Up to $1,000 Youth Global Citizen Prize
- Organization: United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada)
- Type: Competition
- Location: Canada
- Deadline: November 20, 2026
- Age: 14 to 30
- Funding: Fully Funded
The United Nations Association in Canada is relaunching its Youth Global Citizen Prize for its 80th anniversary, with $2,500 in total prize support sponsored by Solora Path. Young people across Canada answer one question: which Sustainable Development Goal matters most to you, and how would you help advance it? You can answer in writing, art, photography, film, music, spoken word or another creative format. **What you get:** - Youth Global Citizen Grand Prize: one prize of $1,000 for an outstanding overall submission - Global Citizen Impact Prize: two prizes of $500 for submissions linking global issues to action, leadership or community impact - Emerging Global Citizen Prize: four prizes of $125 for promising and original youth voices - Recognition from UNA-Canada, which may share winning work with credit to the creator **What you'll do:** - Pick the Sustainable Development Goal that matters most to you and show how you would help advance it - Submit one original piece: an essay of up to 800 words, a poem or spoken word of up to 5 pages, 1 to 3 visual works, up to 5 photographs, or a film or song of up to 5 minutes - Enter alone or as a team, in English or French **Key dates:** - Submissions close 20 November 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern **More information:** - Full submission guidelines and formats on the UNA-Canada prize page - The prize honours Stephanie Lacroix, Micah Messent, Danielle Moore and Angela Rehhorn, UNA-Canada staff and delegates lost on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in 2019
