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Generation X: Lives on Hold
It wasn't supposed to be like this. Young people born from the early 1960s to late 1970s believed that the future was theirs. As baby boomers aged, employment and prosperity would be passed along. Instead, "Generation Xers" complained that they were propelled into a changing, recession-driven workplace that offered little but "McJobs." They became the first post-war generation to be worse off than their parents, left with reduced expectations and downsized hope for the future.

	A crash course in reality		Generation X, the novel		Gen X vs. the Boomers
	In International Year of Youth, a group of teens discover they cannot be anything they want to be. (TV; runs 5:01)		Canadian author Douglas Coupland pens a tale that defines a generation. (Radio; runs 8:16)		"The Me Generation" does battle with the "Why Me? Generation." (Radio; runs 9:11)

	Slackers		Making a virtue of necessity		X-odus East
	I can't be bothered to write this caption. (TV; runs 4:19)		For some, Generation X adversity is an opportunity to redefine what is truly important. (Radio; runs 10:31)		Canadian Generation Xers seek better fortunes in Asia. (TV; runs 5:00)

	Boom, bust and echo		A life without high points		Move over, X. Here come the 'global teens'
	Generation X by the numbers, courtesy of demographer David Foot. (TV; runs 12:02)		The class of '88 graduated under the illusion that hard work and a good education would get you somewhere. (TV; runs 13:53)		The brash Generation Y is enough to send Douglas Coupland and his Xers to early graves. (TV; runs 2:25)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Génération X en quête d'identité Related Topics from CBC's Archives Cold War Culture: The Nuclear Fear of the 1950s and 1960s Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message Punk Rock Comes to Canada Splitting Up: Canadians Get Divorced The Birth Control Pill The Early Years of the AIDS Crisis External sites Statistics Canada: Animated population pyramid for Canada Douglas Coupland: Official Website The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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