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, 2015 at Canadian Tire Centre.

WE Day is an event where young people who have taken action to make a difference come together to learn more ways how they can get involved and meet more people like them. WE Day brings a generation of young leaders together to prove that no one is alone, or too young, in their desire for change. You can’t buy a ticket to WE Day, you earn it through service.

I have had the opportunity to be a speaker at WE Day for the past two years, and this time around, look for me in a video about the importance of mentors in our lives. I am so excited that I get to have a new experience at WE Day Ottawa and go to cover the show as media! I can’t wait to watch the whole show and see WE Day from a different perspective.  Here’s the lineup.

• Ambassador Bruce Heyman and Vicki Heyman – United States Ambassador to Canada
• Rick Hansen – Canadian Paralympian, activist and philanthropist
• Lilly Singh – YouTube personality (SuperWoman), comedian and activist
• Kardinal Offishal – Award-winning rap artist, music producer and Free The Children Ambassador
• Simple Plan – JUNO Award-winning Canadian rock band
• Henry Winkler – Actor, director, producer and author
• Shawn Hook – Singer, songwriter and producer
• Maripier Morin – Canadian TV host
• Francesco Yates – Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• JRDN – JUNO Award-winning artist, Free The Children Ambassador
• Kenyan Boys Choir – Traditional African Male Choir, sang at the 2009 inaugration of Barack Obama
• Liz Trinnear – Reporter for Etalk and host for MUCH
• The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair – Chair of the Truth and Reconcilation Commision of Canada and first Aboriginal judge appointed in the province of Manitoba
• Aislinn Paul – Canadian Actress
• Waneek Horn-Miller – Gold Medalist and member of Canadian’s National Women’s Waterpolo team
• Spencer West – Me To We motivational speaker, Free The Children Ambassador and author
• Alex Deans – Innovative youth artist, inventor and #ChangeAgents Ambassador
• Jesse Gold – Singer and songwriter
• Heather Payne – Founder of HackerYou and Ladies Learning Code
• Jillea – Singer and songwriter
• Craig and Marc Kielburger – International activists and co-founders of Free The Children, Me to WE and WE Day
• Elliot Miville-Deschenes – Actor, singer and activist
• Gabrielle Fayant – Indigenous youth activist and Co-Founder of Assembly of Se7en Generations
• Tommy Glatzmayer – 12 year-old co-author, speaker and instructor
• Brothers Dube – Canadian rock band and social activists

All these people are amazing people with inspirational stories.

Learn about how you can get involved with the WE movement at www.we.org and like WE Day on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and use the Official Hashtag: #WeDay on Instagram.

I am so excited for WE Day Ottawa and I hope that you are too! I hope to see some of you there!