Local youth attended global summit in UK

The British Coun­cil selected Nishin Nath­wani from here, Amanda Acht­man from Calgary, and Michael Zhan from Toronto from over 1,000 applications to parti­ci­pate in the Global Youth Sum­mit from Nov. 15 to 22 in the UK.

The participants spent five days with 60 Global Change­makers from 44 countries, sharing best practices in the areas of human rights, climate change, poverty reduction, edu­cation, HIV and AIDS, and social entrepreneurship.

Six Global Changemakers were selected during the week to at­tend the World Economic For­um in Switzerland in January.

The young people repre­senting Canada at the summit attended workshops, met campaigning experts and visited British organizations. A select group also met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Those selected for the World Economic Forum in Davos will attend a number of high level panels, and engage with the world’s most influential busi­ness and political leaders.

The Global Youth Summit is part of the British Council’s pioneering Global Change­makers initiative.