The Cross Canada Project – Quebec The Cross Canada Project – Quebec
The election is getting closer and many have already voted in advance, with roughly 4.7 million people voting in advance polls over the Thanksgiving... The Cross Canada Project – Quebec

The election is getting closer and many have already voted in advance, with roughly 4.7 million people voting in advance polls over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to Election Canada. Schools like Humber College offered people a space on campus to vote.

While many young people are engaging more with politics, there’s still a way to go to fully integrate the voice of the youth in the government.

In a chat with Nancy Jiung, 20, a medicine student in Quebec City, Que., we talked about why she hadn’t had engaged with politics in the past, ways that could attract more people into political engagement and why she finally decided to participate in the election.

Mariana Belham