2021 Young Impact Leaders: 21 social change intrapreneurs to watch
From coast to coast to coast, these young changemakers are making Canada’s social purpose organizations more resilient and impactful
Why It Matters
Intrapreneurship is essential to a resilient social impact world. But intrapreneurs — and particularly young people — working within organizations are too rarely celebrated for the world-changing work they do every day.
It’s often the entrepreneurs and founders who get the most accolades for their work. And rightly so, in many cases — starting something new takes courage.
But what also takes an incredible amount of courage, but with far less public recognition, is working to better the social impact sector from the inside. These professionals are called intrapreneurs: people who push the boundaries of their organizations’ practices, programs and policies in order to do good better.
A strong team of intrapreneurs is what makes an organization — and ultimately, a community — resilient and innovative. Presented by RBC Future Launch and supported by MENTOR Canada, Future of Good’s second annual list of 21 young impact leaders celebrates young people doing this game-changing work, day in and day out.
A selection committee* of leaders and social change experts from across the country carefully pored through hundreds of nominations for this year’s list to narrow it down to 21 incredible intrapreneurs under the age of 39.
*Scroll to the bottom of the story for a list of selection committee members.
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Special thanks to the selection committee for helping us choose this year’s list of young impact leaders:
- Anjum Sultana, YWCA Canada
- Bailey Greenspon, G(irls)20
- Diandra Bruised Head, Kainai First Nation and 2019 Future of Good Young Impact Leader
- Jace Meyer, 2019 Future of Good Young Impact Leader
- Tristan Smyth, Canadian Roots Exchange and 2019 Future of Good Young Impact Leader
- Vishan Persaud, RBC Future Launch
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