Through CANConnect (Micro-grants for Empowering Canadian Youth in Digital Civic Leadership and Service), the GLOCAL Foundation of Canada aims to equip youth with civic knowledge, digital skills, and experience in civic engagement and democratic participation in Canada.
With mentorship and digital civic training available from the GLOCAL team, participants will carry out creative, digital civic engagement initiatives, individually or as a group, that are relevant to their local, regional or community concerns and circumstances in Canada.
This includes encouraging them to develop initiatives that provide accurate information on how Canadian democratic institutions work, help navigate the political system, and/or help understand current and historical events in Canadian politics. This fosters a deeper understanding of the democratic process and encourages informed civic participation.
Format of Projects:
Final outputs in the format of research project, short video/documentary, website/games, or infographics/visualization projects.
For example (not limited to these ideas):
Applicant A aims at creating a research project help newcomers understand the provincial health system in Ontario.
Applicant B plans to film a short video of the life the challenges of homelessness in his/her community.
Applicant C strives to create a website portal gathering all *** policies and services in Canada.
Applicant D works on research garbage collection practices in the top 20 cities in Canada and provide data/info visualization.
Applicant E hopes to write a book about his family's journey to Canada.
Eligible youth:
Canadian citizen, permanent resident or refugee status aged 15-30.