Magfira is a member of three youth councils that organize and facilitate community events. She leads life-skill workshops for Grades 6 to 12 girls that teach them how to be leaders and take initiative within their community. Magfira has also assisted with coordinating and distributing over 600 hygienic-care packages for unhoused people and collecting toiletry kits and handmade scarves for a local women’s shelter.

As a secretary of her school’s social justice club, Nardeen has helped organize food drives, clothing drives, and other fundraising events for her community. She is a member of her school’s leadership, grad council, and yearbook teams, and has coached a Grade 8 girls’ volleyball team. Nardeen volunteers at a local retirement home, and she has worked part time for several years, including at a pharmacy and pizza place.

Marilou helped found and grow a thrift store at her school. She first became involved with her student council in 2018 and is now the president. In addition to working at a bakery for three years, she is also an emcee. She captains her volleyball team, participates in various fundraisers, and acts as student representative on the parent committee and within the school district.

As the founder of her school’s climate action council, Mallory directs meetings and plans initiatives. She is the co-president of the music council at her school, leading meetings and organizing events and fundraisers, and she participates in leadership roles in two school bands. Mallory also works at a small restaurant as a hostess.

Samaël is a tutor for the École des Grands organization, guiding youth towards academic success. In high school, he was involved with Café-In, a student project that provides healthy and affordable snacks in order to reduce food insecurity, and fought for the installation of gender-neutral bathrooms. After high school, he worked for his former school’s student services and at a grocery store, which helped him develop his communication and management skills.

Rocky started his school’s first French club to share his enthusiasm for the language. He serves as student council president, working to increase student advocacy. Within the community, he founded a non-profit organization that engages local students to help seniors live independently, and a fundraiser supporting the British Columbia Children’s Hospital. Rocky relaxes by playing tennis, as well as the flute and piano.

Olivia is an enthusiastic participant in her school environment club, and she helped to host a community-wide conference dedicated to preserving Lake Winnipeg. She excels in jazz, orchestra, and cross-country running. Olivia maintains high averages while working part-time. Within her school community, she spearheaded a project to increase awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women. She is also in the process of writing a children’s book about anxiety management.

Shravya helped co-found and open a Saskatoon branch of the ARTex coding society, where she works with the YMCA to offer free coding programs to youth. She started an immigrant cycling initiative in her city and helped host an online youth-mentor conference. In the summer, she runs art camps from her studio. Shravya is involved in her school’s student council, basketball team, and badminton team, and she is pursuing an IB diploma.

Shay has shared his voice and unique perspective on his school’s accessibility committee, and several youth advisory committees. He is an ambassador for the Ontario Cerebral Palsy Sports Association’s Be Boundless campaign. He is also a member of the U23 Ontario Wheelchair Basketball Team, and an Ontario Wheelchair Racer. Shay co-created and co-directs a local bowling league for students with disabilities.

Sarah is co-president of her school’s student representative council. She is an active volunteer in her school’s peer buddy group for students with disabilities, a group fundraising for cancer research, as well as in a community outreach club she established. Sarah spends her summers working at Camp Glenburn as a leadership counsellor, leading campers on week-long canoeing and backpacking trips.