Ella leads her school’s mental health club, serves as mental health chair on student council, and represents her school on the regional student advisory committee. In her community, Ella organizes recreational activities at a retirement home, oversees a positivity program she established for local seniors, and visits long-term care patients. She also volunteers with Girl Guides and serves as a junior leader and member of Terranaut Club, which offers STEM programming for Girls+.

Hannah is pursuing a B.Sc. in microbiology and immunology. She serves as the marketing executive of Dalhousie’s knitting club, coordinating and promoting community fundraisers. She is also an executive member of an accessibility-focused program that supports children by providing adaptive physical activity and meaningful connections. Hannah loves working with kids through inclusive recreation and in-hospital programs. She also enjoys spending time in nature hiking or learning about ocean creatures.

As a motivated and competitive baseball player, Aidan is a pitcher for the McMaster men’s baseball team, as well as for minor league team Hamilton Cardinals, an IBL affiliate. Outside of his athletic and academic pursuits, he works as a chiropractic assistant alongside a dedicated healthcare team to help patients with a variety of conditions using medical laser therapy. Additionally, Aidan is a rehabilitation facilitator with a non-profit called Head Injury Rehabilitation Ontario, where he assists clients living with acquired brain injuries.

Jakob is enrolled in the Bachelors of Science in Nursing Program at McMaster University. He runs a maintenance business called DeGruchy’s Property Solutions, as well as a student food drive called Feed it Forward. Jakob’s passion for healthcare has led him to become an active blood donor, as well as a research participant in mental health studies. He is an alumni of the Catapult Leadership Society and a founding member of his hometown skateboarding group.

Braydon is pursuing a BScH at Queen’s University, specializing in computing mathematics and analytics. He has contributed to community initiatives by developing a web application for a youth outreach organization, streamlining internal communications to better serve local programs. At Queen’s, Braydon leads the behaviour planning subgroup of an autonomous vehicle-design team, and collaborates on data analytics projects through a campus association. He has also held leadership roles as a co-captain of an intramural athletics team and as a brand ambassador promoting student engagement. Passionate about leveraging machine learning and data analysis for social impact, Braydon is dedicated to building inclusive, technology-driven solutions.

Kai is enrolled in the BA program at McGill University, majoring in political science with minor concentrations in economics and management. Throughout his studies, Kai has volunteered as a Japanese teacher, completed four mandates as a consultant and project manager at Canada’s largest student-run consulting firm, JED Consulting, and driven community-impact initiatives as the director of JED For the Community. His passion for environmentalism has led to his work in clean energy policy development at the Clean Foundation and the Government of Nova Scotia, as well as his role as sustainability commissioner at the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Kai is involved with a Montreal-based charity, 60 Million Girls, working to deliver one of the world’s first climate education games to a global network of 700,000+ students with limited access to high quality educational content.

Hilus is pursuing a B.Sc. in computer engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has served as vice president of finance for the Waterloo Engineering Society and is an undergraduate lead of the powertrain and controls sub-team of the University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels team, which competes in the advanced vehicle technology competition EcoCAR challenge to re-engineer an electric vehicle. Hilus has gained diverse experience through co-op positions in the tech industry, specializing in software development, consulting, and product management.

While pursuing their B.Sc. in mathematics, Julia co-founded and continues to lead MycoNurseries, a non-profit focused on sustainably growing oyster mushrooms, which has received over $35,000 in funding. When not in the mushroom lab, Julia works at the McGill Office of Sustainability as a sustainable labs intern. They enjoy spending their free time in nature, reading, or learning more about the world. Also an avid writer, they wrote an article on their nonbinary identity for CBC and interned in the communications department of the India Autism Center.

Kayleigh is a biology-psychology student at Queen’s University with a passion for understanding the connections between the brain, behaviour, and mental health, specifically in youth. She serves on the student council for the Psychology Department, where she helps represent student voices and fosters community within the program. Dedicated to making a positive impact, she also volunteers with multiple campus clubs, including initiatives focused on mentorship, youth empowerment, and mental health advocacy. Through her academic and extracurricular pursuits, she is committed to driving meaningful change and supporting those around her.