I spent a week volunteering with the New Media team at Free The Children in July and I could not have dreamed up a more exciting week to be there. On July 20th Free The Children announced some big changes that are best explained by co-founder, Craig Kielburger: You all know the story that twenty-one years ago […]
What Gen Z Said to Elle Canada (feat. Me and some other inspiring Gen Zers you should know)
I am so honoured to be featured in the May issue of Elle Canada with 5 other inspirational activists, entrepreneurs, bloggers and YouTubers talking about our generation – Generation Z. I had such a great day at Elle Canada with the other Generation Zers, each of these young women truly inspire me. For the interview, we […]
WE Day Ottawa Is Here!
The 2015/16 WE Day season is already underway and it has looked amazing! So far, you’ve seen so many inspiring speakers including Henry Winkler, Marlee Matlin, Demi Lovato and Silken Laumann, and cool performers like Hozier, Nick Jonas, Shawn Mendes and Carly Rae Jepsen. Coming up next is National WE Day in Ottawa on November 10, […]
Planet in Focus Film Review: Return to Ryan’s Well
I’m excited to be working with the Planet in Focus 16th Annual Environmental Film Festival. The film festival will take place in Toronto October 21-25, 2015. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be sharing my reviews for a selection of films that I have been given the opportunity to screen in advance. First up, […]
Who’s ready to change the world? WE are!
There have been many milestones in Free The Children’s since Craig Kielburger founded it in his grade 7 classroom in 1995. To date Free the Children has: Built more than 650 schools Provided clean water to more than 1 million people Donated more than 16 million dollars of medical supplies Inspired and empowered a generation […]
Craig Kielburger and I sharing about Free The Children and how WE Go Further with Ford
Craig Kielburger and I spent some time with Ford sharing the story and inspiration of Free The Children and how WE all Go Further to create change. A version of this is airing as a commercial on Fox during New Girl, Bones and The Following for the next couple of weeks.
Celebrating 20 years of Free The Children
Whenever I encounter people who are skeptics or people that are surprised at my passion, interest and my age, I think about my friend, Craig Kielburger. 20 years ago, today, on April 19, 1995 Craig was searching through the newspaper for the comic section on a Saturday morning when he stumbled across an article that […]
We Day Seattle Lineup 2015!
All the WE-spiration is coming to Washington State on April 23 at The KeyArena at the Seattle Center. From world-class speakers to top performers, Seattle get ready! This is your Seattle We Day lineup! Pete Carroll – Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks, 2014 Super Bowl Champions, and We Day Seattle Co-Chair The Head and the […]