They learn methods of dissent in Bob Huish's class at Dalhousie University. Quebec students took it to the streets. A lone parliamentary page took it to the floor of the Senate. From Summit protests to Occupy to the Arab Springs, youth around the world are voicing their dissent. Today, we're asking how that resonates in Canada and we speak to two politicized young people ... one working inside the party system and the other outside.

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Part Two of The Current

Political Engagement 101: Youth Activism

We started this segment a clip from professor Bob Huish, speaking to his students right before they marched through the streets of Halifax for their final project in his course called Development and Activism: Methods of Organization, Manifestation and Dissent.

The street protest is a culmination of the semester long class. Dalhousie students literally put into practice what they are taught; how to voice dissent. The protest revolves around the course's 2 Billion Project, which sets out to raise awareness about global food security and hunger. In the two years since it began, the course has become extremely popular. And if the recent Montreal protests are any indicator - many of Canada's young people want change.

Bob Huish is a professor of International Development at Dalhousie University. We reached him in San Francisco.

Political Engagement 101: Youth Activism - Panel

We started this segment with a clip from Brigette de Pape addressing an oil sands protest in front of Parliament last summer. The 22 year old is best known for her surprising protest in the Senate last year during the speech from the throne.

At the time she was a parliamentary page and she held up a sign that said Stop Harper. Brigette de Pape was promptly fired but she remains a political activist. She was in our Ottawa studio today. And Alexandre Meterissian is a young Conservative party member and the CEO of the Prince Arthur Herald, a student-run national newspaper. He was in our Montreal Studio.

This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien and Julia Pagel.

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• Gender-based sports commentary