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.

Jaider’s long history of community involvement began with talks on racism and discrimination. As the president of his student council, he spearheaded recycling at his high school while organizing several events. A familiar face at municipal council meetings, Jaider strives to combat political cynicism and develops initiatives to combat financial instability at Cégep. He runs theatre for children and translates for his church.

Clara is in charge of sociopolitical and environmental affairs at her Cégep’s student association, where she runs awareness-raising projects. She completed a research internship for an initiative titled “Caring for Caregivers”, which aimed to improve working conditions in the care sector. Outside of her studies, Clara takes part in an improv league and swims with a master’s club.

Sarah is a medical student at Université de Montréal. She is a research assistant in children’s mental health at a hospital and helps with emergency medicine projects. She sits on student committees, namely for the Canadian Medical Association. She tutors science, philosophy, and French. She was involved with her CEGEP’s student association and volunteers in hospitals and at sports events. As an active member of the Conseil Jeunesse de Saint-Léonard, her work focuses on youth engagement projects.

Marie-Lou coordinates environmental and social affairs for her faculty’s student association. Through citizen groups, she advocates for causes ranging from social housing, to trans rights, to climate justice. Marie-Lou also started volunteering with a community organization for First Nations people living in the city. In her spare time, Marie-Lou practises her German and hones her skills in a particular passion—circus arts.

A big sports, movie, performing arts, and literature buff, Émilie likes to express her creativity in a variety of areas. She’s a soccer coach, day camp counsellor, and town library volunteer who loves to teach and share knowledge with others. Émilie is actively engaged at her CEGEP, where she’s taken part in, launched, and organized a number of theatre and film projects. She also has a passion for writing.

An industrial relations student with a thirst for inclusive employment practices, Anne-Èva sits on her program’s equity, diversity, and inclusion committee. During her first Loran summer experience, she worked as a literacy officer with Réseau réussite Montréal. She drew on her extensive background in day camps to incorporate literacy activities into Montreal-based day camps’ summer programming. But her youth engagement work doesn’t end there: She also coordinates a homework club at a high school. Anne-Èva loves to learn new languages and is always looking to apply her newly acquired skills and discover new cultures through her travels.

Mbarouk’s passion for youth education and development runs deep, leading him to study Education, specifically Secondary Social Sciences, at Université de Montréal. His captivating poetry slams, which he has performed at school, on Télé-Québec, and in Théâtre Outremont, have featured on the social media page of Quebec’s former education minister. Mbarouk became a soccer camp manager at just 17 years of age and uses his lived experience to propose concrete solutions, namely to combat racism within the school system.

An International Studies student, Mishka is the President of Citoyenneté jeunesse and a member of Lab22’s Jeunesse22 advisory committee. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Comité d’action politique franco-québécois and participates in the Parlement jeunesse du Québec. She also represented Université de Montréal at the Jeux de la science politique as the international cooperation delegate and took part in COP15 (biodiversity) and COP28 (climate). Mishka is passionate about political issues surrounding justice, equity, and representation at all levels.

Rosalie is starting a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Université de Montréal. Over the last five years, she has worked as a caregiver for an elderly person. She promotes cross-cultural connection in her workplace in the form of Spanish translation. As a member of Université de Montréal’s theatre troupe, Rosalie took part in a play reading project. She also completed a three-month community internship in Guatemala, where she focused on the needs of the elderly, facilitated and organized group activities.