Craig and Marc Kielburger

Craig Kielburger is the founder of Free The Children, which has become the largest international network of children helping children, having impacted over one million children in 35 countries.

The organization has built more than 400 primary schools, providing daily education to over 35,000 children every day. Craig’s work has been profiled on Oprah, 60 Minutes, CNN, CBC, and in the New York Times, Time, and People Magazine.

Craig has traveled to more than 40 countries, speaking out in defense of children’s rights. His first book, Free The Children, has been translated into eight languages and was the winner of the Christopher Book Award. Craig has since co-written three more books with his older brother Marc. Craig attended the University of Toronto, to pursue a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies. He has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Marc Kielburger is a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar and Oxford educated lawyer. He co-founded Leaders Today in 1998, with the vision of providing leadership training to over 200,000 young people who wish to become socially involved.

Leaders Today has provided leadership programs to the United Nations, State of the World Forum and dozens of schools and school boards throughout North America. He has co-authored Take Action! And Take More Action! with his brother Craig, which are used by tens of thousands of students across North America.

His work has been featured on the CBC, BBC and CNN, among many other news and print media. Marc was recently chosen as one of Canada’s “Top 40 Leaders Under The Age of 40”.