Why and how Canada should lower the voting age to 16
Federico Vargas Why and how Canada should lower the voting age to 16 Few today would question the right of 18-year-olds to vote in elections. Until as recently as 1971 […]
Tag Archives: youth
What Budget 2017 means for young Canadians
Natalie Brunet & Caleb Holden Last March, a careful listener might have been able to pick out the collective sigh of Canadian youth as they realized that the Trudeau Government’s […]
Moving out of the Basement: Addressing Canada’s Youth Unemployment Problem
Andrew Abballe Many youth are told that the path to success in entering the workforce is straightforward: get into a good university, work hard to get high grades, and surely […]
Seen and Heard: The Myth of Canadian Youth (Dis)engagement
Fiona Downey With the upcoming federal election looming, parties are looking to rally their voters and bring Canadians to the polls. Leaders and candidates are connecting with citizens in the […]
The YouTube Generation: Smarter than Ever
Abiola Sulaiman Online video has become the clear successor to traditional cable. Residents of the United States between 18 and 50 years old already spend more time watching videos on […]
The Overrepresentation of Minority Youth in Canada’s Criminal Justice System
Jasjit Goraya Canadian criminologists and policymakers alike have long debated the issue of “disproportionate minority confinement,” or the overrepresentation of minority youth in the criminal justice system. This debate has been […]
