Tag: federal
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Lending a helping hand by managing emergencies
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Drew Evans Pay scale: $85,000 In my current job…“We work on an international level, so Haiti, Japan or Arab Spring we jump in and help communities and Canadians.” I got my current job…“before I graduated from Sheridan. The emergency management program helped me move within the government dept.” At Sheridan, I…
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Change the status quo with youth vote
STORY BY JEANYLYN LOPEZ Young people are often criticized about their lack of interest in politics. In an Elections Canada study after the 2011 federal election, it estimated that voter turnout steadily increased with age from 38.8 per cent for ages 18-24 in comparison to 75 per cent for ages 65-74. We’ve tried to get…