Meet the Fellows

Yoonho Kang

Project: Stepping Over the West End

Vancouver, BC

Stepping Over the West End aims to share experiences of working with vulnerable populations in the Downtown Eastside with youth in schools. It is important to spread awareness about the systemic causes of issues in Vancouver such as houselessness and drug addi...

Zara Uddin

Project: South Asian Women's Health Association (SAWHA)

Markham, ON

Food & Health

South Asian Women's Health Association (SAWHA) is dedicated to empower middle-aged South Asian immigrant women to prioritize their health and wellbeing.

Yi-Fan Ada Wang

Project: DAWN Against Trafficking – Eradicating Human Trafficking Through Empowerment and Education.

Etobicoke, ON

Founded in 2021, DAWN Against Trafficking (formerly Future Unchained Toronto) is the largest Torotonian youth-led non-profit dedicated to combating human trafficking. At DAWN, we believe that empathy and education are the key to empowering survivors and elimin...

Yeganeh Rasouli

Project: The Health Empowerment Initiative

Windsor, ON

The Health Empowerment Initiative began by distributing care packages containing PPE and essential items to the clients of the Downtown Mission in Windsor, Ontario, during the COVID-19 pandemic. While delivering these packages, it became evident that the clien...

Yolanda Ding

Project: Sweet Spring Cares

Scarborough, ON

Education

Sweet Spring Cares is a care package program that provides resources to elementary school students and their families in lower-income communities in Scarborough. These packages include stationery items, empowering prompts/activities, and more. The intention is...

Vedanshi Vala

Project: The Rural Safety Network by BOLT Safety Society

Richmond, BC

Housing & Safety

The Rural Safety Network by BOLT Safety Society is a multi-faceted endeavor to grow the organization's existing programming in urban communities to more rural and remote areas of British Columbia in an effort to combat sexual violence. This will include expand...

Aaliyah Mahboubi

Project: SPARK9

Vancouver, BC

Education

The SPARK9 Project was a series of nine initiatives that brought youth together between June and November 2023 in the spirit of service. Each project connected to a UN sustainable development goal and allowed us to focus on a particular theme. Our first projec...

Vanessa Ciofani

Project: The Youth Empowerment Sorting Hat Initiative

Oakville, ON

The Youth Empowerment Sorting Hat Initiative has a similar setup to the house sorting in Harry Potter and aims to enhance collaboration skills, diversity, and leadership development among students. By assigning individuals to different houses, it encourages th...

Zanna Ekeroth

Project: Babes in the Bluffs - Climbing Mentorship Program

Penticton, BC

Sports & Recreation

Babes in the Bluffs is a mentorship program for women and gender diverse climbers in the Skaha Bluffs. Through community-building, peer-to-peer learning and skills workshops, we want to provide a place for people who face gender-based barriers in the sport of ...