Students & Youth

Elections are about deciding what’s important to us. It’s a chance for each of us to have a say in the direction our government should take and what the future of our province should look like.
What issues matter to you? What do you believe in? Whatever the issues or cause may be, voting is a powerful way to stand up for what you believe in.

This part of our website is meant to help you get involved and provide you with important information. It explains how elections work, and offers answers to some common election-related questions. It also includes education kits for teachers.

For more information, feel free to explore the rest of our website, where you’ll find everything you need to know about provincial elections in B.C.

Democracy on Location

“Democracy on Location”

Video Contest

Winning Video Selected!

The video ‘Why Should Youth Care About Democracy?‘ , created by Burnaby North Secondary School students Sophia Chen, Aleem Dhanji, Kate Gao and Javed Siddoo, has been chosen as the winning video of the ‘Democracy on Location’ video contest.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Honourable Bill Barisoff and the Chief Electoral Officer, Harry Neufeld selected the winning video from 10 submissions. Visit Elections BC’s Facebook page to view the video contest submissions.The video contest has been a joint initiative between the Legislative Assembly and Elections BC. It was launched on September 15, 2009 and ran to November 15, 2009 in recognition and celebration of the second annual United Nations International Day of Democracy.

Middle and high school students throughout the province were asked to create a video about democracy in their lives at school, home or with their friends that encourages youth participation in democracy and/or illustrates the values and principles of democracy.

The students will travel to Victoria to be interviewed for Hansard TV, tour the Parliament Buildings, learn about parliamentary democracy and learn about professional video production and broadcasting. The winning video will also be posted on the Elections BC website and on the Legislative Assembly website and played on Hansard Television.
Democracy Day in British Columbia was proclaimed on September 15, 2009. Click on the image to the right to view the proclamation.Learn about more International Day of Democracy activities around the world by visiting the Inter-parliamentary Union website.

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