Definitions 1
A group of people within a set birthyear range who have experienced similar major events in life.
What is a Generation?
Canada's national statistical office.
What is Statistics Canada?
The act of declaring one's self with an illness/condition.
What is self diagnosing?
one of the values gen z parents expect their children to uphold
What are either language, food, customs or religious practices
The pandemic in which Gen-Z lived through as students.
What is Covid-19?
A view/statement based on an (often unfair) generalization of a group.
What is a stereotype?
The state a society reaches when the economy becomes unstable because of unforeseen, external factors.
What is economic vulnerability?
The movement reinforcing the idea that all bodies are beautiful regardless of shape, size, and colour.
What is body positivity?
Something 80.3% of regular Gen Z social media users use social media for.
What is keeping up with friends and family?
The generation prior
What is Gen Y or Millenials
The activity of mixing socially with others
What is socialization?
The forced state of being alone.
What is isolation?
The phenomenon where individuals or groups attempt to take away the platform of an influencer/celebrity who has in their eyes done wrong, sometimes to extreme extents.
What is cancel culture?
The percent of youth who believe mental health is just as important as physical
What is 95%
The last year of the birth range for generation z
What is 2012
What is social media?
A person with a big social media presence and following.
What is an influencer?
Publicly supporting or protesting an idea/view to try to get people to agree with what you believe is right.
What is advocacy?
The percent of gen z who use or own wearable health monitors
What is 42%
The starting year of the birth range for Generation Z.
What is 1997
Patterns or changes in behavior, beliefs, attitudes, or preferences within a society over time.
What are social trends?
An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
What is a census?
The prioritization of one's mental and physical wellbeing over all else.
What is Wellness Culture?
The indicator used to identify youth at risk for disconnecting socially.
What is NEET
What does the “Z” in Gen Z stand for?
What is “Zoomer” (made to represent how our generation zooms through the internet)?