Youth en Route loves the youth and enthusiasm that student hires bring to our organization. They reconnect us to our mission and help us communicate with our younger audience. Through the Canada Summer Jobs initiative, we’re happy to announce a new position as a summer student bike mechanic has opened at Youth en Route. Who…
On Saturday June 6, Downtown’s East Side and the Confluence park were taken over for a one-of-a-kind event — Calgary’s inaugural Cyclefest! Cyclefest brought together local businesses, sponsors, bike enthusiasts, and more than 2,500 Calgarians to celebrate independence and freedom on two wheels. Thanks to funding from a Downtown in Motion Grant, Youth en Route…
Hi again, Sam here! If you read my last blog post, you’ll know I’ve been spending my co‑op term with Youth En Route, helping support their adaptive cycling programs in Calgary schools. That first post focused on what it was like to see students using adaptive bikes in real classrooms and how those experiences shaped…
Youth En Route’s funding from Canada Summer Jobs will help us ramp up our ability to support youth to choose active travel. Many kids face barriers to school and life because they lack transport options, and Youth en Route tackles this head on. We love hiring students because they remind us of our key audiences,…
Youth en Route loves hiring students. They connect us with our mission, remind us to focus on youth and help us communicate and relate to our audiences. This year we are stoked to have four funded Canada Summer Job positions. Two will go to bike mechanics working out of our Bike Hub Community bike shop….
The secret is out of the saddle bag, so to speak. Youth en Route is partnering with Bathtub Bikes and opening a community bike shop. It’s a unique partnership between a small business and a small charity that will deliver a needed service in Calgary – a place to fix your own bike. The goal…
