Student Vote

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Student Vote is a non-partisan, non-profit organization. Our nationally representative board of directors includes: Nancy Averill (Chair), Satya Das, Andrew Medd and Chris Wilkins. Board bios will be posted soon!

A list of team members and contact information can be found on the Contact Us page.

Student Vote is proud to offer the Student Vote Ontario program in partnership with Elections Ontario.

As well, it is our privilege to receive support from education stakeholders including: the Ontario Public School Boards' Association, Ontario Principals' Council, Ontario Catholic Principals' Council, Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Federation, Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers' Federation, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario.

Student Vote is especially proud to receive the support of the Ontario Student Trustees Association.

CBC will be airing the Student Vote Ontario results in their Election Night broadcast.

Newspapers across Ontario will be tracking the Student Vote program and printing the results of local schools following Election Day, this includes the Toronto Star and the Osprey Newspaper Network.

Look for more partner updates on this election and our federal program as the school year begins.

The Student Vote initiative was founded by Taylor Gunn and developed in partnership with Lindsay Mazzucco in 2003.

The first-ever program occurred during the Ontario provincial election, engaging more than 335,000 students from 825 schools across the province.

Following the success of the trial program, Lindsay and Taylor travelled the country to engage stakeholders within the education, media, and government sectors. Since then, more than 1.2 million students have participated in Student Vote programs.

"In our first five years, we've worked with the most amazing people that inspired success and helped Student Vote face seemingly impossible obstacles. Whether it was working as a volunteer or never knowing when the election would occur , these individuals committed themselves and made it all happen. Our past team members, Team Leaders, family and friends have given us so much. We will always be sincerely grateful for what they gave personally and professionally to Student Vote."

To see the results of past programs and other projects we've had the honour of being involved with, check out the What we do section.

News Archive

Clegg under fire over U-turn on scrapping university tuition fees The Independent - London; 9/19/2009 ...into a downward auction of public services". John Leech, the MP for Manchester Withington, where there is a large student vote, said: "The abolition of tuition fees remains a policy of the Liberal Democrats. Unlike the other parties we actually... ...more

Iran's classrooms new front line in 'soft war' against West. The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 11/26/2009 ...his signature color.Aa While Iranian government officials tried hard to stop Aathe news from spreading, word of the student vote spread across the nation. Aa Mousavi says militia intimidating Iranians Aa TEHRAN: Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi... ...more

Iran clerics start gaining control of schools AP Worldstream; 11/25/2009 ...Isfahan, a student running for school office copied Mousavi's campaign and used the green as his signature color. While Iranian government officials tried hard to stop spread of the news, words of the student vote spread across the nation. ...more