2026 Changemakers
Emmanuel Ademola Project Papilo London
Jennifer Alicia Burning Desire For Change Toronto
Ahsen Bhatti Resident Empowerment in Moss Park Toronto
Andrea Bidgood Neighbourhood Streets Lab: Play, Mobility & Belonging Guelph
Mohit Dudeja Transit with Dignity: Thunder Bay Thunder Bay
Erica Duque Biking and Kids: Parenting on Two Wheels East York, Toronto
Benjamin Finley The Garden Organ Campbellford
Suleekha Hirsi Little Placemakers Brampton
Stephanie Holt St. Thomas Ontario Recounting Youth (S.T.O.R.Y.) St. Thomas
Reyna Ingel-Kainth One Community: Connecting Cultures Through Play Brampton
Fatemeh Izadi Walk Together Ontario Richmond Hill
Timothy Lam The Hagerman Railpath Toronto
Christy Lee Neighbourhood Connector Circles for Older Adults Waterloo
Christopher Longtin Love Surrounds Us Hamilton
Fiona McAlister Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Kitchener-Waterloo
Jeannie Meyer Elliot Lake Adaptive Winter & Summer Sports Sampler Elliot Lake
Deya Miller Project Pryde Six Nations of the Grand River
Alyssa Mitra Yet Here I Am Georgetown
Harina Mokanan The Exchange London
Iryna Molodecky Belleville's Big Draw Festival – Make Your Mark! Belleville
Anna Xwexx Morena The Winter Living Room (Belonging After Dark) Toronto
Jessica Myers The Ravine Commons Oakville
Aisling Nolan Re:Love Toronto
Viviana Paltrinieri TORONTalk: Living Stories of the City Toronto
Courtney Pomfret FirstAid For All Kingston
Khalil Rantissi Receipts of Home Toronto
Sofi Rostampour Growing Relationships Through Land and Community Toronto
Kate Tutu EquaPal Toronto
WhiteEagle All Nations Drumming Circle Burlington
Victor Zhang (行动者): Civic Mobilizer Markham
2025 Changemakers
Bolu Adedeji Sisterhood Protection Factor London, Ontario
Lise Andreana ArtOut Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
Antonio Arraut Mask Your Story North York, Ontario
Karen Miranda Augustine Kitchen Table Sesh Toronto, Ontario
Rebecca Bekele Peel Polaroid Project Brampton, Ontario
Amanda Bernard Indigenous Art Journey Toronto, Ontario
Abubaker Bukulu Voice Up Toronto, East York, Ontario
Lucy Cai Cycle Safe Ottawa Ottawa
Wilma Delo Filipino Street Games, Shared Stories Barrie, Ontario
Loretta Di Eugenio Theatre Making North Bay North Bay, Ontario
Kimberly Duguay Waabishka ma’iingan Garden River, Ontario
Nicole Dyble Piecing It Together Shows Pop-Up Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Austin Ekekhomen Shade and Trade Scarborough, Ontario
Nelly Folefack MAYA - Broken But Not Lost Community Hub London, Ontario
Logan Haney Pathways to Connection Kenora, Ontario
Sarah Hasan Can Companion Toronto, Ontario
Julien Hodge COJA Civics Ready Ottawa, Ontario
Kathie Ho AccessAble Spaces Milton, Ontario
Shalaka Jadhav Sandhills Lawn Games Club Kitchener, Ontario
Christian Latour Together We Play - Hamilton Hamilton, Ontario
Robert Lawler Time to Be Together and Help Our Community Utopia, Ontario
Karen Leary Community Includes Us! Toronto, Ontario
Melody Li From Rescue to Table: Community Kitchens Across Cultures Markham, Ontario
André Lorenz Feria Echoes of Home: A Kulintang and Community Choir Project Ajax, Ontario
Pamela Marsales Visualizing Our 8-80 Village Pathways Through Community Mapmaking Haliburton Village, Ontario
Esther Maud Wabshkaa Animkii Benesii Cultural Hub & Storytelling Lodge Thunder Bay, Ontario
Negar Pooya Windows of Memory Vaughan/Toronto, Ontario
Shauna Rae Youth For Truth (Y4T) Dorchester, Ontario
Marcel Stewart The Living Diary Hamilton, Ontario
Sam Tecle Capturing a Community Amidst Change Toronto, Ontario
2024 Changemakers
Robel Adugna On The Horizon Showcase Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mushtari Afroz Imagine There’s No Quota Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Nancy Angus Park your Stories: Storytelling in the GRAND Outdoors Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Nicholai Avigdor Melamed Taste of Barrie: Community through Cuisine Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Phil Cargill Golf & Chill - Let's play & vibe Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Victoria Davis CommUNITY HUB Outreach Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Two White Feather Finding Common Ground Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Jen Gadoua Ontario Adaptive Mountain Biking - Intro Riding Weekend Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Hannah Gardiner Experimenting with Microparades in Waterloo Region Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Zwena Gray Queer Ecology Hikes Peterborough, Ottawa, & Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Asya Gunduz LubunTO Community Education and Engagement Project Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sureya Ibrahim Healing the Community Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rubyyy Jones The Save Rubyyy Jones Revue: QUEER BASH Paris,Ontario, Canada
Jasmyne Julien Your Story Matters Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Don Kwan Focus on Chinatown Ottawa, Ontario
Monica Loney Transformative Power of Public Art Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Sanaaj Mirrie Groove by the Lake Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Dokun Nochirionye Sudbury African Literacy Project (S.A.L.P) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Nneka Perry Beautifully Minded Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Phoenyx/Nyx Farm to Table Food Access Project Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dolly Roul Culture, Land and Joy - Black Youth Gathering Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chloe Sanchez Unseen Stars: Empowering Crown Wards through Creative Expression North York, Ontario, Canada
Kasthuri Satgunanathan The Care for Change Project Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Sheffield I Belong Here Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Kiana Simmons Collective Farming Toolkit for Community Growing Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Meredith Sweeney Ward Night Market: Pop-up Community Centre Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Nithya Vijayakumar Angry Locals Toronto, Ontario
Rignam Wangkhang Tibetan Greenspace Project Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Kerry Yang Stories of the North Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Britt Zeus Speaking For Wildlife Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2023 Changemakers
Saif Ahmed S.O.C.I.A.L.-Supporting Outreach and Community Involvement for Active Living Ottawa, Ontario
Nicole Araneta Caring for the Carers Ottawa, Ontario
Rebecca Beaulne-Stuebing 440 Parkside Collective: Indigenous-Led Land Restoration in Toronto Toronto, Ontario
Helen Chen Culture Connect: Building Intergenerational Bridges Scarborough, Ontario
Andre Cooper Igniting Your Soul and Leadership Toronto, Ontario
Micha Happie Edwards Food for Joy: Promoting Well-being and Inclusion in Little Jamaica Toronto, Ontario
Aizenose Eromon Teen Connect Toronto, Ontario
Kamilah Francis Future North: Redefining Success Sudbury, Ontario
Hibo Isse ImmersiON Toronto, Ontario
Balu Kanagalingam 100 CNFSSNS Toronto, Ontario
Mabe Kyle Queer Country Crossroads: Stories of Rural 2SLGBTQIAP+ Life Brant County, Ontario
Andrina Lewis The Poet’s Project Barrie, Ontario
Samantha Loney Travelling Metis Barrie, Ontario
Darren Pottie 2023 Russell Photo Expo Russell, Ontario
Shammah Salwa Vermicomposting: From the Home to the Garden Scarborough, Ontario
Igor Samardzic Access Unbound: Disability in Public Spaces Toronto, Ontario
Jennifer Singh Together is Better Pickering, Ontario
Nicole Tanti The Tea Garden Belleville, Ontario
Patricia Wilson BIPOC Environmental Bootcamp Peterborough, Ontario
Benjamin Wright Welcome: Activating Public Foyers Through Comfort and Accessibility Ottawa, Ontario
2022 Changemakers
Armi De Francia Centering Race, Gender, and Disability in Active Transportation Ajax, ON
Jasmeen Dourka Reconnecting with Our Roots Brampton, ON
Francess Dunhann YEES (Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship Support) Kitchener, ON
Raghad El Niwairi Envisioning an Anti-Racist London London, ON
Ashley Gittens Pause & Process: Healing Academic Trauma Toronto, ON
Kaitlin Goulet Ignite Activation Space Chatham-Kent, ON
Avery Greaves Free Little Food Pantries Goderich, ON
Elisa Hollingsworth Into The Rainbow: Welcome Guide for Loved Ones Peterborough, ON
Mikael Khalam Taking Kids Out of Poverty Toronto, ON
Mehedi Khan Geometric City: Islamic Art & Public Spaces Toronto, ON
Amrita Kumar-Ratta Our Bodies Our Voices: Re-Imagining Reproductive Justice in ‘Punjabi Canada’ Brampton, ON
Jose-Luis Kuri Cheech1Teach1 Toronto, ON
Bee Leff Humans of Transit Windsor, ON
Takanya Marsh King Street Cooperative Community Garden Whitby, ON
Grant Neegan Community Connections Sudbury, ON
Karenveer Pannu Co-Creating the Future of Community Food Spaces Toronto, ON
Celynne Shipley Inside Out Kemptville, ON
Ariba Tasnim The King’s Roots Kingston, ON
Noelle Ward Mending Communities Peterborough, ON
2021 Changemakers
Jessica Amponsah OURTARIO Toronto, Ontario
Kennishia Boahene I Can Be Hamilton, Ontario
Rhiannon Cobb Park Bench Poetry Project Toronto, Ontario
Moka Dawkins T-Time Love Box Toronto, Ontario
Raven Debassige Live Love Louder Sudbury, Ontario
Kaitlyn Dwyer READ (Rewarding Experiences, Adventures & Discoveries) Windsor, Ontario
Nithursan Elamuhilan It’s Neerby! Toronto, Ontario
Carly Hayes Ottawa Youth Food Policy Council Ottawa Ontario
Erin Hayward Revitalizing Our Sustenance Project (ROSP) Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Meliha Horzum Project Green Hamilton, Ontario
Mitchell House Expanding Active Transportation Connectivity for Tanglewood Ottawa, Ontario
Serisha Iyar Solidarity Sessions Ottawa, Ontario
Tennesha Joseph Are You Afraid of the Dark? Toronto, Ontario
Cheryl Lui Markham Pollinator Pathway Markham, Ontario
Jessica Macasaet-Bondy Activate Transit Windsor Essex (ATWE) Windsor, Ontario
Gul-e Rana Healing Through Art Toronto, Ontario
Olivia Rozema Museum Memories Lincoln, Ontario
Natalie Tyson STEAM Family Camps St. Thomas, Ontario
Leah Walker Lavender Ceramics for Queer Youth Hamilton, Ontario