We are a 100% volunteer youth-led organization

The Young Digital Leaders of Canada are comprised of volunteers across Canada.

Our team is dedicated to ensuring that Canadian youth will become digital leaders, both domestically and internationally.

We are comprised of students, early career professionals, and regular everyday youth who want to make Canada a better place for future generations, specifically in the digital sector.

Our Story

Leadership

Consists of the President and CEO and the COO. When a President and CEO has exceeded their time with YDLC (through term limits or ‘aging out’), the COO takes over as the incoming President and CEO.

Mira Gillis

COO

Ottawa, ON

Dana Cramer

Founder, President, and CEO

Toronto, ON

Finance

Shannon Thom

Treasurer

Toronto, ON

Wyatt Jerome

Grants Writer

Edmonton, AB

Engagement

Emily Vibien

Growth Coordinator

Ottawa, ON

Bianca Salamis

Interim Director of Engagement

Calgary, AB

Headshot of Loretta Jeff-Combs

Loretta Jeff-Combs

Indigenous Engagement Coordinator

Williams Lake, BC

Advocacy

Emanuel Lukawiecki

Sitting Member, International Organizations

Ottawa, ON

Jared McGill

Communications Coordinator

Surrey, BC

Madeleine Sherwood

Special Events Coordinator

Pickering, ON

Hammad Khan

Interim Director of Advocacy

Edmonton, AB

Executive Members

Most of our team consists of Executive Members. These ‘at-large’ members support on files as needed as opposed to coordinate or lead on certain files.

Rookayya Gulmahamed

Executive Member

Charlottetown, PEI

Liam McKay-Argyriou

Executive Member

Saskatoon, SK

Emily Osborne

Executive Member

Oakville, ON

Ainsley Baillie

Executive Member

Ottawa, ON

Board of Directors

Nathaniel Sukhdeo

Chair

Victoria, BC

Mahtab Laghaei

Director

Toronto, ON