Emma Mogus, who keeps doing things to make this a better world, got rewarded last fall with a stipend from General Election and an appearance on U.S. national television's, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Emma Mogus, who keeps doing things to make this a better world, got rewarded last fall with a stipend from General Election and an appearance on U.S. national television's, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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Emma Mogus keeps trying to make the world a better place

It’s hazy and bitter cold here in Montreal on this Jan. 2.

Emma Mogus is seen in 2016 with her creation, the Tongue-Interface-Communication (TiC), a tongue controlled computer mouse.
Emma Mogus is seen in 2016 with her creation, the Tongue-Interface-Communication (TiC), a tongue controlled computer mouse. © CP Photo/Chris Young

No matter.

Today, I get to partake in some warmth and sunshine: a conversation I recently had with Emma Mogus, someone I have never met in person but admire immensely

Emma, a second-year-physics student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, is 19 years old and gives me hope about humankind’s future.

She keeps winning academic prizes, has invented a mouse that gives disabled people entry to computers and the Internet and, oh yeah, she and her sister, Julia, have an organization called Books with No Bounds that has supplied over 250,000 books, 150,000 packets of educational supplies and 100 computers and tablets to indigenous students around the world.

The beginning of a new year is a time for hope and optimism. I know few who possess those qualities more than Emma Mogus.

Here is our conversation.

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