Marc Kielburger

Kielburger was born in 1977 to parents who were both schoolteachers,[2] Fred and Theresa Kielburger.[3][4]

He attended Brebeuf College School (Toronto), and Neuchâtel Junior College (Neuchâtel, Switzerland), which he graduated from in 1995.[5][6][7] In 1990, at 13, through a program for school credit organized by Fintan Kilbride, Kielburger volunteered in Jamaica at a hospice for teenage mothers and a home for elderly homeless people who suffered from leprosy.[8] During the same year he launched a one-person campaign against the production and use of chemically based home cleaners and received the YTV Achievement Award.[9] He also won 2 awards at Canada-Wide Science Fair, in 1990 and in 1992.[10]

Kielburger was the youngest to received the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship for his efforts.[11]

He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, completing a degree in International Relations. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 2000[12][13] and completed a law degree at Oxford University, with an emphasis on human rights law.[14]

In 1995, he co-founded Free the Children (later renamed We Charity) with his brother Craig."Stars shine at We Day, inspire students to change the world". The Seattle Times. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2019-09-28.. His work with Free the Children has included co-creating Me to We, a social enterprise organization that supports We Charity with half its' profits, and We Day, an annual youth empowerment event held in large stadiums in cities across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. Kielburger later co-founded Leaders Today, an organization that trains young people to develop skills and confidence to effect social change.[15]

Kielburger's work has been recognized through an Ashoka fellowship. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2019-09-28.</ref>[16]. He was also named Most Admired CEO in Canada in the Public Sector 2015.[17]

Kielburger is a member of the board of directors of Prince's Trust Canada and Freshii. Beck, M. L.; Freihaut, B.; Henry, R.; Pierce, S.; Bayer, W. L. (January 1975). "A serum haemagglutinating property dependent upon polycarboxyl groups". British Journal of Haematology. 29 (1): 149–156. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.1975.tb01808.x. ISSN 0007-1048. PMID 32.</ref> [18]. Kielburger also contributes a column to The Globe and Mail.[19]

Kielburger is married to Roxanne Joyal.[20] She is a Rhodes Scholar [21] and a fellow Member of the Order of Canada.[22][23] They have two daughters[24]

• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2002). Take Action! A Guide to Active Citizenship. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471271321. OCLC 51566318.
• Kielburger, Marc (2004). Take More Action. Thomson Nelson. ISBN 978-0771580352.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2004). Me To We: Turning Self-Help on Its Head. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470835104. OCLC 55510177.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2006). Me To We: Finding Meaning In A Material World. Fireside. ISBN 9780743294515. OCLC 71126899.
• Singh, Lekha; Kielburger, Marc (2007). The making of an activist. Friesens Corporation. ISBN 9781553831310. OCLC 319758042.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc; Page, Shelley (2009). The World Needs Your Kid: Raising Children Who Care and Contribute. Me to We. ISBN 978-1553655053.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2010). Global Voices. Greystone Books. ISBN 978-1553658016.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc; Trethewey, Laura (2011). Living Me to We: The Guide for Socially Conscious Canadians. We to Me. ISBN 9780978437565. OCLC 809232934.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2012). My Grandma Follows Me on Twitter: And Other First-World Problems We're Lucky to Have. Me to We. ISBN 9781927435021. OCLC 810526157.
• Kielburger, Craig; Kielburger, Marc (2013). The Power of We Day: Moving the World from Me to We. Me to We. ISBN 978-1927435113.
• Kielburger, Marc; Antonello, Marisa; Laidley, Victoria (2016). Everyone's Birthday: A Kid's Adventure in Thailand. Me to We. ISBN 978-0978437572.
• Kielburger, Craig; Branson, Holly; Kielburger, Marc (2018). WEconomy: You Can Find Meaning, Make A Living, and Change the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-44781-8.

• Coleman, Linda S.; Funk, Robert W. (2005). "Take Action: Children's Rights Are Human Rights: Marc Kielburger and Craig Keilburger". Professional and Public Writing: A Rhetoric and Reader for Advanced Composition. Pearson Education. p. 158. ISBN 9780131838857.
• "Young People Changing the World: An Interview with Marc Kielburger". A Human Future. L'Arche Canada. 6 (March 2007). 2007.
• Asabere-Ameyaw, Akwasi; Anamuah-Mensah, Jophus; Sefa Dei, George; Raheem, Kolawole, eds. (2014). "Me to We". Indigenist African Development and Related Issues: Towards a Transdisciplinary Perspective. Sense Publishers. p. 48. ISBN 978-94-6209-657-8 – via Google Books.
• Dutton, Jane E.; Spreitzer, Gretchen M. (2014). "Cultivate Hope". How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-62656-028-4.
• Scudamore, Brian (October 18, 2017). "WE Co-Founder Marc Kielburger On Mentors, Mandela, And Spurring Social Change At 17". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

• Marc Kielburger profile on Me to We
• "Marc Kielburger". World Economic Forum.