Lane Merrifield

TELUS Friendly Future Foundation is a Canadian registered charity that believes all youth, regardless of circumstance, deserve an equal opportunity to reach their full potential. By funding more than 500 charities each year that provide education and health programs, many enabled by technology, along with providing educational bursaries, TELUS Friendly Future Foundation is helping more than 2 million youth in communities across Canada build skills, confidence and feel a sense of belonging. In 2023 alone, we provided more than $9 million in grants to 550+ charitable programs across Canada, and close to $2 million in bursaries to 400+ post-secondary students in financial need who are committed to making a difference in their communities.

Founded by Walt Disney himself in 1952, Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative force behind the eye-opening, mind-blowing and heartfelt Disney experiences that connect and inspire across generations and borders. More than 70 years later, our experiences continue to set the bar in an industry Walt’s “Imagineers” pioneered. Walt Disney Imagineering embodies a world-class design firm, premier development company, extraordinary storytelling studio, and cutting-edge innovation lab — all rolled into one. Home to an overwhelming breadth of expert talent from around the globe, Imagineers partner closely with colleagues from across The Walt Disney Company to bring the most awe-inspiring new worlds and cherished characters to life.

TELUS Friendly Future Foundation is a Canadian registered charity that believes all youth, regardless of circumstance, deserve an equal opportunity to reach their full potential. By funding more than 500 charities each year that provide education and health programs, many enabled by technology, along with providing educational bursaries, TELUS Friendly Future Foundation is helping more than 2 million youth in communities across Canada build skills, confidence and feel a sense of belonging. In 2023 alone, we provided more than $9 million in grants to 550+ charitable programs across Canada, and close to $2 million in bursaries to 400+ post-secondary students in financial need who are committed to making a difference in their communities.

FreshGrade was founded in 2011 by a group of dedicated individuals who saw a better way to communicate a child's progress, and is now used in over 70 countries worldwide and has users across all 50 states. FreshGrade is a learning portfolio platform that promotes student ownership and parent engagement. It allows teachers and students to quickly capture evidence of learning, provide feedback and track progression of national and state standards as well as custom district objectives. The suite of mobile and browser-based applications specifically designed for Pre-K-12 makes learning visible and immediate. Students, teachers, and parents develop a deeper understanding of their achievement and progress with a portfolio that documents the process, not just the product, of learning. "FreshGrade forms a continuous glimpse into each child's progress that parents and students can share."​ — Sir Ken Robinson, Author, Creative Schools.