About Us

We believe that if youth can lead healthy, productive lives, make informed choices, encourage each other and network together, we have the potential to affect positive change in the fabric of society and make a significant impact in the world.

In 1990, our founder and Executive Director, Eldon Wright, began organizing and mobilizing teams of Canadian youth to the islands of Puerto Rico and Cuba and then to Eastern Europe, in Estonia, Poland, Ukraine and most recently China. The goal was for youth to encourage and share a message of hope with teenage peers in those nations. After two successful high school projects in Estonia (1999 and 2000), it was evident that there was an opportunity to make a significant impact using the methodologies utilized in this country. They encountered youth without a strong sense of hope and purpose for life and not fully aware of the incredible potential they possessed. With a deep concern for teenagers, a passion to assist them in making wise, healthy choices and a desire to help them realize their potential to be world-changers, the vision for Global 180 was born.

Global 180 Student Communications Inc. began in earnest when it was incorporated on July 19, 2001 and granted status as a registered Canadian charity on July 1, 2002. Initial strategy and programming was carefully developed and tested in the small Baltic nation of Estonia. In response to invitations from youth organizations and school boards we became involved in Poland and Ukraine, and then China and most recently Canada.

In addition to Canadian strategy, Global 180’s international focus is on nations where educators and governments have not yet been established or are in the process of implementing programs that help students make wise choices in the following areas: peer and family relationships, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, sexuality, education, violence, gangs, etc. Global 180 wants to come alongside to help initiate and support such endeavours.