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Trinity student and whiz kid Craig Kielburger, 23, who graduates in June, was presented with the World’s Children Prize, also called the "Children's Nobel Prize," in April by the Queen of Sweden. The prize, which came with an award of $40,000 (US) for Kielburger’s work, is determined by a jury of children, including former child soldiers and slaves, from around the world. For more, please click here.
Kielburger was honoured for his work with Free the Children. He was just 12 years old in 1995 when he founded the international NGO and advocacy network that aids exploited children around the world and has built more than 425 schools in developing countries. He and Free the Children previously earned three Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
The young crusader had to cut his visit to Sweden short to return to Canada to complete his exams and course work. He graduates in June with a specialist degree in peace and conflict studies with a double minor in psychology and political science. He is also the winner of this year's John H. Moss Scholarship, the University of Toronto’s most prestigious scholarship awarded annually by the University of Toronto Alumni Association and worth up to $16,650 for graduate study.
Candidates who are interviewed as finalists for the scholarship are designated UTAA Scholars and receive an honorarium and certificate recognizing their achievement. Trinity student Erin Court, who graduates in June with a degree in philosophy, has earned that distinction. She also won a Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship.
This year a second Moss Scholarship was awarded to Krista Lauer of the University of Toronto at Scarborough.
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