Peter Dalglish is a Canadian humanitarian and founder of the Street Kids International

Street Kids International

Street Kids International is a Canadian based non-governmental organization founded by Peter Dalglish in 1988. The organization focuses on providing street youth with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives through three main programme avenues: street health, street work and street rights...

 charity, and the Trails Youth Initiative program.

Biography

Dalglish is the recipient of a Vanier Award, and he has been selected by Junior Chamber International

Junior Chamber International

Junior Chamber International is the only worldwide non-political and non-sectarian youth service organization. It is an international community of citizens between the ages of to with the aim and purpose of creating positive changes in the world...

 as "one of the 10 outstanding young people of the world." Dalglish prepared for university at Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College , located in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an independent elementary and secondary school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are...

, did his undergraduate work at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

, and studied law at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

. Dalglish was called to the Bar in 1985.