5 tribune march 9 1988 c19 uss students off to ottawa sy sj dea in the ottawa spring among the thousands of canadian stu dents who are received on par liament hill the 500 partici pants in forum for young cana dians are conspicuous for their sense of purpose and commit ment says a recent pamphlet this is certainly true of ux- bridge secondary schools dele- gates to the program connie todd and shari pedersen the 17yearold grade 11 stu dents learned of forum through promotions in the school and were immediately interested forum founded in 1975 by the foundation for the study of pro cesses of government in cana da is made up of four weeklong conferences in ottawa each aimed at giving high school stu dents a clearer understanding of the workings of canadian government this is achieved through seminars on various aspects of government given by promin ent members of public life group discussions and three simulations a cabinet commit tee on priorities on immigra tion a question period in the house of commons and a feder alprovincial conference says connie i really want to learn about the process of gov ernment because i really want to be a history teacher i think it will really help to better my understanding of how the gov ernment works for shari forum hits even closer to home i want to be a politician so i thought this could be a great advantage friends the two girls both de cided to apply in the hope of tak ing part in the activity together each applicant to the prog ram must submit an essay ex plaining why he or she should be accepted into forum in each school applications are ranked then submitted to provincial and territorial committees who make the final selection accord ing to provincial quotas in uxbridge connies and sharis essays were both of such high quality that a coin had to be flipped in order to rank them the provincial judges were equally impressed with them and both connie and shari were accepted as participants in separate sessions connie who will take part in forum from april 2330 is look ing forward to meeting the lead ers of canadas three parties as well as to a dinner with local mp scott fennell never having visited ottawa before connie is excited about hyundai head office and parts distribution centre ivlarkharn onf utd vfe sell cars that make sense auto seven 47 wellington st w hwy 7 west of markham rd 4710099 hyundai auto seven proud to be in markham big discounts on all in stock 87 excel stellar see us for great deals on 88s full service and parts facilities factory trained technicians we honour all hyundai warranties participate in hyundais quality reassurance program seeing the parliament buildings up close forum participants also take in such sights as the national arts centre and the rideau canal a big challenge for connie will be the optional bilingual for mat she enrolled in although connie admits that french is not her forte she is interested in learning what a french person in an englishdominated coun try would feel like when they dont understand that much en glish themselves a ga girls athletics rep for her class and students coun cil hopeful for 8889 connies political interests extend beyond englishfrench rela- tions march 1114 she will travel to toronto to take part in ontarios youth parliament a govern ment simulation involving stu dents from all over the pro vince connie who plans to study at the university of toronto or queens university one day hopes these experiences will en able her to study at the school of her choice if youre going to universi ty says connie then theyd say well that persons been picked for this they must be pretty smart like connie shari is active in student politics a ga rep and continued pg c20 city 7 driving school regelef and approved dy the ontario safety league to educate ov ivers si ontario new courses tor afl ages start every iveek shop and compare day evening saturdays and vacation breaks 25 hours of classroom mstructon 15 private drrvmo lessons automata 600 mm enquire about our gearstutt course lifetime membersruo regular course fee 259 fa economist course fee m when you present this affupon application ceniak wtfw 21 sin a less income lac futy deduobfe gilt certfcaies amiable i 2350 esthrte st 2m it itateftm i 55snwfe35b8srlahkts4iut annxtkitetaiitf i i mtna-tm- hrstntze 5322626 or 5323656 mrmhimrmm saj kids 410 yrs typical kidnextdocr types wanted lor spring dept store catalogues and fashionshows farents please cal the vc cum- mings studio 4409840