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I think an obvious way we can aid young voters in making informed decisions about elections is to provide them with a list of librarian-approved resources. The magic word…Pathfinder.
Here are the resources I have found so far, please add more if you find any good ones.
This is by far my favourite site. The format is appealing, information is relevant and organized logically. And there is a lot information available on the site. This non-partisan initiative was created for the 2006 election and has been maintained since by a group of young people from Check Your Head, a youth global education network in Vancouver.
Elections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency that reports to Parliament. It does have a special section for youth and useful information for the young voter but I don’t think that the site is very appealing to young people. It doesn’t look very appealing and some people may be bothered by the “puzzles and games” section (seriously?!).
Student Vote is another non-profit, non-partisan agency. They work across the country to encourage civic awareness and community participation in young students (i.e. grade school and high school students).
The Democracy Project is a new national non-partisan initiative sponsored by the Dominion Institute and Check Your Head. Youth are encouraged to use the site to post questions and discuss issues. An interesting new project sponsored by this group is Youth Text; young Canadians are encouraged to text individual parties their questions and comments about the issues to make more informed choices.