North Shore Young Civic Forum Application Form
***APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!***

What would it take to make the North Shore more liveable? What role do municipalities play in affecting change? What can we, as young adults, do to have our voices heard?

The way that decisions are made in cities can often seem confusing or exclusive, and that’s where we we come in! This Spring, the North Shore Community Resources' Democracy Café initiative in coordination with CityHive is launching the third cohort of the North Shore Young Civic Forum (aka the Forum) to build young residents’ civic literacy, participation and leadership on the North Shore. In this cohort program, you’ll learn about how cities work, get connected to council members, city staff, and stakeholders in the community, learn from experienced advocates on how to push your ideas forward, develop collaborative recommendations for how to make the North Shore better for young people, and advocate for your solutions with local government and beyond. You’ll also meet other young people living or working in your community who hold a variety of perspectives and passions.

The program will run from March to June 2022 through a mixture of in-person and virtual sessions. You’ll meet with your cohort each week (usually on Wednesday evenings), aside from brief pauses in April for students' exams. You don’t need any prior civic knowledge to apply - the only criteria is that you live, work or study on the North Shore and are ages 18-39. Our sessions will start with the basics and build from there. By the end of the Forum, you will have worked with other young adults and developed a project that either demonstrates what changes you would like to see in the North Shore as a result of the 2022 municipal elections or how municipal voter engagement can be improved in the North Shore ahead of the elections. You will also have developed a plan of action with your group of how you could best advocate for your project ideas once the Forum has ended. The program is completely free, and there are financial and technological supports available if needed.

If you have any questions or accessibility requests, please get in touch with us at faiz.jaffer@nscr.ca or rowan@cityhive.ca. Application deadline has been extended to Sunday, March 6th, 2022 at 11:59PM.  

Session Dates:
-- Welcome & Community Building (Wed, Mar 16 evening)
-- Cities 101 (Wed, Mar 23 evening)
-- Community Planning (Wed, Mar 30 evening)
-- Indigenous-Led Presentation (Wed, Apr 6 evening)
-- Voter Engagement Presentation (Wed, Apr 13 evening)
-- Advocacy Presentation & Panel (Wed, Apr 27 evening)
-- Project Creation (Sat, Apr 30 daytime)
-- Project Working Session (Wed, May 4 evening)
-- Project Working Session (Wed, May 11 evening)
-- Project Completion (Wed, May 18 evening)
-- Presentations at Council (Mon, May 30 - TBC)
-- Plan of Action, Wrap-Up & Celebration (Sat, Jun 11 daytime)
About the Organizers
North Shore Community Resources

North Shore Community Resources (NSCR) designs and delivers programs and services for the community that enhance well-being, social connections, empowerment and community participation to create a thriving North Shore. NSCR’s Democracy Café is an independent, non-partisan program with the overarching goal of making democracy more open, robust and responsive to community needs by encouraging all residents to participate in civic life and encouraging governments to improve opportunities for the public to participate. The North Shore Young Civic Forum is an initiative that seeks to improve pathways and reduce barriers for young people to participate in and influence decision making at the local community level.

Learn more about NSCR:
Website:      www.nscr.ca
Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @NSCRConnect

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CityHive

CityHive is on a mission to transform the way that young people are engaged in shaping their cities, including planning, decision making, urban sustainability issues and other civic processes. We are a Metro Vancouver-based non-profit that works with city-shaping institutions  and municipalities to create meaningful youth engagement practices, and simultaneously work with young people to build capacity and provide opportunities to address urban challenges. We act as a bridge builder between institutions and young people to harness the immense untapped energy, talent and brilliance of young people. With over four years of experience, CityHive brings a deep expertise in dynamic engagement with youth that centres relationship building, participatory engagement, thoughtful and contextual process design. We provide opportunities for youth with a wide range of lived experiences to feel heard and to create impactful projects that can lead to real change in their communities.


Learn more about CityHive at:
Website: www.cityhive.ca
Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @CityHiveVan

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Will you have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination that has been approved by Health Canada by March 2, 2022? *
The venues that have generously agreed to host The Forum this year have requested that all participants be fully vaccinated to COVID-19. As such, in order to have your application considered, you will need to be fully vaccinated (i.e. received your 2nd dose two weeks before the start of the Forum). If you are accepted to participate in the Forum, you will be asked to provide proof of vaccination by the Forum's organizers to confirm your spot, in addition to being asked for proof of vaccination upon entry to each of the Forum's venues.
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