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The Morning Edition: Live at the CBC Future 40 Power Breakfast

CBC Saskatchewan's Future 40 alumni are at the University of Regina today for a power breakfast and a live broadcast of The Morning Edition.
Elliott says the idea for digital projection-based advertisements on empty office space came to him while he was waiting at a stoplight. (CBC)

CBC Saskatchewan'sFuture 40 alumni are at theUniversity of Regina today for a powerbreakfastand a live broadcast of The Morning Edition.

Future 40 membersare the province's next generation of community builders, activists, artists and leaders.

The Morning Editionspoke withpast Future 40 winners on the showleading up to a panel hosted by CBC News: Saskatchewan'sJill Morgan. The panel includesCadmusDelorme,TaronCochrane andJamiYoung.

Familiar faces

Some past Future 40 winners who sat down withThe Morning Editionwere Kyle Moffatt, Nathan Elliott, Thomas Benjoe, Chasity and Jordynn Delorme.

Moffatt is a local entrepreneur and mental health advocate. Earlier this month, Moffatt accompanied Todd Rennebohm in meetings with theRegina Qu'Appelle Health Region CEOKeith Dewar. Rennebohm wrote an open letter to the RQHR about his own experiences in a psychiatric ward.

"I think there is still a lot of people who hear the words 'psych ward'and they think 'crazy' and that's a horrible stigma that we have," Moffatt toldThe Morning Edition.

Kyle Moffatt admits there is nothing he can do to help the youths struggling in Saskatchewan's northern communities, but says everyone can do their best to support the people in whatever ways they need it. (Alec Salloum/CBC)

Nathan Elliott is the founder of an advertising company, AdFront,which uses office space to project advertisements. The Regina-based company is pursuingpartnership deals with 140 different countries across the world.

Elliott said the idea for advertisements using projection mapping came to him while he was waiting at a stoplight.

"We thought, 'We use glass and we put film onto glassso why don't we turn it into a voluminous model where by we sell ads and put cool content onto these spaces?'" Elliott said.

Benjoe is the CEO of File Hills Qu'Appelle Development and since he was 17, he has wanted to focus on Indigenous-based business. (CBC)

Thomas Benjoe is the CEO of File Hills Qu'Appelle Development. Benjoesees many opportunities for business development in the mining, oil and gas industries.

"Any time the market is down, it's an opportunity to buy in," Benjoe said.

Those are just some of the partnerships FHQ is looking at, but they are also looking at the renewable energy sector such as solar, wind and hydro.

"We want to make sure that we help become stewards of the land as well and control some of those interests in renewable energy," Benjoe said.

Chasity and Jordynn Delorme are a mother-daughter duo who are both Future 40 winners. Chasity won for her work as a community leader while Jordynn won a Bright Light award for inspiring youths under the age of 18. (CBC)

Chasityand Jordynn Delorme are two Future 40 winners.

Jordynn won the Bright Light award for inspiring people under age 18 last year when she was 17yearsold. At the same time, her mother Chasitywas also named a Future 40 winner for her work as a community leader.

Chasity's mother and Jordynn's grandmother played a big role in Chasity's community work.

"She definitely was my motivation behind the work I do in the community," Chasity said.

"I know that everything that I've done in the community, my grandma was very proud of," Jordynn said.

Jordynn's grandmother had been battling cancer. Between the time Chasity was nominated to her award, her mother died.