Boys wave the Canadian flags during Canada Day on the East York Canada Day Parade route in Toronto
Boys wave the Canadian flags during Canada Day on the East York Canada Day Parade route in Toronto July 1, 2014. Reuters/Mark Blinch

High school students affected by the ongoing teachers' strike in B.C., Canada have staged their own protest actions to call on the attention of both government and educators.

Protest actions have started to show up at Argyle Secondary, Seycove Secondary and at Eric Hamber Secondary.

While they said they sympathise with the adults bickering over just and fair labour practices and compensation, they felt the adults have gone overboard with their respective concerns.

Russel Coffin, a Grade 12 student at Argyle Secondary, reminded both the government and educators that their last year meant a lot to them.

"I don't know, both sides are sort of forgetting about us. Our Grade 12 year, like we've got a lot of stuff to do and we sort of need to go inside and must make a message to show them that hey, we care about this and don't forget about us," he told AM730 Traffic.

Josh Johnson, another Grade 12 student from the same school, said he feared his chances of getting into his preferred universities is being threatened by the strike.

The strike, according to Grade 8 student Helena Kantowicz from Eric Hamber Secondary, also affects them. "I'm just hoping that through this, everyone will see that it's not just the teachers against the government; it's affecting us just as much as anybody else," she told News1130.

The labour dispute in Canada's western province of British Columbia has entered the second week of the new school year as educators and government argued over increased wages and benefits.

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The lockdown has affected half a million students in the region.

British Colombia's 41,000 teachers went on strike on June 17 when the provincial government and the BCTF failed to reach an agreement. They have been without a contract since June 2013.

All they want is for their voices to also be heard, Johnson said. "We are trying to get people to realize there is a third party here and we think we are the most important party here."