Participating soloists included K'naan , Nelly Furtado , Sam Roberts , Avril Lavigne , Pierre Bouvier , Tyler Connolly , Kardinal Offishall , Jully Black , Lights , Deryck Whibley , Serena Ryder , Jacob Hoggard , Emily Haines , Hawksley Workman , Drake , Chin Injeti , Ima , Pierre Lapointe , Elisapie Isaac , Esthero , Corb Lund , Fefe Dobson , Nikki Yanofsky , Matt Mays , Justin Nozuka , and Justin Bieber . Performing the chorus were Arkells , Lamar Ashe , Broken Social Scene , Torquil Campbell , Canadian Tenors , Aion Clarke , City and Colour , Tom Cochrane , Jim Cuddy , Jim Creeggan , Kathleen Edwards , Dave Faber , Jessie Farrell , Colin James , Pat Kordyback , Brandon Lehti , Colin MacDonald , Jay Malinowski , Stacey McKitrick , Suzie McNeil , Stephan Moccio , Kevin Parent , Josh Ramsay , Red 1 , Hayley Sales , James Shaw , and Shiloh . Students from Vancouver high schools Lord Byng Secondary and Magee Secondary also voluntarily participated by playing together as an orchestra . A music video was shot for the charity single at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . In March 2011 , the single won a Juno award for " Single of the Year "
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