The Incredible Case of Plessisville, PQ - Nurture the Youth and...

The higest rate of Millinneum Scholarships in Canada, no youth vandalism, 90% youth voter turnout - Read about a Quebec community that listened & empowered their youth

From The Nova Scotian

By Silver Donald Cameron

DARRELL DEXTER wants to keep young people here by creating a province where they can make a living, and where they will also want to live. Me, too. So I’d like to take him to Plessisville, Que.

Plessisville, pop. 9,000, is the home of La Samare, the remarkable little rural high school that has won more Millennium Excellence scholarships than any other public high school in Canada. It’s surrounded by smaller communities which provide about half the students of La Samare. And those small communities have given rise to a remarkable organization designed to "foster independence, initiative and a sense of responsibility among young people of 12-18 years."

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