Avery co-founded the McMaster Alt Protein Project, an initiative driven by a group of interdisciplinary students dedicated to expanding alternative protein research and innovation. She volunteers for the Neighbour 2 Neighbour Community Centre in their low-income grocery program. During a Loran summer, Avery worked with the Pembina Institute in their Equitable Transitions department exploring the social implications of a transition toward renewable energy. She is currently pursuing a BEng in chemical engineering with a minor in community engagement.

Mahum is the co-founder of Agora, a student organization hosting co-working sessions for creators and makers. She also volunteers at a robotics lab and helps first-year students as a resident advisor. One of her Loran summers was at the Rehab Robotics Lab in Edmonton, where she and her team developed a diagnostic tool for shoulder cuff tears to be used in rural communities. She spent another Loran summer as a clinical research assistant at Toronto General Hospital, where she worked on organ transplantation research. She is a biomedical and electrical engineering student at McMaster University and enjoys competing in hackathons and engineering competitions over the weekends.

Ravneet is pursuing a BA (Honours) in sociology at Queen’s University. She is a youth advisor with Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario and a member of Children’s Mental Health Ontario’s Youth Action Committee, where she supports projects aimed at improving youth engagement experiences within the child and youth mental health system across the province. Ravneet has presented at the International Conference on Youth Mental Health, the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference, and the Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference, sharing insights on lived experience, systems change, and youth-driven solutions in mental health care. She also coordinates identity-affirming artistic programming for youth in community spaces, including a summer DJ camp and public gallery initiatives. On campus, she is the outreach manager at the peer support centre, where she builds partnerships and delivers training to student leaders.

Atlas is pursuing a B.Sc. in cognitive science at McGill University. Committed to the integration of arts and sciences in all they do, they serve as musical director for on-campus a cappella ensemble Effusion and volunteer as a piano teacher for elementary school students from low-income families, while also embracing their more technologically inclined side with former work as a software developer with Agora Board Games. Atlas spent their first Loran summer as a public policy advisor and AI impact researcher at Imagine Canada, and their second in San Diego formatting a toolkit of resources for intentional game facilitation in educational spaces. Atlas volunteers on the board of TBG Canada, a non-profit dedicated to the use of tabletop games for social impact and therapeutic treatment.

Georgia is pursuing a degree in mechanical and biomedical engineering at McMaster University. She is the co-chair of the Indigenous Health Movement, a student club that runs workshops and activities centred on Indigenous health and well-being. She is a teaching assistant for a first-year iBioMed course that focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation in the biomedical field. She is also a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics subteam on McMaster’s Formula Electric team, where she contributes to the design of the race car’s steering wheel. Georgia is a member of McMaster’s recreational tap dance team, a Women in Engineering ambassador, and an executive with both the Society of Mechanical Engineering and the campus chapter of AISES.

Sofie is pursuing a B.Sc. in anatomy and cell biology at McGill University. During a past Loran summer, she joined the One Health team at Doctors of the World Belgium, deepening her understanding of global public health and interdisciplinary care. She continues to work with one of her previous Loran summer hosts, Helicopters Without Borders, a Vancouver-based public health NGO, where she serves as a grant writer and program coordinator. At McGill, Sofie represents the Faculty of Science on the university senate. She has led conversations with senior leadership on campus safety, student wellbeing, and academic reform, and contributes to advisory groups on enrolment, health and safety, and freedom of expression. She has also conducted research in McGill’s Department of Pharmacology, contributing to emerging literature in cell biology.

Jack is finishing his third year of arts and science at McMaster University. He is a senior emergency medical responder with McMaster’s Emergency First Response Team, where he trains for and responds to medical emergencies on the university campus. He is also the Hamilton regional bowl lead for Ethics Bowl Canada, which delivers ethics-focused, debate-like competitions to high school students. Jack completed an independent summer as a wildland firefighter on an initial attack crew in Burns Lake, BC, and spent his enterprise summer working as an agricultural scout at Kroeker Farms in Winkler, MB.

Nain is an electrical engineering student at the University of Waterloo. As a consultant on the executive team for the university’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, he provides guidance following his term as its president. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, he also contributes to Socratica, a student-led builder community, by supporting event planning and fostering collaboration. In his spare time, Nain actively participates in the Waterloo tech innovation ecosystem, attending events like the Global Executive Summit to stay connected and be inspired by cutting-edge advancements.