Leadership & Business Opportunities

  • Colorful RYLA Rotary event banner with large white letters and Rotary logo

    R.Y.L.A.

    ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS

    RYLA is an amazing leadership experience offered through many Rotary clubs across Canada.

  • Duke of Edinburgh Award

    Duke of Edinburgh Award

    The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a do-it-yourself award that shapes the recipient into a well rounded individual across athletics, leadership, adventure, and service.

  • Logo for Central Ontario Leadership Seminars with the acronym COLS and a red maple leaf, along with the slogan 'Motivating tomorrow's leaders, today!'

    C.O.L.S. Conference

    CENTRAL ONTARIO LEADERSHIP SEMINAR

    COLS is an annual leadership conference for students from Central Ontario in the 10th Grade.

  • Canada 4-H Ontario logo with a four-leaf clover and a maple leaf in the center on a green background.

    4-H Clubs

    AGRICULTURE AND LEADERSHIP

    4-H is an organization supporting youth leadership. Explore the various clubs across Canada.

  • CPA Ontario logo with a blue background and a stylized maple leaf made of white dots

    CPA Ontario HAP

    HIGH SCHOOL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

    Promote CPA within your community while developing professional skills and financial literacy as well as attending exclusive conferences.

  • Ivey logo with a crest and the word 'IVEY' in green.

    John F. Wood Leadership Symposium

    IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL

    One day business conference that brings together high schoolers passionate about business to connect, work on critical skills and learn about leadership.

  • Logo with a stylized maple leaf made of white dots and the letters 'CPA' on a blue background.

    CPA British Columbia

    HIGHSCHOOL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

    Promote CPA within your community while developing professional skills, public speaking, and financial literacy as well as get a sneak peak into the world of being a CPA.

  • Green graphic with a silhouette of a person ziplining and a cluster of pine trees, featuring the text 'MUSKOKAWoods' and 'EST. 1979'.

    CEO Leadership Program

    SUMMER PROGRAM @ MUSKOKA WOODS

    4 week leadership camp for students aged 15-17 at Muskoka Woods

  • Wharton logo with shield emblem and text reading 'Wharton Global Youth Program' on a blue background.

    Wharton Global Youth Program

    BUSINESS PROGRAMS

    In-person and online business and financial programs for high school students in grades 9-12.

  • Seal of the University of Waterloo featuring a shield with three red lions on a yellow background and the Latin motto 'Concordia Cum Veritate'.

    Catalyst Summer Program

    INNOVATION LEADERSHIP

    2-week leadership program that incorporates University of Waterloo’s qualities of innovation into the program.

  • Event poster for the Halifax Innovation Challenge 2023, featuring a dark blue background with gold and navy splashes and logos of RBC, Halifax Partnership, and Dalhousie University.

    Halifax Innovation Challenge

    BUSINESS AND PROBLEM SOLVING CHALLENGE

    2 day innovation challenge that tests participants problem solving and business skills.

  • Blue circular logo with three white wavy lines.

    Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition

    ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION

    International entrepreneurship competition for high school students.

  • Logo for Camp Rainbow Phoenix with a rainbow-colored phoenix silhouette, the name in black text, and logos for PFLAG Canada Durham Region and AIDS Committee of Durham Region.

    Camp Rainbow Phoenix

    ONTARIO

    Leadership camp for LGBTQ+ youth in Ontario.

  • Logo of Fraser Institute with white text on blue background

    Fraser Institute's Student Essay Contest

    FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

    Student essay competition on economic discourse, current events and public policy.

  • A large white war memorial with tall pillars, situated on a grassy hill with a paved path leading to it, overlooking a rural landscape.

    Beaverbrook Vimy Prize

    HISTORY & TRAVEL

    10 day program where award recipients travel to Belgium and France to visit historical former battlefields and sites as well as study the World Wars history.

  • Abstract design of overlapping pastel-colored leaves in purple, blue, teal, and green.

    Learning to Lead

    MINERVA BC - LEADESRSHIP PROGRAM

    Leadership program for BC young women and gender diverse youth in grades 10-12.

  • Three firefighters in protective gear and yellow helmets are working together to spray water from a fire hose during a fire emergency on a city street.

    Camp Ignite

    FIREFIGHTING LEADERSHIP CAMP

    3-day firefighting and leadership camp for young women in grades 11-12.

  • Hoby Canada logo with a stylized maple leaf inside the letter 'O' and a curved yellow accent.

    HOBY

    LEADERSHIP SEMINAR

    Leadership seminar for grade 10 students from local high schools in Western Ontario.

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