SENgage – Engaging Youth

SENgage is a youth initiative launched by the Senate of Canada to help you connect with a senator anywhere in Canada, from coast to coast to coast.

Senators are leaders, investigators, legislators and advocates. They are teachers and judges, business people and athletes, community leaders and public servants who represent you in Parliament. Senators come from all regions of Canada, ranging from urban centres to rural communities.

The Senate is engaging with youth at Parliament, on campuses, in classrooms and in communities. Find out more and discover how you can invite a senator to your class, course or event.

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INVITE A SENATOR TO SPEAK TO YOUR CLASS OR EVENT!

SENgage coordinates senators’ visits to schools, universities, colleges, and in the community across the country. We’ll coordinate with you from start to finish.

Fill out a form from the links below to get started!

POST-SECONDARY GUEST LECTURES

Are you a professor or student association rep? You can invite a senator to deliver a guest lecture to your class or speak at your special event on campus.

INVITE A SENATOR

SCHOOL VISIT PROGRAM

Are you a teacher of Social Sciences, Canadian History, Civics, Law or Politics? SENgage can coordinate a senator’s visit to your classroom.

INVITE A SENATOR

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

If your organization empowers youth to participate in democracy and make a difference in their community, you can invite a senator to speak at your special event.

INVITE A SENATOR

VISITING THE SENATE

Is your class or youth group visiting Parliament Hill? You can invite a senator to meet you while you’re here.;

INVITE A SENATOR

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ONE NATIONAL MISSION

Senators are engaging with youth all over Canada. Take a look at the map to see where past SENgage visits have taken place. Want to see your school or community represented? Fill out a SENgage visit form today!

TESTIMONIALS

“The events with the Senator were a huge success. Given his involvement in Senate modernization and interest in our constitutional system I couldn't imagine a better speaker. The talks were pitched at the perfect level with the right amount of background and with extremely interesting firsthand examples.”

- Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

“The Senator was engaging, humorous, and honest. I am most impressed with how organized this entire process was. I will absolutely be booking again!”

- Social Sciences Department Head, Burnaby, British Columbia

“Our morning at Parliament was an absolute joy. We were so inspired and moved by the Senator, by his stories, his thoughtful and honest responses to our questions and his willingness to take so much of his busy day to speak with us… Thank you so tremendously much for organizing such a wonderful program!”

- Co-founder and Director, Blue Sky School, Ottawa, Ontario