On episode seven of the Bigger Than This Pod, we speak to Olu Paynter, who is a Youth Mentor at Toronto’s MLSE Launchpad, in addition to working as Youth Consultant for a new Toronto venture known as Emerging Youth Consultancy.
 
Born and raised in Toronto, Olu has leveraged both his deep understanding of the city’s heartbeat and love for sport in to helping the city’s youth overcome a vast array of challenges.
 
 We discuss the incredible and unique array of support provided to the community by MLSE Launchpad, a facility owned the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (Owners of the Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs), the challenge of supporting culturally and racially diverse youth through 2020 whilst processing events himself as a black man and what it is about Toronto that makes it so supportive of those from the city who go on to achieve big things.
 
www.emergingyouth.info
www.mlselaunchpad.org