Appreciating our youth
The Youth Citizenship Award recognizes outstanding young citizens who make a difference in their communities by volunteering their time and skills. The mayor will present all youth nominated with a Citizenship Award - the top 5 nominees will receive a $100 award with the certificate.
The winners are chosen and honoured during Burnaby Youth Week, held annually during the first week of May. The week is filled with fun games and activities.
Candidates must be 13-18 years of age, and:
- Have made an important contribution to their community,
- Have demonstrated qualities like leadership, commitment and enthusiasm, or
- Have overcome adversity or are living with a limitation.
Nominations
Nominations have closed for 2025. Please check back in the spring for the 2026 deadline.
Have a question? Call the Summit Youth Centre at 604-268-1369.
2025 Youth Citizenship Award recipients
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Youth Citizenship Award.
Advait Sharma, Alex Collins, Ali Mohammad, Angelica Lozano, Ava Devlin, Britany Chijiokeegbo, Caitlynn Ibay, Coeli Lagura, Disha Verma, Elias Chung, Emily Woods, Evan Sitchon, Fiona Anteros, Francesca Caspillo, Ginny Yip, Giovanni Chitano, Jacky Chan, Jeff De Castro, Julieann Cruz, Julie Ma, Katrine He, Kylee Almendarez, Lianne Aganan, Marcus Collins, Marcus Hsieh, Martina Ananga, Matthew Co-Cua, Minas Tekie, Mira Melke, Nahom Teso, Naomi Angnen, Nicole Luo, Rakeab Melke, Ramiya Ullah, Rebecca O’Sullivan, Ruth Dereje, Sam Mesias, Sanvi Gupta, Samaira Gupta, Samuel Tang, Seojin Lee, Shalie Barro, Shroog Ibrahim, Sid Allen Garcia, Sophie Fiorda Mezei, Sophie Tang, Suah Hong, Veronika Pidtikanija, Victoria Ocampo, Zachary Chung, Zara Tanveer
The top 5 winners who received a $100 bursary are: Ava Devlin, Julie Ma, Kylee Almendarez, Suah Hong, Zara Tanveer
Congratulations to all the Youth Citizenship Award recipients!