Access to affordable post-secondary education
Posted November 28th, 2009In November we asked a group of high school students about the kind of government issues that were important to them.
Then we asked them to vote on the ONE topic they’d like to see debated in the BC Youth Parliament. This issue garnered more than half the votes.
BCYP debated this topic in the BC Legislative [...]
Access to well-paying jobs
Posted November 27th, 2009Are you going to university or college, or would you rather get a job and start earning a salary?
Is it independence you want, or some expensive toys, or to start a family?
Access to affordable, timely health care
Posted November 28th, 2009Did you get your H1N1 vaccination? Was there a long wait? Do you have any friends or family members with chronic health issues?
What other issues would you like to see debated?
Posted November 28th, 2009Use this forum to suggest other topics – we’d be happy to set up a forum on topics of your choice.
We’re looking for a slogan
Posted November 28th, 2009We’d like a subtitle that’s attractive, exciting, involving, maybe something that connects with the lightning-bolt logo in our title.
We thought of “Ignite the right,” but it sounded too partisan. Or “Ignite your democratic rights,” but it sounded too long.
We’d like to collect some ideas from you and get everyone to vote on it.
What would you like to name this project?
Posted November 28th, 2009Youthocracy was the top vote-getter in our focus groups.
Let us know if there are any other names you’d like everyone to consider. And tell a friend – any name that is nominated twice will be added to the ballot.
Here are the names that received more than one vote in the focus groups:
Youthocracy
iChoose
GVote
Democrazy
YouthVote