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Discover how federal, provincial, and municipal government affect your daily life.
Cell phones (federal)
Driver's licences (provincial)
Recycling and transit (municipal)
Learn how elections work at each government level, who organizes them, what roles are elected, and how voting works.
Learn what an MP actually does day-to-day, whether it's constituency work, committee meetings, House debates, and community engagement.
A playlist of short animated videos covering how Canadian government is structured, how our electoral system works, and why the right to vote matters.
Made by Canada's leading youth civics charity. If you want a foundation before jumping into any political conversation, start here.
Episode 2: How To Take Action!
Liu argues that most people are "illiterate in power" not because they're unintelligent, but because no one teaches it.
He makes the case that this illiteracy is how power stays concentrated among a small group of people, and that the antidote starts with your own city.
Online organizing reaches people fast but often without building the muscle needed to actually win.
Tufekci compares modern digital movements to the civil rights movement and finds that ease of mobilization can weaken long-term capacity. Critical viewing for anyone who wants their activism to translate into real change, not just a viral moment.
Most people who want to contact their representative don't because they don't know what to say or whether it'll matter.
This talk, from someone who was on the receiving end of those letters, answers both questions with a simple 4-step formula that applies directly to contacting your Canadian MP or MLA. After watching this, there's no reason not to try.
In under 3 minutes, footage of a single person dancing at a festival explains how community action really starts and why the first follower is more important than the leader.
Watch it before your next conversation about change.
Episode 3: Youth Voices: "Here's How I did it" Stories
Anishinaabe activist Autumn Peltier addressed the UN General Assembly at 13 and demanded water be granted legal protection. Her petition reached 112,000 signatures and was cited in Parliament.
She had no political connections or institutional backing. She just showed up and spoke. This video is here to show you what that looks like.
Tesfaye argues that young people aren't politically disengaged because they don't care. they're disengaged because the education system failed to give them the tools to participate.
He outlines concrete steps for fixing that and makes the case for why your generation's political involvement is urgent right now.
Testa combines her personal story as a youth activist with specific, actionable steps for speaking out. What makes this different from a lot of "you can do it!" talks is that she actually explains the process, not just the inspiration.
If you've been waiting for a sign that you're allowed to start, this is it.
Explores how platforms you're already on have become genuine vehicles for policy change not just awareness.
For youth who feel like their online presence is passive, this reframes it as something with real civic weight and shows how to be intentional about it.
Episode 4: How To Have Political Conversations
Three concrete skills from competitive debate you can practise the next time a political topic comes up:
separate the idea from the person,
find a single point of common ground first,
ask "what would it take to change your mind?"
Harvard negotiation expert William Ury argues that listening is the "missing half of communication" and that its effects are contagious.
Each person who feels truly heard becomes more capable of listening to the next. A framework for why listening is itself a form of civic engagement.
Stanford sociologist Robb Willer introduces "moral reframing", making your case using values the other person already holds, not your own. Evidence-based, counterintuitive, and genuinely effective at reaching across political divides.
Wood makes the case for intellectual courage, deliberately engaging with ideas that make you uncomfortable, not to be convinced but to understand.
"Tuning out opposing viewpoints doesn't make them go away." A relatable, honest talk from a young person about choosing dialogue over avoidance.
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