Seeking youth to join Youth Advisory Council
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Seeking youth to join Youth Advisory Council

By Kazzy Toledo Are you keen to lead? Interested in the environment, health and physical activity? Apply now to join Youth en Route’s new Youth Advisory Council and help foster positive  change in your community. No experience is necessary!  We’re looking for students in Grades 8 to 12 who want to take on a leadership…

We’re hiring a Cycling Education Assistant  AND a Communications Assistant
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We’re hiring a Cycling Education Assistant AND a Communications Assistant

Youth en Route is excited to announce that we’ve been awarded two Canada Summer Jobs student positions, each for 12 weeks. One position is for a student communicator who can help tell our story in words and pictures to our communities using our web site and social media; in our annual report and more. The…

Youth, Cities and Pedals: The Case for introducing Cycling as an Educational Topic
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Youth, Cities and Pedals: The Case for introducing Cycling as an Educational Topic

By Iván Osorio Avila The earlier a community -and its individuals- learn to do something, the more adept they become at it and the more of a customary activity it will be. A key strategy to support a mid-term future with more active transportation, as with many things in life, is through education. Whether empirical…

Choose your ride in Youth en Route’s Bike Show raffle
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Choose your ride in Youth en Route’s Bike Show raffle

Youth en Route is very excited to be exhibiting at the Alberta Bike Show at the BMO Center at Stampede Park on March 16 and 17. We’ll be selling Raffle tickets to help fund our school programs. We always tell kids to ride whatever kind of bike they want to. So, we’re making our raffle…

Sharing our first Annual Report
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Sharing our first Annual Report

Youth en Route recently had its Annual General Meeting to share financial statements and results for our fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2023.. It was a great time to celebrate all that we accomplished, thanks to our funders at Alberta Ecotrust.  While we have created videos that shared our accomplishments each year, for full transparency…