2022 YOUTH 7 SUMMIT

The Y7 is a leadership summit that convenes young professionals from G7 countries to develop policy solutions to current global challenges.

This year’s Y7 Summit will take place in person, on May 16, in Berlin, Germany.

The priorities of 2022 Y7 are:

  • Sustainable and Green Planet;

  • Economic Transformation for Shared Progress;

  • Reshaping Democracies;

  • Global Health and Solidarity

DELEGATES

PRATIVA BARAL, Head Delegate
MICHAEL LECCHINO, Communications Coordinator
JAYA SCOT, Engagement Coordinator
Hargun kaur, Diversity & inclusion Coordinator

Prativa Baral

Prativa is an epidemiologist, a global health consultant, and a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Concurrently, she is a consultant for the World Health Organization, investigating risk monitoring of upstream determinants of health in the context of health emergencies, as well as for the World Bank, monitoring disruption of essential services due to COVID-19. Most recently, Prativa helped support the United Nation's efforts in creating a research roadmap for COVID-19 recovery, and has also advised the Government of Canada in drafting the country's first comprehensive global health research strategic plan.

In 2018, she was selected to be a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum, and in 2021, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prativa is a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Science and Columbia University’s Department of Epidemiology as a Merit Scholar Recipient. She is also a 2021 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar as well as a recipient of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research’s Doctoral Foreign Study Award among other distinctions.

Fluent in French, English and Nepali, Prativa is a former nationally-ranked chess player. She regularly appears on CBC, CTV, and other media outlets providing Canadians with practical suggestions and advice regarding COVID-19.


Michael Lecchino

Michael Lecchino is an Italo-Canadian student from Montréal, Québec. He is quadrilingual—fluent in English, French, German and Italian. His passions range from designing visual identity systems to exploring the great Canadian outdoors. Michael spent time studying in Germany and Italy which furthered his cultural knowledge and enabled him to look at issues using a unique lens.

Michael’s leadership and youth engagement experience consist of being class president for five years, student body president for one year and the president of his borough’s youth council. Throughout all three positions, Michael was responsible for representing the voices of students and young citizens. Michael often holds meetings with coordinators, directors and elected officials to address pressing issues and strategize possible solutions.

Working for Parks Canada, Michael has utilized his creative skill set to further the agency’s mission to protect and present Canada’s natural and cultural heritage. During the winter, you’ll often find Michael on the slopes teaching the sport he loves, snowboarding, to young students eager to become better athletes. Michael is honoured to represent Canadian youth and looks forward to bringing his cultural awareness, youth advocacy experience and media creation capabilities to the 2022 Y7 Summit in Berlin, Germany.


Jaya Scott

Passionate about climate justice as the intersection between human rights and the environment, Jaya is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Environmental Protection and Management at the University of Edinburgh. In 2020, she earned her BA from Western University with the Gold Medal in international relations.

in Victoria, BC, on unceded T’Sou-ke, Sc'ianew, Lək̓ʷəŋən, and W̱SÁNEĆ Territory, Jaya has worked on food security and sustainability at the grassroots level with the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable, and on engaging youth in science education from a two-eyed seeing framework with Raincoast Conservation Foundation. She has been honoured to take part in empowering youth to advocate for climate as part of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Youth Advisory Council. She was energized by the council's work on the Uncovering Common Ground: Mobilizing Youth for Climate Justice initiative, and developed her advocacy skills as a 2021 Advocacy Fellow with Results Canada.

Jaya has represented her Canadian federal riding Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke at Daughters of The Vote and was a presenter and delegate for Canada at the 16th Conference of Youth, the pre-COP 26 youth conference held by the UNFCCC youth constituency in Glasgow.



Hargun Kaur

Hargun has also directly empowered vulnerable populations by making public health accessible for Canadians as the lead content developer with the South Asian COVID Task Force and ThisisOurShot vaccine confidence campaigns, creating care packages for pregnant individuals and isolated seniors, and volunteering with the Canadian Mental Health Association's support line. Hargun strives to continue working with, learning from, and empowering communities. In her free time, Hargun is found spending time with her family, listening to her favorite podcasts, or lost in a book. 

As a delegate to the Y7 summit, Hargun hopes to elevate the diverse voices of Canadian youth to inspire global policymakers to rebuild more societies that enable and empower children and youth to grow and flourish. 

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