Youth Photovoice Project

Snap it. Share it. Shape your city.

Share your perspective through photos! The City of Airdrie is creating a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan to help make our community safer and more supportive—and we want to hear from youth ages 15 - 24.

From July 6 – Aug. 6, 2026, we are collecting photo submissions from Airdrie Youth (15 – 24) that shares their perspective on safety and well-being in Airdrie. Each project entry will be entered to win 1 of 10, $100 gift cards. 

Online submission coming July 6, 2026

1. Using any device, take 5 – 8 photos based on the following questions:

• What is a place you like to meet with friends?
• What is a place that reminder you of good times with friends?
• What is a place that makes you feel less safe or less at ease?
• What is a place that doesn’t make you feel seen or included
• When you want a quiet place to be alone, where do you go?

2. For each photo, write a simple caption describing:

• What is in the photo
• What this space represents
• Why you chose it

3. Submit your photos

• Upload your photos

• Make sure you get permission before you take pictures of a private property such as a home or workplace (when the property is the main focus of the photo)
• Do not take pictures of an individual (where the person is the main focus of the photo)
• You are not required to get permission when taking a photo of a public space
• You are not required to get permission when taking a photo of a group of people where individual faces are not recognizable or if you are taking a photo of something and a person happens to walk into the shot
• Always use your judgement and never put yourself in risky situations; meaning don’t stand in the middle of the street for that “perfect” shot and be cautious about where you travel in the community, particularly by yourself, in the pursuit of a photo.
• If you want to take a picture of a location that is unsafe to visit, you may take a picture of a similar area somewhere else and explain which area you are referring to.
• Use a buddy system, especially when going to places you are not familiar with
• Don’t do anything you wouldn’t usually do (i.e., take a photograph while driving or taking a photograph in a location that puts you in danger)