Thanks to some new funding from the City of Calgary, Youth en Route has been able to move operations into an actual physical location. We have a spacious garage and bike workshop at Shedpoint, a cool warehouse-sharing venue in Southeast Calgary. Dubbed the Bike Hub, Youth en Route’s team will use the space as an…
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…
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…
Five weeks into school year, 650 kids gain cycling skills Back to school season means back to work for the Youth en Route team. And although it’s only six weeks into the school year we’ve already reached 650 students with our powerful cycling education programs. Every new class opens our eyes to the power of…
