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.

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.

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.

Daisy is the president of a racial equity collective at her school, organizing countless community events, fundraisers, and anti-racism workshops. She is the senior coach and founder of a traditional dance team at her school and the vice-president of an investing program. She has also been volunteering for the local library reading buddies program. Daisy has previously worked as a legal assistant and is currently a sales associate at H&M.

Corben has served his community as the youth director for the Salmo District Arts Council, as a member of the community centre’s youth advisory committee, and through various volunteer roles at the library and during seasonal events. He is also a social media marketing intern with the Nelson Overture Concert Society. Corben studies piano and teaches it locally; he is currently creating his own initiative to offer an introductory music course.

A devoted lover of the outdoors, Alessandro hails from Gwa’yi, a remote village on the BC Coast. He is a Kwakwaka’wakw historian with a passion for genealogy and has created a nationwide family tree for his community. He’s a boarding prefect at his school and has led numerous trips through its outdoor leadership program. Alessandro has spent his last three summers employed as a cultural worker. He plans to develop an athletics and culture-focused boarding school in Gwa’yi so local youth can pursue education in their home community.

Olivia has volunteered at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal and as a mentor to youth in foster care. Passionate about theology, she has audited a Christian caregiving course and volunteers as an assistant children’s minister. Previously, she co-founded her high school’s Truth and Reconciliation committee, initiated an LGTBQ2S+ support group, and managed a local municipal election. In her free time, she loves to sew, thrift, linocut, and spend time with her family.

Aamna is pursuing a B.Sc. in computer science at the University of British Columbia. As a coordinator for UBC’s Student Alumni Council, she helps organize socials and professional development workshops for fellow students. As a personal project, she also collaborated with a nonprofit to help design and develop their website. In her spare time, Aamna enjoys spending time outdoors and going for runs.

Chloe is enrolled in the general sciences program at the University of British Columbia and hopes to pursue a career in health. She is working the BC Society of Transition Homes, a provincial organization that works to prevent and end violence against women and children through services and programs. During her free time, she also plays competitive volleyball, works out, and bakes.

Tristan is currently pursuing a BSc in mechatronics engineering, where he continues to explore his passion for robotics. He is a lead member of a student design team developing affordable solutions for human-electronic interaction in spaces like virtual reality and serves on one of the largest student-run endowment funds in Canada. He also spent a Loran summer as a policy research intern at the Canada West Foundation–a private, non-profit, non-partisan think tank in Calgary–where he contributed to research on critical minerals, mass timber, and artificial intelligence.