Apr 11, 2019
Joana Fejzaj and Leo Johnson
Empowerment Squared

A refugee himself, Leo founded Cure (Care for Underprivileged and Refugee Empowerment) in 2007 which became Empowerment Squared in 2009.   

Leo’s work has been recognized for its impact all over the world. He has received the J.C. Holland Award for Youth Leadership and Excellence and the YMCA Peace Medal, been named one of the Hamilton Spectator’s Top Forty Under 40 and one of the top 75 immigrants in Canada, earned a spot as a semi-finalist in the CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition and served as a guest lecturer in the University of Toronto’s Global Health course. He was recently awarded the World Citizenship Award by the City of Hamilton, Gandhi Peace Award, McMaster University Global Community Impact Award and the Afroglobal TV 2018 Visionary Award.