulate how to better support student transitions. To make this happen, more funding and more attention needs to be paid to evaluating programs, policies and practices;
• Using this evidence-base, build programs, practices and policies which will be sustainable and viable for long-term application and use by all youth;
• Review measures to ensure equitable access;
• Consistent and sustained career education and career development services are needed to support youth prior to and during this transition;
• Employers and labour need to be involved at the policy and program level. The case for employer involvement needs to be made in order to engage them;
• A social marketing approach is needed to address the social and cultural attitudes of parents, teachers, employers and students about the various school-to-work pathways.

The WLKC inventory is a small representation of the number of measures available in Canada to address school-to-work transitions. Research points to the need for a more consolidated and collective school-to-work strategy endorsed at all levels of government. The entries in WLKC’s school-to-work inventory exemplify the ad hoc nature of school-to-work measures available in Canada, but these initiatives also highlight many innovative, effective and promising policies, programs and practices which can serve as reference for building a more unified strategy and should be considered a catalyst for expansion.