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BUILD Application
Focus Area: Information Manipulation Safeguards

Thank you for your interest in the BUILD program! The deadline to apply is Sunday, August 30, 11:59 PM EST.

By selecting the Information Manipulation Safeguards focus area, you’ll investigate how societies can respond to mis- and disinformation, and foreign interference, and how to strengthen democratic resilience and protect the integrity of the information ecosystem.

1. Provide your personal details

First Name

Please provide a first name

Last Name

Please provide a last name

Please provide an email

Mobile phone

Please provide a mobile phone

2. Provide your address

Street address

Please provide a street address

Apt, suite, etc.

City

Please provide a city

Province

Please provide a province

Postal code

Please provide a postal code

3. Provide additional information

Gender

Please provide information

Pronouns (optional)

Age

18-20

21-24

25-30

Please provide information

4. I am…(click all that apply)

a person living with an invisible/visible disability

a member of a visible minority community

an Indigenous person

a member of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community

a recent newcomer to Canada, within the last five years.

not comfortable sharing

none of the above

Other, specify below:

Other reasons:

6. Can you commit to 6 volunteer hours per week from October 6, 2026 - January 19, 2027

Yes

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7. Are you available Tuesday 7 PM to 9:30 PM EST for online weekly hub nights?

Yes

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8. What takes up most of your time?

Please provide information

9. Why are you interested in the BUILD program?

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10. What would be your ideal democracy and what do you think is needed to get there?

Please provide information

11. Why does this topic interest you, and why do you think it is important to explore?

12. What issue, challenge, or question related to this topic are you most motivated to explore?

13. We want to ensure BUILD is accessible to as many youth as possible. Please tell us if you have any barriers or special needs we can help address. (e.g. language, technology etc.)

Please provide information

14. How did you hear about us?

Volunteer board / Search engine

School

Non-Profit Organization

Social Media

Through a friend (if you were referred, share their name in the "Other" box!)

Other

Other:

BUILD ApplicationFocus Area: Information Manipulation Safeguards

1. Provide your personal details

2. Provide your address

3. Provide additional information

Age

4. I am…(click all that apply)

5. In the last two years, I have… (click all that apply)

6. Can you commit to 6 volunteer hours per week from October 6, 2026 - January 19, 2027

7. Are you available Tuesday 7 PM to 9:30 PM EST for online weekly hub nights?

8. What takes up most of your time?

9. Why are you interested in the BUILD program?

10. What would be your ideal democracy and what do you think is needed to get there?

11. Why does this topic interest you, and why do you think it is important to explore?

12. What issue, challenge, or question related to this topic are you most motivated to explore?

13. We want to ensure BUILD is accessible to as many youth as possible. Please tell us if you have any barriers or special needs we can help address. (e.g. language, technology etc.)

14. How did you hear about us?

BUILD Application
Focus Area: Information Manipulation Safeguards