It’s difficult not to walk away from WE Day feeling invigorated and wanting to create a change not only in yourself but in the world as well. The 10th annual one-day event (started by Craig and Marc Kielburger) brought together inspirational speakers and thousands of Toronto kids to help bring awareness of multi-faceted cultural issues such as missing Indigenous women, climate change, homelessness and poverty. Though surprise speaker Prince Harry (in town for the Invictus Games) won the hearts of the packed Air Canada Centre crowd, it was appearances by former Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, as well as #GirlLove advocate Lilly Singh and George Takei that had the kids on their feet and in tears.
Check out our highlights of We Day Toronto below:
Prince Harry
Prince Harry at #WeDay: “Let’s look up from our phones and take real action” pic.twitter.com/ZezfyWU5qg
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#PrinceHarry at #WEDay: “Here in Toronto, we’re saying yes to optimism, saying yes to hope and yes to belief” pic.twitter.com/znLnCP70fu
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#PrinceHarry at #WeDay: “Giving service and giving back is at the heart of everything that we do” ?? pic.twitter.com/RXws615qG1
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Prince Harry at #WEDay pic.twitter.com/KFrDhNIAZ4
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Sofia Carson
“Girls, we are our own knights in shining armor” @SofiaCarson empowering young women at #WEday pic.twitter.com/z0nOzwFufn
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Sabrina Carpenter
. @SabrinaAnnLynn performing Why to an adoring crowd at #WEday pic.twitter.com/PZnja8zUXa
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Jacob Tremblay
The #WEday crowd LOVES @JacobTremblay!! pic.twitter.com/a17B3N4AV5
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Lilly Singh
Kelly Clarkson
The adorable and super relatable @kelly_clarkson, co-host of #WEday pic.twitter.com/mRrSbfXYLP
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Penny Oleksiak, Andre de Grasse and Spencer West
. @OleksiakPenny and @De6rasse speaking to @spencer2thewest about their Olympic experiences at #WEday pic.twitter.com/SBe7jKiTWZ
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Gaten Matarazzo
#StrangerThings cutie @GatenM123 at #WEday pic.twitter.com/ZV0i9kJiDj
— Brief Take (@BriefTake) September 28, 2017
Miscellaneous
WE Day Toronto was taped for a special broadcast premiering on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV. The special encores on CTV Two on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 10 p.m. ET, and again on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. For more information about WE Day please visit https://www.we.org/we-day/
