Twenty-seven youth from across Canada have been selected to attend the youth G8 and G20 Summits. These delegates were selected from
over a thousand youth who attended Global Leaders Centres from coast-to-coast-to-coast earlier this year.

MY SUMMIT 2010 is the official international youth summit that will be held alongside the G-8 and the G-20 summits. Canada is co-hosting MY SUMMIT 2010 through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Global Vision, a not-for profit organization internationally recognized for their work in youth leadership training.

During the G-8 component of MY SUMMIT 2010 youth delegates will discuss, debate and negotiate the same themes that will be considered at the G-8 Leaders’ Summit.. Terry Clifford, President and Founder of Global Vision Junior Team Canada said “ MY Summits 2010 is an opportunity for our young leaders to open up the dialogue on the issues that are really their issues.” The debates will culminate in the development of a final communiqué addressing maternal health, food security, nuclear proliferation and climate change.

Jackie Cook, of Saskatoon Saskatchewan, has been selected as the representative of the Canadian delegation to present to the G-8 leaders
later today at Deerhurst; while Zac McCue, of Curve Lake First Nations, will present the communiqué to Governor General Michaëlle Jean, who will then deliver it to the Head of State on her visit this summer.

The youth delegates from G-8 countries will meet up with their G20 counterparts tomorrow in Toronto. This component of MY SUMMIT 2010 will provide youth delegates with the opportunity to be on-site to observe the G20 Summit in process, engage in discussions on economic themes and meet with senior officials, Ministers, Leaders and other dignitaries.

Youth participating in the Summit will be blogging about their experiences on myglobalvision.com, a social networking site designed to connect future global leaders from around the world.

For more information on MY SUMMIT 2010 or Global Vision please refer to www.globalvision.ca.