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 Jerri Clout , 15
North Bay, Ontario
At age 13, Jerri became Youth Ambassador for the Patrick4Life, an HIV/AIDS awareness organization founded after a local youth contracted HIV through tainted blood and later died. Her mission is for youth to learn more about HIV/AIDS.
Jerri is co-chair of the annual Run/Walk4Patrick, which raised over $65,000. She is founder of Youth4Youth.net, a youth driven committee that engages other young people to learn the facts about HIV/AIDS. Jerri was invited to the 2006 World AIDS Conference by the Honourable George Smitherman, and was given the privilege of welcoming women and youth to Canada in both official languages. She helped develop a pamphlet, appeared in a YouTube e-mercial, and has given many presentations to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in youth.
Jerri’s love of science and technology has lead her to the Canada-Wide Science Fair and FIRST International Robotics Competition with Team 1305, as Chairman’s Lead.
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 Chrissy Crowley , 18
Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia
At the age of 12, Chrissy Crowley started playing Cape Breton Celtic fiddle music. As her career as a musician grew, her desire to aid her beloved Cape Breton grew. In 2005, Chrissy Crowley took it upon herself to preserve the Celtic culture of Cape Breton, dating back to the 17th century. Youth involvement in cultural preservation was non-existent and there were few, if any, government initiatives.
Chrissy’s passion for Cape Breton led to her being chosen as an ambassador for Nova Scotia Tourism and toured the world using her celebrity on the Celtic Music scene as a way to attract visitors to Nova Scotia.
As a result of Chrissy’s efforts, the provincial government recently announced that they would be doubling spending on cultural initiatives. Chrissy’s musical endeavours have led to her CD being nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award and has won her the Sonicbid’s Spotlight Artist award and a one-hour documentary by Vision TV.
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 Cassandra Fong, 17
Vancouver, British Columbia
Imagine instantaneously knowing when a person is telling a lie – without their nose growing longer or their pants catching on fire. Motivated by the injustice she observed in her community – Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – Cassandra’s discovered a lie detection device that is better than current gold standard polygraph.
With the use of an electrogastrogram, an extremely rare machine that records the stomach’s electrical activity, Cassandra ran over a thousand tests on a hundred people and discovered that dishonest individuals have increased stomach frequency in conjunction with a chaotic rhythm, demonstrating that lying is inexorably linked to stomach activity.
Her research has earned her a gold medal at her school, district, and regional science fairs and a finalist placement at the Canada Wide Science Fair. She also received the prestigious TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership. She is currently working with several law professors and the local police to find efficient ways of implementing and using her project.
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 David Gordri , 18
Toronto, Ontario
At the age of 17, David Godri has taken a dream and turned it into reality by founding and directing a youth-driven non-profit organization called SWITCH. His aim was to reduce his school's dependence on the power grid through the generation of renewable energies. SWITCH is not only reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also training the minds of tomorrow about renewable energies and sustainable development.
David has been involved in the Toronto District School Board's (TDSB) success of securing $250,000 from the Ontario provincial government which will allow for installation of solar panels on ten TDSB schools. He also organized a solar powered rock concert at his high school with a guestlist including TBSB trustees, Dr. David Suzuki and Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies. David is attending Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto to pursue a career in urban environmental sustainability.
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