Master of Ceremonies, Sylvia Kuzyk

Sylvia Kuzyk, has been a part of the CTV News team for more than 30 years. She is currently the producer/host of "Spotlight" and is a CTV Skywatch Weather Specialist. She has won numerous awards for public service as well as the YM/YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Media and Communications, the Broadcast Excellence Award, investiture into the Order of Manitoba in 2009 and in 2010 was honoured with the RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award for the Prairie Region. Sylvia loves to call Winnipeg home and Manitobans proudly call her their own.

Entertainment by SHEZZA

SHEZZA, a Manitoba singer-songwriter has garnered industry praise for her thought provoking lyrics and rich vocals. She has received 3 nominations for the SHAI Awards including Contemporary Pop Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year and has taken home Outstanding Aboriginal Album of the Year. Most recently she was nominated for the CGMA Covenant Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year and was awarded Aboriginal Song of the Year for her single Carry Me.

Speaker, Mathew Starr

Mathew Starr, has been involved with ICYA since he was a little boy. For years he attended The Bridge drop-in and Gem Lake Wilderness Camp and eventually became a junior leader and mentor. He graduated from Sisler High School and now runs his own business, Starr Property and Handyman Services.

Sara Thompson (left), Lindsay Nelko (right)

Sara Thompson dances with The Shelley Shearer School of Dance and will be performing her lyrical jazz solo "Dear Diary", which recently received First Place Overall in the Junior age division at the Canadian National Dance Championships. This solo is unique in that it was written by Sara based on her own experience with bullying. The choreographer Lindsay Nelko, felt that the dance should be done to a recording of Sara herself telling her story, so that it would make the most impact.