Archived Stories
This section profiles successful Canadian youth. Read their stories and get inspired.
Academic Youth
Corey Walker - Prince George, BC: Corey has big goals for himself, and he doesn't intend to let his disabilities get in the way.
Jennifer Eddy - Sudbury, ON: "Impossible" is not in her vocabulary.
Jessica Marcellais - Cranberry Portage, MB: Won the 2004 Academic Senior Award at the Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards for her academic excellence and contributions to her community.
Lena Cook - Saskatoon, SK: Provides advice to students with disabilities on how to make a successful transition to post-secondary studies.
Artistic Youth
Francine Compton - Winnipeg, MB: Meet one of Canada's youngest full-time television directors.
Mario Dupont - Winnipeg River, MB: Hey diddle, diddle... this guy knows how to fiddle.
Travis Bighetty - Swampy Cree, MB: Committed to working with youth to teach them about Aboriginal culture.
Athletic Youth
Billy Bridges - Guelph, ON: Won the 2005 Team MVP award and helped lead Team Canada to gold in Torino.
Brian McKeever - Canmore, AB: Won 2 golds and a bronze medal in cross country skiing at the Torino Paralympic games.
Corey Courchene - Fort Alexander, MB: Won the 2004 Athletic Junior Award at the Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards for his hockey successes.
Gregory Westlake - Oakville, ON: This two-time Goaltender of the Year is now playing forward for the national Sledge Hockey Team.
Jackie Barrett - Meet the Special Olympics power lifting champion.
Jeremy Booker - Ajax, ON: Left winger with the gold medal-winning Canadian Sledge Hockey Team and an advocate for the Fitness Friends program.
Kelsey Wyse - Her gold and bronze medallions are proof that her personal transformation is going swimmingly.
Kimberly Joines - Edmonton, AB: Promotes Alpine skiing by motivating newly injured individuals to get involved.
Lauren Woolstencroft - Victoria, BC: She's an incredible athlete who won over 50 medals in various levels of competition.
Marc Dorion - Bourget, ON: This criminology student is the youngest member of the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team.
Shelly Hruska - Winnipeg, MB: This World Ringette Champion promotes the benefits of choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Entrepreneurial Youth
Adam Burton - Sydney Mines, NS: Uses technology to fit golfers with perfect drivers.
Andrew Brose - Golden Lake, ON: This media arts student's networking skills produced interest in his video production company.
Ben Bennett and Billy Hines - Windsor, NS: Owners and operators of Apathy Board Shop, a skateboard equipment store.
Ben MacNeil ? Sydney, NS: A fondé son entreprise, Cape Breton's Catch of the Day.
Frederick Ghahramani and Vincent Yen - Vancouver, BC: Turned their enthusiasm for gaming and mobile communities into AirG, an award-winning business.
Hailey Unterman - Thornhill, ON: Her refined designs earned her business praise and a waiting list of clients.
Hattie Dunstan - Caledon East, ON: Made her hobby pay by turning it into a small business.
Jonathan DeYoung - New Glasgow, NS: Creator of lollyu.com, a site for students to buy and sell used text books.
Leah Currie - Campbellford, ON: Leah's day camp gave children a taste of the theatre.
Leerom Segal - Toronto, ON: 'Klicked' to provide software development solutions to the health care industry.
Meaghan Lockhart - Golden Lake, ON: Found sweet success with Bikini Cups Café.
Megan Blanchard - Ottawa, ON: Beautifies spaces, one room at a time.
Michael Wahl - St. John's, NL: His gym's approach of 'low volume, high attention' defines success.
Rachel Bakker - Whitby, ON: Paid for her tuition by spending the summer at the pool.
Ryan Stanley - Saltsprings, NS: Meet the mastermind behind Insane Paintball.
Samantha Nickerson - West Northfield, NS: Her lil' donuts are out of this world.
Shannon Hancocks - Cambridge, ON: Offers educational and affordable drama programs, which inspire creativity and confidence in young people.
Humanitarian Youth
Cheryl Perera - Richmond Hill, ON: Fights to eradicate sexual exploitation of children.
Edona Çaku - Toronto, ON: Raised money to replenish the shelves of the library in her hometown of Shkoder, Albania.
Ryan Hreljac - Kemptville, ON: Ryan's Well Foundation springs eternal.
Stephanie Dotto - Kirkland, QC: Provided shoes, medicines and educational opportunities to kids in Malawi, Africa. Recipient of the 2005 Top 20 Under 20 award.
Innovative Youth
Alison Mark - Kingston, ON: Helping to develop flexible and affordable steels for the automobile manufacturing industry.
Asha Suppiah - Deep River, ON: This golden girl uses her brain power to fuel cells.
Dustin Hughes - South Porcupine, ON: Built a special wind column prototype that could turn CO2 in the atmosphere into useable energy.
Gabriel Rigg, David Dickinson and Michael Armson - Halifax, NS: Investigated the benefits of blueberries in fighting age-related defects.
Gina Gallant - Prince George, BC: Taking the road less travelled, a young inventor turns waste plastic into paving material.
Jaime Blais - Ottawa, ON: Targets the toughest tumour cells to help find a cure for cancer.
Melissa Buttler - To Mars and beyond... Discover what Melissa is digging up.
Nashila Addetia - St. John's, NL: Won the Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her water quality experiment.
Natalie Raso - Hamilton, ON: Her cancer research won her honours as the top young scientists for 2005 at the Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Sami Obaid - Laval, QC: Stepped into the research ring to knock out the degenerative disorders - including Parkinson's disease.
Sara Small and Ronan MacParland - St. John's, NL: Used recycled green tea bags to create 'Tea-rific' skin potion.
Siobhan McLaughlin - London, ON: Developed an ingenious new balance measuring device.
Yona Sipos Randor - Vancouver, BC: This young researcher appears on MTV Canada and proves that science can be music to the ears.
Leaders and Volunteers
Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko - Toronto, ON: Founded the Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS), a Canada-wide organization for girls 7 to 16.
Maren Beeston - Hanna, AB: Founder of a summer school of rock and other youth organizations.
Shamin Jr. Mohamed - Toronto, ON: Contributes to the fight against AIDS and famine.
Tonika Morgan - Toronto, ON: Founded the Medina Collective, an organization for young women of colour who participate in the urban arts community.
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