Opportunities for Youth

Parliamentary Guide Program

Be an ambassador for your country by joining the Parliamentary Guide Program! This is your chance to make a difference by helping Canadians and international visitors better understand Canada's political system and its history. It's also your opportunity to meet bilingual university students from all across the country, forge lifelong friendships and share memorable working and social experiences.

Please note the 2012 Summer Parliamentary Guide recruitment campaign has ended. Application forms for the 2013 summer recruitment campaign will be available at this site beginning in the fall of 2012. The deadline for applications to work as a Parliamentary Guide in the summer of 2013 will be in early January 2013.To apply and to find out more about the Parliamentary Guide Program and its admission requirements, visit http://www.parl.gc.ca/Employment/Library/GuideProgram/index.asp?Language=E.

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Experience Canada's New Government through Forum for Young Canadians

Forum for Young Canadians is an exciting educational program that introduces high school and cégap students to our government's democratic institutions and decision making process in a non partisan and bilingual format. Each year students aged 15 to 19 from across Canada are selected to participate in one of the four weeklong sessions. The "Forum experience" brings students to Ottawa for an intensive experiential academic adventure that immerses them in the exciting world of leadership, national politics and public affairs. Forum students meet the nation's leaders, interact with decision-makers and share their voice.
After their week at Forum, participants have said that the experience continues to be life-altering. They were inspired to become more involved in politics and vote; felt the information provided to them could not have been gained in any other format; were in awe at the MP Dinner with the opportunity to speak with Canada's decision-makers; and felt that the social interactions with other Canadian youth formed life-long friendships that in 20 years from now will still be remembered.

For more information or to apply, visit www.forum.ca or call 613-233-4086.

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Student Guide Program

The Student Guide Program in France is the opportunity of a lifetime to travel, meet long-lasting friends, and teach people from around the world about Canadian history in both official languages. The program is managed by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC).
Join other students from across Canada to live and work in France for a four-month period as interpretive guides at The Canadian National Vimy Memorial and Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.

For more information on the program and how to apply please visit http://veterans.gc.ca/eng/studentguide.