With the pandemic, the youth group hasn't been running as normal, but Plesiuk kept connecting with the kids online. Jeanette Sivilay, the co-ordinator of the Winnipeg Food Council, is working for a resilient and just food system for Manitoba. He has won a Manitoba Indigenous Youth Achievement Award and was recognized as a National Champion of Mental Health. Michael Barkman is chair of Make Poverty History Manitoba and Manitoba public policy co-ordinator for the Community Economic Development Network. Whitney Morrison is the co-founder of Makegooders, a Winnipeg non-profit that takes pre-loved toys, cleans them up, and repackages them for Winnipeg kids in need.

Source: CBC News November 14, 2020 12:00 UTC