The Regional Chair’s Environmental Awards event is an annual event hosted by the Chair’s Round Table On The Environment. The event was initiated in 2004 to augment the Halton Environmental Excellence Awards program and to provide a forum where the recipients of the awards could be honoured and further inspired in their environmental pursuits.
This year, the event will feature Craig Kielburger, as the keynote speaker. Craig is the founder and chair of Free the Children, a unique international development and youth empowerment organization. Since its founding in 1995, Free the Children has become the world’s leading youth-driven charity, inspiring an entire generation to stand up and have their voices heard. Craig is also the Co-founder and Director of Me to We Social Enterprises. The goal of Me to We is to encourage ethical living and social responsibility, while also helping Free The Children achieve financial sustainability.
Craig has a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto and is the youngest-ever student in the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program. He has received four honorary doctorates for his work in the field of education and human rights. Now 26 years old, he has traveled to more than 50 countries, visiting underprivileged children and helping with humanitarian projects and development initiatives. Craig has been awarded many national and international awards for his work, including The Roosevelt Freedom Medal, The World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (often called the Children’s Nobel Prize) and he is one of the youngest recipients of The Order of Canada. Craig’s work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, 60 Minutes and The Today Show, and in People, Time and The Economist.
Where: Burlington Convention Centre, 1120 Burloak Dr. Burlington, ON
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: Registration begins at 7:00 am with breakfast commencing around 7:30 am.
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