Committed to taking his life in hand and aiming towards success

Since the tragic death of his father when he was only six years old, Mykaël Christopher Boulet has never been the same. The little smiling boy at the time became gloomy and sad, and developed severe behavioural problems. At the time, he embarked on a long and difficult path fraught with all kinds of problems but today, the student at the Centre psycho-pédagogique de Québec (CPPQ), who has just turned 17, has chosen to take his life in hand. As well as being committed to his studies, he is actively involved in school activities (fashion shows, hosting a benefit event and student counselling). And his efforts have even enabled him to enrol in a vocational training school beginning next year.
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Committed to focusing her efforts on attaining a specific goal: success!

“I don’t like school because I find it hard but I have turned it into a personal challenge”. Where many young people would have simply given up, Camille Horth, a Secondary 5 student at the Polyvalente de Paspébiac, decided to overcome the obstacles and fight to succeed. No easy task for someone for whom even kindergarten was hard-going. Diagnosed with an attention deficit when she was in Grade 2, combined with her short-term memory problem, Camille, thanks to her strength of character and the support of family and friends, persevered and even accomplished a tour de force by never repeating a year.
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Committed to overcoming his disability so as to become more open to the world

Living with a speech problem is definitely no picnic, even less so when you’re a teenage boy. Gabriel Méthot, now a Secondary 3 student at Séminaire Saint-François, has been afflicted with a stuttering problem since first grade and could speak volumes on the subject. There was a time not so long ago when, for Gabriel, making a simple oral presentation would prove to be a real nightmare. But for the past year, his resolve and effort have enabled him to take his rightful place, to gain confidence in himself and even become the member of a music group… as a singer!
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Committed to getting involved so as to gain confidence and recognition

Ever since she began school, Guy-Anne Corriveau has been used to working twice as hard and even three times as hard as others in order to assimilate the subject matter. Last year she was diagnosed as having a learning disability and finally has an explanation for her troubles. The Secondary 3 student at Saint-Anselme high school now holds her head high, has a determined look in her eye and shows a will to assert herself. The progress she makes never ceases to impress her friends and family and the people at school. As a member of the Student Parliament, the Opération Enfant Soleil committee, Pairs aidants and the Sea Cadets, her involvement is the very source of her perseverance.
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Committed to overcoming every obstacle to fulfil her dreams

For some people, being told no or suffering a setback can lead to a true loss of motivation. However, for Marie-Soleil Deneault, a student at Saint-Paul high school, it is quite the opposite. Even after twice failing Secondary 2, the young woman has never given up. She has always found ways of overcoming her difficulties and has confounded the odds, persevering in order to ensure for herself, as she so aptly puts it, a future that is on a par with her dreams. Spurred on by the sense of pride that her recent academic success has given her, Marie-Soleil keeps on pushing as hard as she can and hopes to one day become a legal secretary.
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Committed to being open to a new world so as to fulfil her dreams

When Mariya Alexenko’s parents told her, three years ago, that they were leaving their native Ukraine and moving to Canada, more specifically to Québec City, the young girl who was 12 years old at the time didn’t know what to think of this adventure. When they explained that they were doing it so as to ensure a brighter future for her, she soon began to believe in her dreams. The student at De Rochebelle high school is now 15 and, thanks to her perseverance, has a good mastery of French and English, as well as Russian and Ukrainian, and hopes more than anything else to pursue a career in fashion design, a profession she would never have been able to practice in the Ukraine.
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