Her name is Jennifer Corriero and this Saturday, Nov. 8 at 10:30 a.m. she will receive her BA in Liberal Studies from York University’s Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies.

Corriero is executive director of TakingITGlobal (TIG), a non-profit organization aimed at youth 13 to 30 from around the world that she co-founded. TIG promotes socially and environmentally responsible entrepreneurship and engagement through technology, communication, collaboration, and community.

TIG acts as a hub for more than 25,000 youth from more than 200 countries, for sharing information about projects, events, scholarships and non-profit organizations. It is also a platform for creative expression – art, poetry, articles and personal experiences.

Corriero was nominated for the World Economic Forum’s Global Leader award by two eminent Canadians: Maurice Strong, environmental crusader and adviser to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and Don Tapscott, author of The Digital Economy and Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation.

She was also recognized by the National Congress of Italian Canadians as the 2002 Youth Achievement Award winner.

She has consulted for numerous companies including Hewlett-Packard, Swatch, and Microsoft, for whom she spent six months at their Seattle headquarters advising senior executives on how the next generation will use technology.

Corriero credits York University with providing her with an education offering a unique world view, "York has provided me with a multi-disciplinary learning experience and knowledge which has helped me with practical decision making and problem solving in my organization. It has shaped the holistic way in which I see the world and defined new possibilities."

Corriero is an organizing committee member for the Youth Employment Summit which was held in Alexandria, Egypt in September 2002, she represented Canadian youth at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa, is part of the Canadian Delegation for the World Summit on the Information Society, has presented at events including the 5th Stockholm Challenge Global Forum and Exhibition on the topic of knowledge-transfer in Sweden and the 2003 UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris.

Corriero is currently pursing her master’s degree at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her area of concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building Across Cultures'.

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