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Stella is a young environment activist that first had her voice heard when she 11. She discovered that she could not swim in her local river because it was contaminated with sewage. Not only did she discover that her river was gravely contaminated but she also discovered that 600 sewage pipes were illegally dumping raw sewage into the river. Her findings went viral in her Facebook page and caught the attention of policymakers in all 3 levels of government who altogether pledged 15.7 million dollars toward the project. She has also won awards such as:

2020, Stella was the youngest-ever recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia.

2018, Stella was the only Canadian to win a Young Eco-Hero Awards.

2017, Stella received Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal

When she is not speaking publicly, Stella uses her prize money to teach other young generations on how to test waterways and get involved in water cleaning movements.

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Stella Bowles is a youth activist that  hundreds of pipes were dumping raw sewage (the stuff you flush down the toilet!) straight into the river near where she lived. She had her voice heard by all 3 levels of government who altogether pledged 15.7 million dollars to have it cleaned up. She now uses her money to teach other young people how to test the water in their communities.

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Shannen Koostachin was a youth activist who was fighting for a proper school in her First Nation community. She was born on 12 July 1994 in Attawapiskat First Nation, ON; died 31 May 2010 near Temagami, ON. Koostachin's legacy still goes on today with the organization of "Shannen's dream".

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Shannen became the leader of the largest youth-led children’s rights campaign in Canadian history, called Students Helping Students. Today her campaign "Shannen's Dream" still works hard so that all First Nation Children have a school to go to.

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Shannen and Stella both started their activism because of issues that were in their communities. They both also encouraged and inspired other young people to be activists too. Both also used social media to have their voices and concerns heard. They also have won awards for their activism and their work .

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Once Shannen and her her friends had reached three indian affairs ministers they had been promised a school in 2000, 2005 and 2006-2007 but they never did. In 2008, then Minister Chuck Strahl wrote to the community and stated the government could not fund a new school. Even though they were disappointed they kept on working and rallying for a new school and eventually they got it!

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My form of activism would be doing something like gathering all the proof I could find about an issue of my concern. I would conduct surveys and make graphs to show my findings. After gathering my proof I would organize a rally to have supporters for the issue of concern. More supporters means the government will be more convinced to help with the issue. Once the government is convinced they will take the issue to higher concerns. For example, my issue of concern is global warming. There can be many issues of concern, but regardless of what you choose your voice should be heard!

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To me global warming is very important. Global warming is heating up earth. The more earth heats up, ice in the arctic is melting and if all the ice melts animals and wildlife in the arctic will be extinct. Along with all that communities in hotter areas near the equator will face severe drought.  Here is a project on Climate change and global warming last year:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17dvszQvr7O6bezCpSkB981j4LT9VskUAi1YKNv3eJo8/edit?usp=sharing