Youthocracy http://www.youthocracy.ca Engaging the youth of today Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Access to affordable post-secondary education http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/access-to-affordable-post-secondary-education/ http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/access-to-affordable-post-secondary-education/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:55:36 +0000 Owen (site admin) http://www.youthocracy.ca/?p=16 In 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 Chamber on Dec 30. After over an hour of debate, the motion was defeated, 38-31.

Link to background info (revised) on merit-based student aid

Link to BCYP resolution that was defeated

Links to Hansard transcript of debate [pdf or html]

On the main page, see “Click here for voting results”  to view the results of the online poll.

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Is it independence you want, or some expensive toys, or to start a family?

]]> http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/27/test-topic/feed/ 1 Access to affordable, timely health care http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/access-to-affordable-timely-health-care/ http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/access-to-affordable-timely-health-care/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:00:26 +0000 Owen (site admin) http://www.youthocracy.ca/?p=20 Did you get your H1N1 vaccination? Was there a long wait? Do you have any friends or family members with chronic health issues?

]]> http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/access-to-affordable-timely-health-care/feed/ 0 What other issues would you like to see debated? http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/what-other-issues-would-you-like-to-see-debated/ http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/what-other-issues-would-you-like-to-see-debated/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:01:22 +0000 Owen (site admin) http://www.youthocracy.ca/?p=23 Use this forum to suggest other topics – we’d be happy to set up a forum on topics of your choice.

]]> http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/what-other-issues-would-you-like-to-see-debated/feed/ 2 We’re looking for a slogan http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/we%e2%80%99re-looking-for-a-slogan/ http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/we%e2%80%99re-looking-for-a-slogan/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:04:32 +0000 Owen (site admin) http://www.youthocracy.ca/?p=26 we need a slogan

We’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.

]]> http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/we%e2%80%99re-looking-for-a-slogan/feed/ 2 What would you like to name this project? http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/what-would-you-like-to-name-this-project/ http://www.youthocracy.ca/2009/11/28/what-would-you-like-to-name-this-project/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:06:08 +0000 Owen (site admin) http://www.youthocracy.ca/?p=28 Youthocracy 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

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