In late July, twenty-four young people will develop a set of guidelines and recommendations on how young people can create better public policy. Panelists will learn about how government works and the role for citizens in government decisions. In addition, they’ll develop a toolkit that can be used for hosting sessions about public policy and to engage youth.

The main focus of the Panel is to help demonstrate the value that young people’s contributions can make to policy processes. This will help to provide insights on how the government can develop its cross-sectoral, cross-government outcomes-based youth policy framework.

The Panel will be primarily composed of randomly selected young people, age 16-24, who will be chosen in a draw at the end of June. MASS LBP has issued 5,000 letters across the province. Five hundred ballots are being distributed through the OYM network. Using MASS LBP’s unique Civic Lottery process, panelists will be randomly selected from the respondents, balanced for age, gender and geography.

This initiative is supported by the United Ways of Ontario, United Way of Greater Toronto and the Laidlaw Foundation .

Learn more about the OYM Campaign and the Youth Advisory Panel .