More than 1000 turn out for Fanshawe College vote mob
May
13, 2011 Organized through the joint efforts of the University of
Western Ontario and Fanshawe College Student Unions, the largest Rick
Mercer vote mob took place on Saturday, April 30th. The event took place
in Victoria Park, London and was attended by over 1000 people, mostly
youth. Organizers of the event "hoped to encourage youth to vote and
have their voices heard." The crowds sang, shouted "hello, we’re
voting!", and promised to vote in the upcoming federal election,
countering views that youth are apathetic and disconnected when it comes
to politics.
Attended
by Region One PYC Representative, Kaylan Bartholomew was able to attend
this event as a result of her campaign work with Irene Mathyssen.
Mathyssen was the successful incumbent NDP MP for London-Fanshawe. As
Kaylan put it: “’it was a great event and awesome to see the enthusiasm
of all involved and to share in this amazing event!”
OPSEU International Youth Day
International Youth Day planning is underway. The event will
run from the evening of August 14th to Saturday around 3pm. If you are
interested in attending this year, stay tuned to the website for application
details.
In the first meeting of the PYC this year, Convention was
our main priority. We discussed resolutions and plan to have our submissions
ready by the March 22nd deadline. We also confirmed that we’ll be having a
lunch-time youth Caucus on Thursday, May 6th at noon. If you are a young
worker at Convention, come out and join us! 
The PYC Committee held their second International Youth Day
Event at the Wellesley Membership Centre. Working with the theme of Economic
Sustainability, the young workers had a weekend of learning and fun.