Features
December 2nd 2010
The Uniter 30
Channing Lavallee, Dan Huen and Tim Gray by Cindy Titus
Robert Galston and Shaneen Robinson by Cindy Titus
Muuxi Adam, Jamie Suppes and Alexa Dirks by Cindy Titus
Jamil Mahmood, Jeffrey Vallis and Anneliese Schoppe by Cindy Titus
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Two of my friends, both 27, were recently discussing how much people accomplish by the time they’re 30 years old.
Because of things like job-hopping, delayed marriage and loan debt, it’s taking longer than ever for young people to transition to adulthood and “the real world.”
Often, if you’re doing big things in life, you’re only getting started when you hit 30, they concluded.
But if the people included in The Uniter 30 are any indication, you can accomplish a lot in your first three decades of life.
The goal for this piece was to feature, in no particular order, 30 Manitobans who are 30 years old or younger who are making a difference and impacting their community in some way, or who are outstanding in their field – whatever that field may be.
There are some people on this list that you will have read about before in The Uniter or another publication, but our hope is that the majority of these faces will be new to you.
We want to showcase the good work a variety of young people are doing in this province.
The list includes activists, entrepreneurs, community workers, visual artists, athletes, musicians, journalists, bloggers, farmers, actors, comedians, aspiring politicians and more. They are native Manitobans or people who have decided to call the province home.
They were chosen by Uniter staff based on conversations with friends, family and various community organizations.
If the list shows anything, it’s that good things can happen when you follow your passions and live out your beliefs.
The people on the list have affected governmental legislation and policy for the better, created successful businesses and respected blogs, made important films, written hit songs and more – and they’re just like you and me.
And that’s why they’re The Uniter 30.
Aaron Epp
Managing Editor
This article appeared in Volume 65, Number 14 of The Uniter, published December 2nd 2010.
