“Speak Up Engage has given me the opportunity to get involved and help bring the voice of youth in this community to council. This project and interaction with the council has been a big step towards my personal goal of being more involved in my community and has reinforced my future goals in medicine and my dream to help change the world. I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given throughout this project and I hope that Speak Up and Engage will go on so other youth members have an opportunity to interact with council and make their stand.”