This document provides information about voting in Canada. It includes an agenda for a workshop with objectives to learn about voting, vocabulary, and skills. Activities include a vocabulary review, fill-in-the-blank exercise, listening activity, and reading. Requirements to vote and common questions are also addressed. A dialogue demonstrates using vocabulary, and a conversation gives advice on researching candidates to determine who to vote for.

1. Voting in Canada

2. Our Agenda
1. agenda
2. objectives
3. Introductions
4. Class discussion
5. Activity 1: Vocabulary review
6. Activity 2: Fill-in-the-blank
7. Activity 3: Listening activity
8. Questions about voting
9. Activity 4: Reading

3. Workshop Objectives
1. To Learn about voting in Canada
2. To learn 8 new vocabulary words
2. To practice listening, speaking and reading

4. • What is your name?
• Where are you from?
Introductions

5. • Did you ever vote back home?
• Do you think you will vote in
Canada once you are a
citizen?
• Is important to vote?
Group discussion

6. Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
An area represented by an MP
Signed up for something
To meet a specified condition
A person from the federal government who
represents people from a specific area of the
country.
A person seeking nomination for an office.
To take words from 1 language and change
them into words of another
The member of a nation
Citizen residentElectoral district
candidateTranslate Member of parliament (MP)
registered
eligible
A person who lives is a country, but is
not a citizen of that nation.

7. Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. Are you ________________________ to vote this year?
2. I cannot vote because I am not a _______________________ , yet.
3. I became a _______________ 2 months ago, and in 3 years I hope to be a citizen.
4. Which _____________________ will you vote for?
5. Will there be someone to ________________ for me at the polling station?
6. Who is your _____________________________?
7. What is your ________________________________ ?
8. If you are not _______________________, then you can’t vote!
eligible
citizen
candidate translate
Member of parliamentresident
registered
electoral district

8. Listen to a dialogue:
Johanna
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Alicia
Hi Alicia, so are you going to vote this year?
No, I am not eligible yet.
Really, why not?
I’m not a citizen yet, remember?
Oh, that’s right! I forgot. You are going for your citizenship in 2 months,
right?
Correct. Once I am a citizen I am definitely going to vote.
It sounds like you really believe in voting.
Oh for sure. I have been researching all the MP’s, especially my own MP.
That’s a great idea. You will be ready for the next election!
That’s the plan!

9. Requirements
for voting
You must be a
citizen
You must 18
years or older
You must be a
Resident of the
electoral area
within which you
want to vote
You must be on
the voters list

10. Common voting
questions
Can I take time off
to vote?

11. Yes!
If you don’t have at
least 3 hours of your
own time available.

12. Common voting
questions
Can I vote by
mail?

13. Yes
You may, if you will
be outside of your
electoral district on
election day.

14. Common voting
questions
What if I did not
get a voter’s card?

15. You can
still vote!
Before election day, contact your
returning officer for a registration
form. You may do this in person,
by telephone, fax or mail.

16. What if I don’t
have a card on
election day?

17. You can still
vote!
Go to your polling station and
make sure you have …
1 document that shows
your name, address and
signature.
A driver’s licence, for
example
2 identity documents.
1 with your name and
address
1 with at least your name.
or

18. Read!
• What is Tina’s problem?
• What advice does Dorian give her?

19. Dorian and Tina
Dorian
Tina
Dorian
Tina
Well, you’ve come to the right place. I
just did a research project about
elections in Canada. Let me explain the
process.
Thanks!
I’m well, but I have a small problem.
The election is coming up. I have no idea
what this is all about.
Hi Tina, how are you?.

20. Dorian and Tina
Dorian
Tina
Dorian
Tina
Now, each district is represented by an
MP in Ottawa.
So what is an MP?
Ok.
Canada is divided up into 338 areas,
called electoral districts.

21. Dorian and Tina
Dorian
Tina
Dorian
Tina
yes! You’ve got it!
The only problem now Is that I don’t
know who to vote for!
Ok, I think I am beginning to
understand! I suppose that party gets
the most MP’s elected wins the
election?
An MP is a member of parliament.
Each MP belongs to a certain political
party.

22. Dorian and Tina
Dorian
Tina
Dorian
Tina
That’s a great idea. Remember that
when you vote you are voting for both
your MP, as well as the leader of the
political party they represent.
That’s a good point. Thanks Dorian
I have a drawer full of flyers from the
candidates in my area. I’ll start with
those.
well, my advice for you is to research
each candidate and find the one that
most closely shares your values.

23. Thanks for attending.
See you next time!