Once a week, 10 students at West Island College, a private Grade 7-12 school in Calgary, get together to work in the WIC Bike Club. In 2024, a small group of WIC students approached Erik Loewen, the school’s Academic and Career Advisor and avid cyclist, about finding a way to give back to their community…
Youth en Route is happy to welcome young students to our team—especially during our spring cycling season. This year, we’re excited to introduce our Canada Summer Job Students; Reese and Georgia. Let’s meet Reese Reese is a student at Mount Royal University, where she finished her third year in marketing and data analytics. Reese is…
What is a bike Valet you might ask? Well., in our world it means you move bikes around. From schools to our storage, from storage to schools. We take bikes to schools to give to kids, and we move bikes from schools when we’re teaching at a new school. We rent cube trucks to do…
We are looking for a communications, journalism or PR student work with our Youth en Route team for the summer. Come make a difference and empower youth! We’ll provide an opportunity to do pretty much everything and anything! From social media, to WordPress, one job and you’ll learn some amazing skills and build a portfolio….
By Sam Hargreaves Our Youth Advisory Council has been working hard planning ABC (Anything But Cars) Challenge. In January, the group put together a Neighbour grant proposal for the Calgary Foundation to support ABC challenge. They were fortunate enough to receive that grant which allows us to provide schools with funding and prizes for participating….
When is a trike, more than a trike? When young engineers imagine ways to improve it — and then build a prototype to test it out. Youth en Route (YER) is pleased to share improved adaptations for trikes that will enable more special needs students to experience the joy, skill-building, social and physical development…
