An energetic and enthusiastic citizen of the world, Lisa Arsenault is already, for us all, an essential resource for international development. Her achievements are numerous and striking: in the spring of 2005, her film Welcome to Canada, rien à déclarer?, a mouthpiece for foreign students in Rimouski, was presented in over 40 high schools and colleges and even at Université Laval. The film’s huge success gave the young woman wings and she went on to Benin to shoot Afrika’Dî, a film which examines how international aid is perceived by the citizens of underprivileged countries. Regularly invited as guest lecturer, an intern with the Québec Without Borders program and a project representative for an international cooperation program, Lisa is so strongly committed that she is often the instigator of her own projects. Her latest initiative will enable the Sahel to develop its market gardening. With a bachelor’s degree in geography and cultural development, her aim is to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor thanks to information, cooperation, responsibility and commitment.