Ontario Model Parliament

Ontario Model Parliament
Ontario Model Parliament
OMP Shield Logo
Abbreviation OMP
Motto Debate • Deliberate • Legislate
Formation 1986
Type NGO
Purpose/focus Education
Headquarters Upper Canada College
Location Toronto
Region served Ontario
Official languages English
Chair Sebastian Marotta, Malik Ismail, Shashwat Koirala & Ryan Manucha
Affiliations UCC
Website OMP

The Ontario Model Parliament (OMP) is a model parliament for high school students in Ontario, Canada. The OMP was founded in 1986, much through the efforts of Dr. Paul Bennett, a former history master at Upper Canada College in Toronto. The OMP is not affiliated with any political party.

Approximately 200 students participate in the OMP each year. The annual OMP commences with an "Elections Day", in which the "government" and "opposition" are established. The delegates then prepare their "legislation" for the legislative sessions held in the spring. The students convene at Queen's Park, the legislative building for Ontario. The students debate their bills as if they were real Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). In addition, the delegates hear from keynote speakers. In the past, such speakers have included John Tory (Leader of the Opposition for Ontario), James K. Bartleman, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario and Rex Murphy, political commentator and host of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Cross Country Checkup. Ontario Model Parliament will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011.

Contents

Past simulations

Ontario Model Parliament
Session Year Location Junior Premier Senior Premier Chairs
25 2011 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Lucas Manucha Kaleem Hawa Jamie Henderson, Ryan Manucha & Shashwat Koirala
24 2010 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Christopher Taylor Kaleem Hawa Ali Jutha & Jamie Henderson
23 2009 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Taylor Webb Jeremiah Rivers John Henderson & Ali Jutha
22 2008 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Ryan Manucha Kyle Crawford David Marshall & John Henderson
21 2007 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Steven Xu Will Meneray Emma Groia & David Marshall
20 2006 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Jaimie Hildebrand Shamir Dawood Emma Groia & Brandon Soeiro
19 2005 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Steven Lee Brandon Soeiro & Zachary Schwartz
18 2004 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Chris Horkins Rahim Bapoo & Brandon Soeiro
17 2003 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Farouk Hussein Mark Salzman & Derrick Leung
16 2002 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Chanakya Sethi
15 2001 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Ryan Gallagher
14 2000 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Jonathan Schachter & Jamie Cameron
13 1999 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Sagar Chandaria & Tim Tutsch
12 1998 Upper Canada College & Queen's Park Martin Ross

Dates

For 2011, the dates for OMP are the following:

  • Elections Day: March 5, 2011
  • Simulation: April 27th-29th, 2011

Governance

For 2011, the Ontario Model Parliament Executive includes:

  • Consulting Chair: Jamie Henderson
  • Operations Chairs: Ryan Manucha and Shashwat Koirala
  • Chief of Staff: Malik Ismail
  • Secretary: Sebastian Marotta
  • Director of Events and Activities: Frankie Lam
  • Director of Outreach and Advancement: Brandon Sit
  • Director of Marketing and Registration: Vincent Lam
  • Director of Academic Programming: Malik Ismail
  • Director of Communications: Matthew Henderson
  • Associate Director of Registration: Jason Pang
  • Associate Director of Marketing: Dean Ricci
  • Associate Director of Events and Activities: Nishan Thayalan
  • Associate Director of Speakers: Sebastian Marotta
  • Associate Director of Security: Seamus Power
  • Associate Director of Information Technology: Winston Kwok
  • Associate Director of Academic Programming: Chris Taylor
  • Associate Director of Academic Special Events: Simran Ahluwalia
  • Lead Researcher, Academic Programming: Jeff Weaver
  • Lead Writer, Hansard: Eric Tweel
  • Associate Director of Advancement and Alumni: Chris Taylor
  • Associate Director of UCC OMP Programme: Daniel Chiang
  • Faculty Adviser: Mr. Matt Griem

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