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Canadian Youth Delegation to UN Summits

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Opportunity type

Conference

Funding

No Funding

Location

Canada

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

Young Diplomats of Canada is a youth-led non-profit that has held consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2018. It is recruiting young Canadians for its official delegations to two United Nations summits in 2027: the 71st Commission on the Status of Women in March, and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July, both at UN Headquarters in New York. There is no fee to apply and no fee to take part, but this is a self-funded delegation. You pay your own flights, accommodation, meals, visa and insurance, and YDC states plainly that it offers no bursaries or financial assistance.

What you get:

A place on an official Canadian youth delegation to CSW71 in March 2027 or the High-level Political Forum in July 2027
Training beforehand, and a Program Coordinator paired with you throughout
Access to official UN meetings as well as side events run by member states and civil society
A route to speak on the record, through written statements, oral interventions and your own parallel events
A team of only three to six delegates, meetings with senior officials and experts, and the YDC alumni network

What you'll do:

Attend the summit in full for the duration of the delegation's time in New York
Submit written statements, deliver oral interventions, or organise side and parallel events with other civil society actors
Give two to five hours a week to the delegation
Complete a mandatory final report plus one further deliverable chosen by your delegation
Arrange and pay for your own flights, accommodation, meals, visa and insurance

Key dates:

Applications close 4 September 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
CSW71 runs 8 to 19 March 2027 at UN Headquarters, New York
The High-level Political Forum runs in July 2027, dates still to be confirmed by the UN

Who can apply

Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident, aged 18 to 30 when you apply
Able to self-fund flights, roughly two weeks of accommodation in Manhattan, meals, visa and insurance. YDC offers no bursaries or financial assistance
Available during Canadian business hours and evenings; Canadians living abroad are eligible
Apply through the official bilingual form. YDC cannot consider expressions of interest sent by email
The application includes open-answer questions and a recorded one minute personal statement
Shortlisted applicants sit a 30 minute interview, with results within two weeks
Give two to five hours a week to the delegation
Complete two deliverables, a mandatory final report plus one chosen by the delegation, generally within six weeks of the summit
Once selected as a delegate you are no longer eligible to apply to future YDC delegations

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Good to know

+No fee to apply and no fee to take part, stated unprompted on their own FAQ
+Costs are disclosed plainly rather than buried; YDC states outright that it offers no bursaries
+UN ECOSOC consultative status since 2018, incorporated federally in 2014, named delegation teams with photographs for CSW65 through CSW70
+Deadline on their own site carries an exact time and timezone
+Real access, not observation: delegates may submit written statements, deliver oral interventions and organise their own parallel events
+Delegations are small, three to six people, so access per delegate is genuine
+YDC explicitly encourages under-represented applicants, naming First Nations, Inuit and Metis, LGBTQ2A+, BIPOC, and rural, Atlantic, Prairie and territorial applicants

Worth checking yourself

!Entirely self-funded. You pay return flights to New York, roughly two weeks of Manhattan accommodation for CSW, meals, visa and insurance
!One form covers both summits, so you cannot choose which delegation you land on
!Selection closes off future chances: once selected, you are no longer eligible for future YDC delegations
!HLPF 2027 dates are still to be confirmed by the UN

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About this opportunity

What you get:

A place on an official Canadian youth delegation to CSW71 in March 2027 or the High-level Political Forum in July 2027
Training beforehand, and a Program Coordinator paired with you throughout
Access to official UN meetings as well as side events run by member states and civil society
A route to speak on the record, through written statements, oral interventions and your own parallel events
A team of only three to six delegates, meetings with senior officials and experts, and the YDC alumni network

What you'll do:

Attend the summit in full for the duration of the delegation's time in New York
Submit written statements, deliver oral interventions, or organise side and parallel events with other civil society actors
Give two to five hours a week to the delegation
Complete a mandatory final report plus one further deliverable chosen by your delegation
Arrange and pay for your own flights, accommodation, meals, visa and insurance

Key dates:

Applications close 4 September 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
CSW71 runs 8 to 19 March 2027 at UN Headquarters, New York
The High-level Political Forum runs in July 2027, dates still to be confirmed by the UN

Who can apply

Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident, aged 18 to 30 when you apply
Able to self-fund flights, roughly two weeks of accommodation in Manhattan, meals, visa and insurance. YDC offers no bursaries or financial assistance
Available during Canadian business hours and evenings; Canadians living abroad are eligible
Apply through the official bilingual form. YDC cannot consider expressions of interest sent by email
The application includes open-answer questions and a recorded one minute personal statement
Shortlisted applicants sit a 30 minute interview, with results within two weeks
Give two to five hours a week to the delegation
Complete two deliverables, a mandatory final report plus one chosen by the delegation, generally within six weeks of the summit
Once selected as a delegate you are no longer eligible to apply to future YDC delegations