Responsible citizenship is about individuals who realize their obligations to take actions that ensure their community is healthy, safe and secure. A responsible citizen participates in their community to promote personal and public good.
Being a Responsible Citizen
You can be a responsible citizen by demonstrating individual responsibility through:
- Using appropriate strategies to resolve conflicts
- Demonstrating integrity and dependability
- Recognizing how individual choices and actions affect self, family and community
Building Community
Examples of how to make a difference:
- Say "Hi"
- Walk more, drive less
- Have a block party
- Cook with your friends
- Cut your neighbour’s lawn or clear your neighbours snow drive
- Volunteer for community events
- Plant trees
- Share your garden with a friend
- Vote
- Invite others into your home
- Organize a pick up sports game
- Plan a games night
By practicing a healthy lifestyle through:
- Accessing, analyzing, and using resources to promote wellness
- Demonstrating the ability to identify, avoid, escape or manage potential risk situations
By understanding and promoting the democratic principles of freedom, justice and equality through:
- Respecting and defending individual rights and property
- Practicing democratic processes by participating and voting
- Acknowledging that all people have innate worth
Participating in activities that promote the public good by:
- Understanding economic, political, social and environmental systems
- Working toward improvements in society
- Identifying and taking action to meet community needs