Since early adolescence, Christine Renaud, a student in secondary education in ethics and history at the Université de Montréal, has distinguished herself through her creativity, positive leadership and strong abilities, not only for developing projects but also for bringing them to life. As early as 1991, at only eleven years of age, she participated in the establishment of the L’Entracte youth drop-in centre. A few years later, she embarked on an extensive period of travel and international cooperation which included visits to Guatemala, Ecuador, Vietnam, Wales and El Salvador. At the same time Christine was involved with Amnesty International, organized a collection of second-hand books for underprivileged children in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, developed a workshop on social commitment which she presented during a colloquium for students and teachers, and coordinated a one-day symposium on educational reform and its implementation at the secondary level. Moreover, she created and supervised the Teranga project which offers students in education at the Université de Montréal the opportunity to follow an introductory course in international cooperation in Senegal. Her strong commitment also prompted her to represent the Marche 2/3 organization during the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2003.