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4- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday March 19, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Only three Canadian students selected Continued from page 1 when your search our research Research professionals are looking for participants who: leads to If your treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has been conventional but ineffective, you may want to consider clinical research. Right now, a clinical study is under way to determine if an investigational drug reduces joint tenderness and swelling for patients with moderate to severe RA. · Are at least 18 years old and have had RA for at least one year · Have had persistent and active RA despite previous treatment with Enbrel®, Remicade® or Humira® Participants will be asked to attend nine study visits over 38 weeks. For more information, please contact: Dr. Andrew Chow Credit Valley Rheumatology (905) 606-2210 The Grade 11 student heads to London, England on Easter Sunday to find out exactly what's in store during her week-long stay in Japan in May, and to begin developing ideas for the presentation. As for what she'd like to say to the G8 Environment Ministers, "there are a lot of things," says McKeen, though she'll have a better idea of the focus chosen by the three-person Canadian team after her visit to England next week. McKeen was selected by British Council Canada as one of three Canadian high school students to attend the conference. Her chemistry teacher showed her the application, and that was that. "I saw the application, and I said, `This is it. This is exactly what I want to do,'" said McKeen, smiling. "It was so exciting when I found out (about being selected) It's a huge honour. I've always liked public speaking, but being able to speak in front of people of such power and who can make such a difference in the world, that's just amazing." And McKeen has already made a difference locally. She's been at the head of many environmental initiatives, both inside and outside of school, including a greening project that sees more than 250 trees planted in Oakville every fall and spring. McKeen also founded Abbey Park's Eco Schools program, helping the school develop silver status based on waste management and energy efficiency, "and we're going for gold," she says, which involves a ground grading project to bring more greenery to the school. She's also a student representative for the Halton District School Board's Environmental Management Team. This passion for the environment began at St. Matthew School in Grade 7 thanks to Anna-Marie Toltl. "Our teacher asked us to write an essay on something we were passionate about, and if we couldn't think of anything, she told us to look through a newspaper and find something." McKeen came across articles about banning pesticides ­ and that's when it all began. "It started as an essay topic and it developed. It was my Grade 7 essay, my Grade 8 speech, my Grade 9 social studies project," said McKeen, smiling. She was a speaker at the board's Eco Schools conference, where she debated the use of cosmetic pesticides. After that, McKeen was approached by a local environmental group to be a delegate at the Town of Oakville debate on the use of cosmetic pesticides. The youngest delegate there, as McKeen wrote in her application, she was "representing my generation; the future." Several months later, a bylaw was enacted. Those results are what keep McKeen ticking. "We're actually making a difference in the community," she said. "It's little things with environmental initiatives." In her own school, she has seen big change. "We have an amazing recycling program. We have so many dedicated students who take out all the recycling every Wednesday," she said. "It's amazing." They've also held litter-less lunches, and are working on an anti-idling campaign at Abbey Park. "We're starting small and branching out," she says. And that's the whole point of bringing students like herself to the G8 Conference. "They've targeted this toward teenagers," McKeen said. "That's what the thing is about this conference in London. We're supposed to be bringing ideas back to our schools, to our communities, to our countries. It's an amazing opportunity." MOST CENTS: Financial Seminars Presents Donald D. Perras CD "Intelligent Participation" President Donald D. Perras Financial Services Ltd. Allan MacDonald "Fixed Income Strategies" Regional Vice President of TD Mutual Funds. 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