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Youth Page

Welcome to the Multiculturalism Website's Youth Page.

For more than ten years, the March 21 Campaign has mobilized youth across Canada to rise up and to take a stand against racism. Through their participation in the campaign, Canadian youth have spoken loudly and eloquently. Visit March21.com to catch up on the latest activities, including: the Stop Racism National Video Competition and the Monthly Discussion.

United Nations Special Session on Children

Much of Canada's character as a society in the next century will be determined by the social, economic and ethnic attributes of its younger age cohorts. Using the 1996 population Census as its data source, the purpose of this document is to provide selected graphic profiles of age cohorts comprising children and youth of different ethnic and racial backgrounds as well as places of residence in Canada. A study was recently completed on this subject entitled Selected Ethnic Profiles of Canada's Young Age Cohorts and it is available in: PDF (1.17MB) or RTF (2.90MB) format.

The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) will take place in South Africa at the end of August 2001. It is a unique opportunity to create a new world vision for the fight against racism in the twenty-first century. It is being organized by the United Nations to mark the International Year - and the Third Decade - for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The intention is to focus on practical steps that countries can take alone and together to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including how to use international standards and instruments and to make recommendations for further action against bias and intolerance.

A strong youth contribution to Canada's preparations is of particular importance to the Government of Canada. Our young people are coming of age in a society that is more racially diverse than at any time in Canada's history. They are the generation most open to racial diversity. We have learned through our work with young Canadians that they care about the issue of racism and are highly motivated to take action against it. Their views and ideas for building the society that they want matter most because they are the ones whose future is at stake.

Tell us what you would like to see on this page. If you have any comments on the page/site or have suggestions to improve the Multiculturalism website, feel free to contact Multi's web co-ordinator at: multi_canada@pch.gc.ca.