{"id":10401,"date":"2017-03-29T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/?p=10401"},"modified":"2019-09-03T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:13:50","slug":"youth-led-special-citizenship-ceremony-welcoming-new-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/2017\/03\/29\/youth-led-special-citizenship-ceremony-welcoming-new-canadians\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth-led Special Citizenship Ceremony: Welcoming New Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5250\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5250 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cathcrosscultural.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CC-Website-2-2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Youth-led Citizenship Ceremony\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: ICC\/Oliver Yang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every year during March break, CCS brings together around 25-30 youth in Scarborough to organize a special Citizenship Ceremony, welcoming new Canadians. This youth-led Citizenship Ceremony is held in partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC).<\/p>\n<p>Starting in January, the youth receive training for a period of eight weeks from CCS staff and learn about financial literacy, leadership and event management, in addition to understanding the true value of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>According to CCS Program Manager Mary Sharif: \u201cThis is not only teaching youth about creating<br \/>\ncenterpieces and making decorations. The youth are involved from beginning to end. They are the decision makers. We teach them some very important skills; how to put an event together, order food, develop budgets, organize the event and make decisions \u2013 skills they can use in the future and in their professional lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5235\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5235 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cathcrosscultural.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CC-PickEdited-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Newest Canadians\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: ICC\/Oliver Yang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to one youth volunteer whose family moved to Canada less than a year ago, \u201cI like to help people, contribute to society and make sure that everybody has their own rights to celebrate this ceremony.\u201d Another youth volunteer adds: \u201cI enjoy helping people and I do it for high school hours as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 special Citizenship Ceremony on March 15, 2017 was preceded by a roundtable with the new Canadians about their journeys and what it means to be Canadian. \u201cThe sky is the limit here,\u201d was echoed by many participants during the roundtable discussion.\u00a0Over 30 new Canadians were sworn in and handed their certificates of Citizenship by the Honourable David Onley, Ontario\u2019s 28th Lieutenant Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to recruit youth to organize the March Citizenship Ceremony are sent out in December of the preceding\u00a0year. 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