Leah Davidson
Leah Davidson is a grade twelve student at Bishop's College School. Leah's passions include reading, writing, learning, and travelling. She hopes to study international relations or economics in university. In the fall of 2011, Leah discovered that she had received a scholarship from the Leacross Foundation to visit the enigmatic and beautiful continent of Antarctica with Students on Ice.
Erica Whaley
Erica Whaley is a 10th grade student from Rhode Island. She loves animals, and strongly connects with her environment. She reaches out to people through her music and she feels that music heals. She writes her own music, and in fact her first song she wrote was about stopping global warming.
Jayden Rae
Jayden Rae is a 14 year old who has always loved nature and learning about the environment around her. As a member of the Whitby Youth Council, Ontario Nature Youth Council and as Chair of the Environment Committee with the Durham Youth Council, she has been able to contribute to many projects in her community. In the past she has been a Legislative Page, Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year and has recently taken part on an expedition to Antarctica with Students On Ice. Jayden has high hopes that the youth of today will make positive change for the future.
Jacob Zeiher
Zach Butler
Selin is an insatiably curious high school student from BC, Canada and a lover of cross-disciplinary projects, especially those at the intersection of science, art and technology. She's passionate about issues surrounding social and environmental justice. Selin is also involved with the organization of TEDxKids@BC and is a 2012 Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader.
Howie Chong has a passion for finding sustainable solutions to real world problems and has worked with non-profit and for-profit organizations in understanding how different kinds of organizations think and accomplish their goals.
He is the founder of Carbonzero, one of Canada's most respected carbon offset companies; and Panorus, an emerging company focusing on creating sustainable solutions for startups. He's served as a consultant with many companies and organizations in order to help them reduce their climate impact and has worked with many non-profits that advocate for the protection of our environment, including as a Director of Sierra Club Canada.
Elin is passionate about facilitating people’s experiences and stories about the
environment through writing, science and other creative means. She is the
acclaimed author of natural history and environmental books for adults and
children, including Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales and Not Your
Typical Book About the Environment - a hopeful book about the environment for
kids. Deeply committed to the marine environment, she works as a consultant and
academic and is currently engaged with a coalition of 40 aquariums committed to
communicating climate change and the oceans. She wrote the scientific brief that
resulted in the establishment of the world’s largest marine reserve in 2009.
A high school student from BC, Canada, Alisha has numerous passions which she actively pursues. She is currently a national-level rhythmic gymnast as well as an entrepreneur, having started her own jewelry making company, Brite Jewelry. Alisha is eternally grateful to the Leacross Foundation for providing her with a scholarship to join the Students on Ice Youth Antarctic Expedition 2011, which greatly deepened her love for the environment.