Youth and Nations

nations youth: Interactive: I am Indigenous Indigenous youth reflect on recommendations from First Nations student deaths inquest "Being engaged is very different for First Nations youth than the general population of youth because there a complexity and there a lot of intricacies there that do not affect the general population," Nazary said, according to CBC. One of the complexities is determining whether participating in Canadian political practices contradicts their identification with sovereign First Nations, he said. The research looked at so-called "engaged youth" from across the province who are involved with the Chiefs of Ontario Youth Council and found an "exceptional" level of political awareness, according to Theo Nazary one of the paper co-authors. Another challenge revealed in the research is a lack of access to the tools of democracy. Our community was unable to have a polling station." Nazary, who was born in Afghanistan, said he has a special interest in democracy. "I'm an immigrant, so I think we're very fortunate to have this democratic process here in this country," he said. "I wanted to see if the First Nations youth saw themselves as part of the Canadian process." Along with co-author Sherry Antone, Nazary said he found the small group of Indigenous youth they interviewed "may not vote, but they do want to be involved and they are very well informed." In response to the question, 'What do you think about voting in Canadian elections ' one of the young people in the study said: "I think the Canadian political system needs to be more receptive to First Nations, meaning that they have to come into our communities and set up shop, if they want us to vote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.