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December 2, 2008

Youth Forum 2008

CFC Conference 2008 - Our Communities. Our World. is now behind us, but hopefully the incredible presenters, participants, and performers will continue to inspire us for a long time to come. Thank you to the seventy-five youth delegates, as well as their advisors, who were part of the over 700 participants at the event held last month in Montreal.

And a special thank you to our Youth Forum sponsors, TD Canada Trust and Youth Forums Canada for their valuable support. We also really appreciate the preparation and presentations of all of the Youth Forum speakers, who shared their ideas, experience and enthusiasm:

• Ilona Dougherty, Apathy is Boring
• Justine Castonguay-Payant,Taking IT Global;
• Simon Jackson, Spirit Bear Youth Coalition,
• Hugh Brodie, Partnerships and Special projects, CBC Montreal
• Mike Goorhouse, Michigan Council of Foundations
• Linda Hughes, Hamilton Foundation Adult Advisor and Emmaline Houston, Laura Sharp, Melissa Ricci, Bradley Lupkoski and Lauren Bursey, Hamilton Foundation YAC members
• Raymond Ko and Audrey Sproule, TD Canada Trust Scholars,
• Marti Hui, Richmond Youth Foundation
• Samantha Power, South Africa;
• Sandra Franova and Ivana Fuskova, Slovakia;
• Oleg Krivorotov, Eugeniya Konovalova, and Andrey Sapozhnikov, Russia
• Maia Rowan, Nellie Gossen, Cia Ramirez, Vancouver Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Council

And last, but not least, thanks goes to the Youth Forum Planning Committee:

Joy Ding, Melissa Oakley, David Sadler, David Raye, David Cardoso, Elysia Guzik, Mike Goorhouse, Megan Tate, Melissa Oakley, Tammy Phillips, Colin Berube

See you in Vancouver in 2010!

Community Foundation National Youth in Philanthropy Forum Sponsor

TD Bank Financial Group

CFC recognizes the financial assistance provided by the Government of Canada, through Exchanges Canada, a program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.