Meet the BYTE team!

Casey Albert

Executive Director

Vinson Khinder

Admin Assistant 

Bio Coming Soon!!
Get in touch with Vinson at admin.coordinator@yukonyouth.com 

Hana Val

Outreach Director

Kaitlyn Nobiss

Outreach Coordinator 

Bio Coming Soon!!
Get in touch with Kaitlyn at kaitlyn@yukonyouth.com 

Harley Williams

Outreach Coordinator 

Bio Coming Soon!!
Get in touch with Harley at harley@yukonyouth.com 

Meet the Territorial Youth Collective team!

Erin Cartan

Youth Collective Director

Erin (she/her) has worked in the youth field in outdoor education, programming, and project management and is passionate about creating systemic change for youth now and for generations to come. In the Youth Collective Director position she works to coordinate the Territorial Youth Collective and oversee the collaborations and projects within this group including the Territorial Youth Strategy. She is originally from Timmins, Ontario and has been in the Yukon for over four years working with youth and the community.
In her free time she can be found hiking in the mountains, at the pottery studio, or thrifting new treasures..

Get in touch with Erin at erin@yukonyouth.com.

Aliya Grant

Collective Outreach Coordinator

Aliya Grant (she/her) is from the Ishkahíttaan (Frog) clan of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. She is the Collective Outreach Coordinator for the Territorial Youth Collective. In Aliya’s work, she focuses on building relationships with communities across the Yukon, uplifting youth voices through the Territorial Youth Strategy (TYS), and ensuring the implementation of the TYS. Growing up in a small rural community in the Yukon, she is passionate about ensuring the voices of youth from rural communities are heard and the advocacy of Indigenous peoples in rural communities through reconciliation.

Get in touch with Aliya at aliya@yukonyouth.com.

Angad Arora

Collective Project Coordinator : Youth Development

Angad (he/him) enjoys creating opportunities for young people to build skills, share their ideas, and shape decisions that affect their futures. His work is rooted in relationship building and ensuring youth voices are heard alongside community leaders. Through the Territorial Youth Collective, he works closely with youth, First Nations, schools, employers, and community organizations across Yukon to support youth employment, leadership, and community engagement. Originally from Delhi, India, and later living in Guelph, Ontario, Angad now proudly calls Yukon home. He believes every community already has the knowledge and strengths it needs, it often just takes the right conversations, partnerships, and opportunities to bring those strengths forward.

Get in touch with Angad at angad@yukonyouth.com 

Sydney Sinclair

Youth Engagement Coordinator

Sydney (she/they) grew up in Whitehorse as a person of settler descent on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun and Ta’an Kwatchan First Nations. After working for Byte last year, they have come back to join the TYC team as the Youth Engagement Coordinator for the summer. Catch them organizing community gatherings and implementation teams, note-taking, doodling on their whiteboard, and relationship-building with folks young and old!
Sydney has been involved with youth boards and advisories as both a young person and leader for 5 years and is dedicated to uplifting youth voices and improving the lives of young people in the Yukon on their terms.

Get in touch with Sydney at youthengagement@yukonyouth.com 

Meet the Integrated Youth Services team!

Abbey Gartner

Wellness Director

Abbey (she/they) is of settler descent and was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. Abbey has worked with a variety of youth-serving organizations and mental health initiatives in the Yukon and across Canada. She previously worked at BYTE from 2019 to 2022 as a Community Outreach Coordinator and is excited to return as the Wellness Director for the Integrated Youth Services initiative. She believes that young people are the experts in their own lives and that meaningful mental health support begins by listening to, trusting, and empowering youth. Outside of work, Abbey can usually be found playing cozy video games, taking dance classes, singing along to her musical theatre playlist, crafting, or planning a themed party.

Get in touch with Abbey at abbey@yukonyouth.com 

Maddi Scott

Service Navigation Coordinator

Maddi (she/her) brings six years of frontline nonprofit experience to her role as the Service Navigation Coordinator for IYS. She is passionate about youth advocacy, building meaningful relationships, and helping youth feel confident accessing the resources and opportunities that support their goals. In her role, Maddi works to build connections with youth and community partners across the Yukon, helping youth navigate services and access supports that meet their needs. She believes strong communities are built through collaboration, inclusion, and ensuring everyone has access to spaces where they feel valued and understood. Outside of her work with IYS, Maddi is a certified sexual health educator and a full-time Social Work student at Yukon University. When she’s not working or studying, you’ll usually find Maddi curled up with her cat watching an old movie, or window shopping for trinkets she definitely doesn’t need.

Get in touch with Maddi at maddi@yukonyouth.com 

Coral St. Cyr

Peer Service Coordinator

Coral (she/her) is originally from Atlin, BC and is of Mexican American descent. She has been working for non-profit organisations for four years and has recently started working for BYTE in the capacity of Peer Support Coordinator for the Integrated Youth Services (IYS) initiative, although previously she was BYTE’s Youth Engagement Coordinator. Her current tasks include helping to design the new IYS space, managing the IYS Youth Advisory, creating a Peer Support Training Module, and helping to ensure that youth voices remain at the centre of the IYS initiative. She has always been passionate about social justice issues and continues to be involved in movements that are committed to changing systematic oppression for all marginalized peoples.

Get in touch with Coral at coral@yukonyouth.com