We Day! Are you ready? I am. Toronto and Vancouver Line Ups revealed.

We Day season is almost here! On October 2nd, 20,000 students will come together at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto for the first We Day of the season to celebrate and launch the Year of Empowerment.

I am so excited to share that I will be speaking at We Day ! I am so honoured, humbled and proud to be part of the We Day and Free The Children teams. I cannot wait for another season of inspirational and motivational people that will be part of We Day this year. Not just the talent at We Day – but also all of the students that have earned their way there by following their passion, taking action and making a difference in their communities and in the world.

 

Today I’m happy to share the line-ups for We Day Toronto and We Day Vancouver. These are the first of many exciting announcements from We Day. Stay tuned for more.

Toronto – Thursday October 2, 2014 at the Air Canada Centre

• The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdes​well – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan (@QueenNoor)
• Big Sean (@BigSean) – Award-winning American hip hop recording artist
• Hedley (@Hedleyonline) – Multi-platinum, JUNO and MMVA Award-winning recording artists and Free The Children ambassadors
• Joe Jonas (@joejonas) – GRAMMY®-nominated, multi-platinum artist and Free The Children ambassador
• Col. Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) – Astronaut, author, professor, musician, first Canadian to walk in space/command a spaceship
• Lights (@lights) – Canadian pop multi-instrumentalist and JUNO Award winner
• Kweku Mandela – Social Advocate, Filmmaker, and grandson of President Nelson Mandela
• Kardinal Offishall (@KardinalO) – Award Winner Rap Artist, Music Producer and Free The Children Ambassador
• Katie Couric (@katiecouric) – Yahoo News Global Anchor and New York Times best-selling author
• Nelly Furtado (@NellyFurtado) – Singer, songwriter, producer and Free The Children ambassador
• R5 (@officialR5) – American pop rock band
• Ed Robertson – Canadian musician and lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies
• Shawn Desman (@DaRealSD) – Platinum-selling and Juno Award-winning recording artist
• JRDN (@JRDNmusic) – Juno Award-winning artist and Free the Children ambassador
• Karl Wolf (@KARLWOLFs) – International recording artist, MTV Europe Music Award winner and Free The Children ambassador
• Neverest (@neverestmusic) – Chart-topping, MMVA-nominated Canadian pop-rock band
• Liz Trinnear (@liztrinnear) – Host of Much Countdown and host of We Day Toronto
• Cast members from the Emmy-nominated TV series DEGRASSI (@Degrassi)
• Mustafa the Poet (@MustafaThePoet) – 18-year-old poet, writer, actor and emcee
• Natalie Panek (@nmpanek) – Rocket scientist, explorer, and advocate for women in technology
• Alex Deans – 17-year-old inventor, scientist and artist
• Craig and Marc Kielburger (@craigkielburger) – International activists and co-founders of We Day
• Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We motivational speaker, ambassador and author
• Hannah Alper (@ThatHannahAlper) – 11 year old Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children Ambassador, blogger and youth activist. That’s me!
• Ashley Rose Murphy (@msAmurphy) – Motivational youth speaker
• Stan Wesley (@StanWesley) – National Speaker
• Robin Wiszowaty (@robininkenya) – Me to We motivational speaker, author and Free The Children Program Director in Ghana and Kenya

Vancouver – Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at the Rogers Arena

• Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) – Actress, multi-platinum recording artist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
• Orlando Bloom – Actor and humanitarian
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (@macklemore) (@RyanLewis) – Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artists
• Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) – Canadian singer-songwriter
• Sir Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson) – Author, speaker and international education advisor
• Donnie Yen – Martial arts movie icon, actor, director, producer and Free the Children ambassador
• Mariana’s Trench (@mtrench) – Juno Award-winning pop band
• Debby Ryan (@DebbyRyan) – Musician and actress
• Kardinal Offishall (@KardinalO) – Award Winner Rap Artist, Music Producer and Free The Children Ambassador
• Victoria Duffield (@VDuffield) – Canadian singer, dancer and actor
• Cast members from the Emmy-nominated TV series DEGRASSI (@Degrassi)
• Shawn Desman (@DaRealSD) – Platinum-selling and Juno-Award winning recording artist
• JRDN (@JRDNmusic) – Juno Award-winning artist and Free the Children ambassador
• Karl Wolf (@KARLWOLFs) – International recording artist, MTV Europe Music Award winner and Free The Children ambassador
• Neverest (@neverestmusic) – Chart-topping, MMVA-nominated Canadian pop-rock band
• Silken Laumann (@SilkenLaumann) – Olympian, inspirational speaker, author and child advocate
• Kay – Singer, songwriter and rapper
• Craig and Marc Kielburger (@craigkielburger) – International activists and co-founders of We Day
• Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We motivational speaker, Free The Children ambassador and author
• Mustafa the Poet (@MustafaThePoet) – 18-year-old poet, writer, actor and emcee
• Hannah Alper (@ThatHannahAlper) – 11 year old Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children Ambassador, blogger and youth activist. Me again!
• Ashley Rose Murphy (@msAmurphy) – Motivational youth speaker
• Robin Wiszowaty (@robininkenya) – Me to We motivational speaker, author and Free The Children Program Director in Ghana and Kenya

I’m looking forward to another amazing We Day season and these awesome people who make it all happen.

In partnership with MTV, and alongside National Co-Title Sponsors, RBC and TELUS, We Day Toronto and Vancouver will bring together more than 40,000 students in an inspirational setting, celebrating the commitment they have made to take action on local and global change. The two events will be streamed live at www.mtv.ca/weday and taped for broadcast on MTV premiering Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. ET and on CTV, Saturday, November 22 at 7 p.m. ET.