Ontario New Democratic Youth
| Ontario New Democratic Youth Jeunes Néo-Démocrates de l'Ontario | |
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| Co-Chairperson | Brynn Harlock & Guled Arale |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Mother party |
New Democratic Party Ontario New Democratic Party |
| Website | |
| ONDY.ca | |
The Ontario New Democratic Youth (ONDY) is the youth wing of the Ontario New Democratic Party which is in turn affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party. Any party member, aged 25 or under is automatically a member of ONDY and is eligible to attend and vote in the youth wing's yearly convention, known as ONDYCON.
Structure
ONDY members are grouped into clubs designated to represent one of 4 things: a riding, a school campus, a labour group, or a region. These clubs organize various events and act as the local chapters of ONDY. At the provincial level, ONDY is run by its executive, which are elected to one year terms by the Ontario New Democratic Youth's entire membership at its yearly convention. The executive must adhere to the rules of gender parity and is headed by two Co-Chairs.[1]
Executive
The 2015-2016 executive as elected at the 2015 ONDY Convention
- Co-Chairs: Guled Arale & Brynn Harlock
- Secretary-Treasurer: André Fast
- Communications Director: Ali Chatur
- Policy Director: Romeo Tello
- Francophone Affairs Director: Shayne Douglas-Ward
- Riding Youth and Resource Development Coordinator: Sumaiya Zaman
- Equity Chair: Arushana Sunderaeson
- Outreach Director: Jack O'Donnell
- Working Youth Coordinator: Sophie Geffros
- Eastern Regional Organizer: Davis Whittington-Heeney
- Central East Organizer: Stephanie Brown
- Metro Organizer: Angela Zhu
- North Organizer: Chrissy Lynn Trudel
- Central West Organizer: Amol Dhillon
- South West Organizer: Kathleen Houlahan-Chayer
Influence
The two co-chairs of ONDY are given a place on the Ontario New Democratic Party executive. In addition, ten members of the Ontario New Democratic Youth are chosen at the annual convention to attend provincial council on behalf of ONDY. Local youth clubs are also able to send two members to meetings of the Ontario New Democratic Party's provincial council.[2]