A youth engagement project from the Jordan Stevenson campaign
Port Hope Next
Young people deserve a real voice in Port Hope’s future. Play a local challenge, share an idea, and explore Jordan’s commitments to bring youth priorities into Town Hall.
Local challenges
Two ways to play
Race upstream in the daily arcade, then take the mayor’s chair for five local decisions.
Ganaraska Rush
Guide a salmon upstream, dodge obstacles, build a streak, and compete for a place on the daily and weekly leaderboards.
Play the arcade gameThe Port Hope Challenge
Take the mayor's chair for one simulated council term and see how your choices shape affordability, infrastructure, trust, and Port Hope's future.
Take the challengeQuick feedback
The 60-Second Youth Pulse
Answer one focused question in under a minute and see what other participants chose. No account or email required.
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Results reflect participating visitors and are informal campaign feedback rather than a representative survey. No account or email required.
Youth Idea Lab
What should Port Hope try next?
Young people have practical ideas for Port Hope. Share yours directly with the campaign and choose whether you want a reply.
How Port Hope gets things done
Who leads each issue?
Local leadership starts with knowing where each decision sits, bringing the right partners together, and driving the next step.
Municipality of Port HopeLocal services and decisions closest to daily life.
- Local roads, sidewalks, water, wastewater, parks, recreation, fire services, and many public facilities
- Local planning, zoning, building services, heritage decisions, and municipal bylaws
- The municipal budget and priorities approved by council
Northumberland CountyServices delivered across the county or assigned to the upper tier.
- Community and social services, housing and homelessness supports, and child and family services
- Paramedic services, county roads, and waste management
- County-wide economic development, planning, tourism, and long-term care services
Province of OntarioProvincial law, systems, funding, and standards.
- The laws that define municipal powers, planning rules, and local-government finance
- Education, healthcare policy and funding, social-assistance rules, and major transportation policy
- Provincial grants, approvals, regulators, and ministries that shape local projects
Shared responsibilityIssues where progress usually depends on more than one institution.
- Housing supply, affordability, homelessness, healthcare access, and public health
- Transportation connections, climate resilience, emergency readiness, and major infrastructure
- Economic development, workforce training, energy projects, and environmental protection
A mayor gets results by knowing who is responsible, bringing the right people together, and keeping residents informed about what happens next.
Concrete proposals
Jordan’s commitments to young people
Build on what exists, make the route into decision-making clearer, and publish what happens after young people speak up.
Build on existing youth voices
Jordan will strengthen the route from existing youth programs and the Youth Action Committee into municipal decisions on housing, transportation, employment, public space, infrastructure, and economic development.
Propose a youth participatory budget
Jordan will bring council a proposal for a small annual fund where young residents can propose, refine, and vote on practical local projects.
Hold quarterly youth question sessions
Jordan will hold quarterly public sessions where young people can ask direct questions, raise priorities, and hear what action follows.
Publish an annual youth priorities report
Jordan will publish an annual report showing what young residents raised, who is responsible, what action followed, and what happens next.
Run youth innovation challenges
Jordan will invite young people to develop practical ideas for safer streets, local events, environmental monitoring, public space, technology, jobs, and community life. Each challenge will identify promising ideas for focused pilots.
Build on existing work
Start with what Port Hope already has
Port Hope Next builds on municipal recreation, drop-in spaces, and the Youth Action Committee by connecting youth input to broader municipal decisions.
Youth programs and the Youth Action Committee
Municipal programs, events, volunteer opportunities, and information about the Youth Action Committee.
Visit the official municipal pageChildren and youth drop-in programs
Current youth spaces, athletics, schedules, ages, fees, and seasonal notices.
Visit the official municipal page