With students back at school and vacations over, some say it’s been busy on the road

Naila Moloo, 19, won the 2022 Canadian Youth Innovation Award at the age of 16 for creating a flexible solar panel prototype when she was a Grade 11 student at Elmwood School in Ottawa. She plans to become an entrepreneur, pursuing her own AI-startup, Periodwise, which assists with menstrual management for women. She’s attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — and considering living in the United States permanently to pursue her dream. Why not Canada? “There are a lot of opportunities in the U.S., especially in the tech scene,” she says. Moloo is not alone in that...