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Title: Canadian National Information Society Youth Campaign
Location:
Categories: Technology & Innovation
Status:
Completed
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
TakingITGlobal is holding Youth Forums on the Information Society throughout August and early September. As part of the National campaign, forums will be running in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vaughn and Vancouver. In the open forum, youth will explore how to strengthen youth presence in the information society. It will use roundtable discussions to create local and global action plans and recommendations, which TakingITGlobal will present at WSIS. The open forum also presents an opportunity to build a network among Canadian young people.
The Forums are
Vancouver Youth Forum
In Partnership with:
The City of Vancouver
Date: TBA
Vancouver City Hall
Anka Raskin
wsisvancouver@takingitglobal.org
http://www.takingitglobal.org/resources/events/view.html?EventID=7834
Vaughan Youth Forum
In Partnership with:
Vaughan Youth cabinet
August 3rd 2005
2141 Major Mackenzie Drive
Nick Pasquino
nick@vyc.ca
Event Complete
For the Final Report, please visit:
http://www.vyc.ca/images/final.pdf
Toronto Youth Forum
August 23rd 2005
Centre for Social Innovation
Deven Parmar
deven@takingitglobal.org
http://events.takingitglobal.org/wsistoronto
Ottawa Youth Forum
In Partnership with:
Child and Youth Friendly Ottawa
August 31st 2005
Ottawa City Hall
Alex Keller
wsisottawa@takingitglobal.org
http://www.takingitglobal.org/resources/events/view.html?EventID=7824
Montreal Youth Forum (TBA)
In Partnership with:
Alternatives
Mark Anto
wsismontreal@takingitglobal.org
Halifax Youth Forum (TBA)
In Partnership with
HeartWood
John Ure
wsishalifax@takingitglobal.org
Background:
This November in Tunis, Tunisia, heads of state and governments, business leaders and civil society groups from around the world will gather for the 2nd Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). They will discuss the issues and direction surrounding ICTs such as the digital divide.
Objectives:
Young people, as the largest stakeholders in ICTs and its implication will receive strong representation. The Canadian National Information Society Youth Campaign will gather input from Canadian youth to bring to these meetings. The national youth campaign highlights the need for youth participation in decision-making and policy process at WSIS and other such events.
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