Craig & Marc Kielburger
Marc and Craig co-founded Free The Children, an international charity and renowned educational partner that empowers youth to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change. Free The Children delivers innovative programming to more than 4000 youth groups and hundreds of thousands of young people in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. As the world's largest network of children helping children through education, the organization has worked in 45 countries and built more than 650 schools and school rooms in developing regions, providing education to more than 55,000 children every day.
Free The Children has a proven track record of success, having formed successful partnerships with top school boards and leading corporations-including Oprah's Angel Network, KPMG, and Research In Motion.
They are also the co-founders of Me to We. An innovative social enterprise, Me to We provides people with better choices for a better world, including socially conscious and environmentally friendly clothes and accessories, as well as life-changing international volunteer trips, leadership training programs and materials, a speakers bureau, and books which address issues of positive social change. In addition, half of Me to We's net profit is donated to Free The Children, while the other half is reinvested to grow the enterprise and its social mission.
Every year, Craig and his brother Marc Kielburger organize We Day, Free The Children's signature domestic event that reaches 90,000 students from 3,000 schools in person and more than 5.4 million through televised broadcasts. We Day has over two million followers on Facebook, making it one of the largest charitable causes in the world.
They share the stage, and their voices, with Nobel Peace Laureates, heads of state, celebrities, rock bands, actors and pop icons, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Former President Bill Clinton, Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson and many more.
Together they write Global Voices, a weekly column about the pressing issues of our time, syndicated in the Vancouver Sun, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Winnipeg Free Press and Huffington Post and Huffington Post Canada online. Also, the Kielburgers are weekly Globe & Mail columnists for a weekly advice column Ask the Kielburgers. Their work has been featured on multiple appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, 60 Minutes, and The Today Show; and in People, Time and The Economist.
They are New York Times bestselling authors who have written nine books, including Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Their latest, released in April 2012, is called Living Me to We: The Guide for Socially Conscience Canadians.
Marc graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, completing a degree in international relations. He won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship and went on to complete a law degree at Oxford University. Marc has received seven honorary doctorates and degrees for his work in the field of education and human rights and is the recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada and selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 250 Young Global Leaders.
Craig has a degree in peace and conflict studies from the University of Toronto and is the youngest-ever graduate of the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program. He has received thirteen honorary doctorates and degrees, The Roosevelt Freedom Medal, The World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (often called the Children's Nobel Prize) and is one of the youngest recipients of The Order of Canada.
Client Testimonials:
"Craig and Marc's work is inspirational. I have known them both for years and shared the podium with both of them many times at international gatherings. I am proud to be an advisor and friend."
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute
"Craig and Marc's speech at Google was exceptional. My high expectations for the talk were widely exceeded and my colleagues enjoyed the talk tremendously. They outlined concrete actions any company can take to help motivate their employees through meaningful corporate social responsibility. They were able to inspire young and old alike through their powerful stories, cutting-edge ideas and practical tips to help create personal and organizational change. They are the best and most passionate speakers I have ever heard."
Fellow, Google
Marc and Craig co-founded Free The Children, an international charity and renowned educational partner that empowers youth to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change. Free The Children delivers innovative programming to more than 4000 youth groups and hundreds of thousands of young people in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. As the world's largest network of children helping children through education, the organization has worked in 45 countries and built more than 650 schools and school rooms in developing regions, providing education to more than 55,000 children every day.
Free The Children has a proven track record of success, having formed successful partnerships with top school boards and leading corporations-including Oprah's Angel Network, KPMG, and Research In Motion.
They are also the co-founders of Me to We. An innovative social enterprise, Me to We provides people with better choices for a better world, including socially conscious and environmentally friendly clothes and accessories, as well as life-changing international volunteer trips, leadership training programs and materials, a speakers bureau, and books which address issues of positive social change. In addition, half of Me to We's net profit is donated to Free The Children, while the other half is reinvested to grow the enterprise and its social mission.
Every year, Craig and his brother Marc Kielburger organize We Day, Free The Children's signature domestic event that reaches 90,000 students from 3,000 schools in person and more than 5.4 million through televised broadcasts. We Day has over two million followers on Facebook, making it one of the largest charitable causes in the world.
They share the stage, and their voices, with Nobel Peace Laureates, heads of state, celebrities, rock bands, actors and pop icons, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Former President Bill Clinton, Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson and many more.
Together they write Global Voices, a weekly column about the pressing issues of our time, syndicated in the Vancouver Sun, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Winnipeg Free Press and Huffington Post and Huffington Post Canada online. Also, the Kielburgers are weekly Globe & Mail columnists for a weekly advice column Ask the Kielburgers. Their work has been featured on multiple appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, 60 Minutes, and The Today Show; and in People, Time and The Economist.
They are New York Times bestselling authors who have written nine books, including Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World. Their latest, released in April 2012, is called Living Me to We: The Guide for Socially Conscience Canadians.
Marc graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, completing a degree in international relations. He won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship and went on to complete a law degree at Oxford University. Marc has received seven honorary doctorates and degrees for his work in the field of education and human rights and is the recipient of many honours, including the Order of Canada and selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 250 Young Global Leaders.
Craig has a degree in peace and conflict studies from the University of Toronto and is the youngest-ever graduate of the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program. He has received thirteen honorary doctorates and degrees, The Roosevelt Freedom Medal, The World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (often called the Children's Nobel Prize) and is one of the youngest recipients of The Order of Canada.
Client Testimonials:
"Craig and Marc's work is inspirational. I have known them both for years and shared the podium with both of them many times at international gatherings. I am proud to be an advisor and friend."
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute
"Craig and Marc's speech at Google was exceptional. My high expectations for the talk were widely exceeded and my colleagues enjoyed the talk tremendously. They outlined concrete actions any company can take to help motivate their employees through meaningful corporate social responsibility. They were able to inspire young and old alike through their powerful stories, cutting-edge ideas and practical tips to help create personal and organizational change. They are the best and most passionate speakers I have ever heard."
Fellow, Google
