Recently I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon where the keynote speaker was Frank O’Dea, an officer of the Order of Canada and founder of the Second Cup, the largest chain of gourmet coffees and teas in Canada. That he is a successful buisness figure is obvious. But what many may not know is [...]
It all comes down to this. After 28 days of hard campaigning by Alberta’s political parties it is now your turn. Its your chance have you say, to cast a vote that will shape your future, to tell the world what you want Alberta to look like. As the polls have shown since the campaign [...]
When the Alberta campaign started, Rock the Vote Canada ( @RocktheVoteCND) reached out to all of Alberta’s political parties with a three question survey. They are questions that we think will matter to you, the young people in the province of Alberta! Campaigns are busy times and sadly we did not receive responses back [...]
As the election campaign in Alberta is just starting we thought this blog posted in November was quite timely! Rock the Vote Canada is calling on all politicians and political parties to FOCUS ON THE POSTIVE! Today on twitter someone wrote, “Dear Politicians: Please don’t tell me why the other guys are bad. Tell me [...]
Last week the internet was on fire after the #Kony2012 video went viral. Last check around 40 million people had watched the video and that number is sure to increase. The message is powerful, the images are effective and the actions committed by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and Joseph Kony were atrocious. It is however [...]
As many of us 20 somethings will tell you bullying was not the issue it is today when we were in school. Sure people were picked on, tormented and ridiculed. It wasn’t right then and it’s still not right, but now kids are facing the anonymous bully. Back in the day (yes, I’ve been excitedly [...]
Recently I had an interesting question posed to me, “ The next election isn’t for another 4 years, why do I need to get involved now? ”. And it’s true the 4-5 year election cycle in Canada only intensifies the problem of youth voter disengagement. Young people can be swept into the election cycle but [...]
Reasons I love being Canadian by Natalie Hennessey from Prince Edward Island #proud2Bcnd www.rockthevotecanada.ca/blog/ 10. Maple syrup 9. Landscapes 8. Mounties 7. Simplicity 6. The sense of family and belonging felt throughout all of the provinces and territories 5. Eh! 4. Bacon 3. Our military is amazing 2. The diversity found throughout Canada 1. I [...]
Top 10 Reasons I love being a Canadian by Laura Decker of Nova Scotia #proud2bcnd www.rockthevotecanada.ca/blog/ 10. That our environment and seasons never leave us bored, our weather and landscape is unpredictable and offers us adventure and beauty all at the same time 9. That we value, respect and celebrate our history by using it’s [...]
By Katie H from Yellowknife, NWT #proud2cnd www.rockthevotecanada.ca/blog/ 10) White Christmases 9) Northern Lights seen from the middle of a lake (ice road FTW) From tundra to mountains and oceans to prairies and atlantic fishing towns – we have it all! 7)francias/french anglais/english 6) we are welcomed all over the world when we travel 5) [...]
