Craig Kielburger will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 6, “in recognition of exemplary leadership in the promotion of rights of the child and promotion of ethical living and social responsibility.”
Craig Kielburger co-founded Free The Children in 1995 at only 12 years of age. Free The Children delivers innovative programming to more than 4,000 youth groups and hundreds of thousands of young people in
Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom Today, he remains a passionate full-time volunteer for the organization, now an international charity.
Mr. Kielburger and his brother Marc also co-founded Me to We. An innovative social enterprise, Me to We provides people with better choices for a better world, including socially-conscious and environmentally-friendly clothes and accessories, as well as life-changing international volunteer trips, leadership training programs and materials, a speakers bureau, and books which address issues of positive social change.
He has received many honours, including the Roasevelt Freedom Medal, the World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (often called the Children’s Nobel Prize) and’is one of the youngest recipients of the Order of Canada. He has received 10 honorary degrees in recognition of his dedication to education and youth.