Engaging Infrequent and First-Time Voters (The Canadian Vote Summit - Session 4)
- Date
- October 06, 2020
- Time
- 1:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT
- Location
- Online
- Open To
- Students, Public
- Contact
- John Beebe, john.beebe@torontomu.ca
- Website
- https://www.engagedemocracy.ca/democracydialogues-canadianvotesummit (external link)
Session A: Youth
With Prof. Valerie-Anne Maheo, Université de Laval (external link) ; Aaron Myran, Future Majority (external link)
1:00 - 1:50 PM
Session B: Newcomers
With Rebecca Wallace, University of Toronto (external link) ; Khalida Nasiri, Afghan Youth Engagement and Development Initiative (external link) (AYEDI)
2:00 - 2:50 PM
Sometimes, it is your first rodeo. How can we encourage first-time voters to get out there and take the leap? What are the barriers for young people and new Canadians voting in Canada for the first time? What engagement strategies work and which are counter-productive? Where and when is the best time to engage new voters? Join one or both of these sessions as we hear from leading academics sharing the latest research and community leaders with firsthand experience engaging young people on campus and new Canadians in the community.