Avril Lavigne, Adam Beach and Karina LeBlanc announced to join lineup at We Day Vancouver - Full bios, photos and information on We Day Vancouver available here - MTV and Much to simulcast 2013 broadcast Nov. 11 Click to tweet: .@freethechildren @mtvcanada @much announce new additions to #WeDay #Vancouver lineup incl. @AvrilLavigne @shawnatleo @karinaleblanc Vancouver, BC (October 16, 2013) – Announced today, platinum-selling singer and songwriter, Avril Lavigne, Golden Globe-nominated actor, Adam Beach, goalkeeper for the Canadian Women's National Soccer team, two-time Olympian and bronze medalist at the London 2012 games, Karina LeBlanc and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, will be joining Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, Martin Luther King III, Hedley, Romeo Dallaire and other previously announced speakers and performers for We Day Vancouver on October 18 at the Rogers Arena. Hosted by MTV’s Aliya-Jasmine Sovani and Scott Willats, the event will be taped for broadcast, premiering Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. ET on MTV and Much, and will be streamed live at www.MTV.ca/weday starting at 9:30 a.m. PST. The star-studded lineup at We Day Vancouver includes:                 Kofi Annan (@KofiAnnan) – Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, who has recently launched the ‘Kofi Annan Dialogues’, a series of online conversations inspiring young people to lead Martin Luther King III – Human Rights advocate and eldest son of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) – Platinum-selling singer and songwriter, Founder & President of the Avril Lavigne Foundation Adam Beach – Golden Globe-nominated actor Karina LeBlanc (@karinaleblanc) – Goalkeeper for the Canadian Women's National Soccer team, two-time Olympian and bronze medalist at the London 2012 games Hedley (@Hedleyonline) – Multi-platinum, JUNO and MMVA Award-winning recording artists The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire – Lieutenant-General and author Down With Webster (@DOWNWITHWEBSTER) – Five-time JUNO Award-nominated, platinum selling genre-defying band with new album, Party for your Life, coming out October 22nd Cast members from the Emmy-nominated TV series DEGRASSI (@Degrassi) MTV hosts Aliya-Jasmine Sovani (@AliyaJasmine) and Scott Willats (@scottywillats) – hosts National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo – National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Craig and Marc Kielburger (@craigkielburger) – International activists and co-founders of Free The Children Kenyan Boys Choir (@BoysChoirKenya) – Traditional African male choir, who sang at the 2009 inauguration of President Obama Youth speakers – Hannah Alper and Vishal Vijay Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children ambassador, author and double amputee who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro on his hands and in his wheelchair in June 2012 Molly Burke (@mollymetowe) – Visually impaired Me to We motivational speaker who speaks out against bullying and the power of hope   Robin Wiszowaty (@robininkenya) – Me to We motivational speaker, author and Free The Children Program Director in Ghana and Kenya Chris Tse – Me to We inspirational speaker, national spoken word champion and humanitarian We Day is a stadium-sized educational event and a movement of young people leading local and global change. Students can’t buy a ticket to We Day; they earn it through service, by committing to take action on one local and one global initiative of their choice through the year-long We Act program. We Act supports students and educators with free educational resources, student-led campaigns and support materials to help turn the event‘s inspiration into sustained activation. Since 2007, youth involved in the We Act program have raised $37 million dollars for over 1000 local and global causes and logged more than 9.6 million volunteer hours. The 2013/2014 We Day season will see more than 160,000 in attendance, and millions more watching online at www.MTV.ca/weday and through the broadcast special premiering Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. ET on MTV and Much; and Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. ET and Sunday, Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. ET on CTV. The largest season to date, We Day will stop in twelve cities across North America and for the first time ever internationally with We Day UK in spring 2014, truly making this a global movement for change. We Day is free of charge to the thousands of students and educators in attendance, thanks to the generous support of sponsors led by National Co-Title Sponsors RBC and TELUS. Stay connected:  Like We Day on Facebook: facebook.com/WeDay  Twitter: @Freethechildren; @CraigKielburger  Official Hashtag: #WeDay  Visit www.weday.com About Free The Children www.freethechildren.com About MTV www.mtv.ca About Much www.muchmusic.com -30For more information on We Day or to request an interview with a We Day Speaker, please contact: Lauren Stasila Associate Director PR & Publicity, We Day 416-558-9310 [email protected] For more information on MTV and Much, please contact: Nicola Krishna MTV and Much 416-384-5276 [email protected]