Rosa Kouri
 Rosa Kouri has been the National Director of the Sierra Youth Coalition since 2005, one of Canada's leading youth environmental organizations and the youth arm of the Sierra Club of Canada (www.syc-cjs.org). She is a tireless spokesperson and advocate for young people, as she firmly believes that youth deserve the power to shape a sustainable world. She founded the Sustainable McGill Project at McGill University, bicycled the west coast of California to raise awareness about industrial agriculture and poor working conditions for migrant farmers, sat on the board of the national Sierra Club of Canada, and organized youth delegates at the 11th UN global climate summit. In September, 2006, she was a founding member of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition. Raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Rosa completed a joint honors degree in economics and political science from McGill University in Montreal. She was recently recognized by the World Conservation Union for outstanding work on climate change issues.
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