Quebec student Mishka Caldwell-Pichette discovered that climate activism doesn’t have to begin in a big city, taking her voice from Rouyn-Noranda to COP15 and COP28 while advocating for climate justice and creating opportunities for more young people to get involved.

British Columbia student Liam Pope-Lau is bringing creativity and science to climate action, using tools like microplastics research and community clean-ups to explore environmental problems while showing how innovative thinking can turn concern about the planet into practical solutions.

British Columbia youth group the Monkey Rebel Society is proving young people can create real change, using creativity and direct action to successfully advocate for New Westminster to become a 15-minute city while tackling climate education, transportation, and other community challenges.

Ontario student Derek Nguyen is finding new possibilities in everyday waste through Operation EcoPen, an initiative that has kept tens of thousands of discarded pens out of landfill while expanding into crayons, greeting cards, and other creative forms of reuse and recycling.

Alberta student Sophia Young is showing how climate action can also create greater equity, helping secure free public transit for 36,000 children in Regina while working with governments and communities to make sustainable transportation more accessible.

British Columbia student Sung Bin Lee is combining science and ocean advocacy, from experimenting with invasive plants to create sustainable textile fibres to leading microplastics research and bringing young people together to develop solutions for healthier oceans.

Ontario student Dev Katyal is using technology to tackle overfishing through MarineMatch, an app he developed that can identify more than 60 fish and ocean species in seconds, helping fishers make more informed and sustainable choices about their catch.

Saskatchewan student Graeme Hopkins is connecting young people with nature through outdoor adventure and experiential learning, from environmental leadership summits to a free outdoor club helping newcomer youth and their families build community while discovering Saskatchewan’s natural world.

Enya Fang turned the devastation of B.C.’s worst wildfire season into action, founding Evergreen Collective and growing it into an international youth-led nonprofit. Her work brings together climate education, fundraising, community action, writing and policy advocacy, all rooted in a belief that the climate crisis is also a humanitarian one.

Ashna Dodd turned her frustration over climate inaction into leadership, founding her school’s Climate Action Now club and organizing a Youth Climate Conference featuring David Suzuki. By bringing students, environmental leaders and decision-makers together, she’s helping other young people find their own ways to take action.

Alexandra Chow is turning youth climate advocacy into systemic change. Through Youth 4 Climate Justice, her work helped push the Vancouver School Board toward a $100,000 increase in funding for student-led sustainability initiatives, while her other projects connect and empower young people to create change across their schools and communities.

Yukon student Ella Bradford went from writing a climate letter to her MP at age 12 to helping shape Whitehorse’s Climate Action Plan. Through Fridays for Future Yukon, she’s bringing young people directly into conversations with decision-makers and pushing for stronger climate action across the North.

Quebec student Henri Boisseau-Ouellet turned climate concern into community action at age 12, gathering more than 150 signatures to help transform his neighbourhood alley into a greener, safer space. Since then, he’s continued using activism, journalism, and civic engagement to push for change.

Elaine Xiao is turning the idea of “mutualism” into action, showing how environmental action can create benefits that ripple outward. Through Mism, she mobilizes youth, collaborates with local government and is expanding her model internationally, proving that young people have real power to create change.