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YWCA 2020 Think Big! Lead Now! Program Wrap-up
The Think Big! Lead Now! (TBLN) YWCA Canada’s Young Women’s National Leadership Program is an amazing opportunity for young non-binary and female-identifying people to explore their leadership journeys and grow their skills. The program is a collective of online...
Canada Roots Exchange Conference
MONTREAL (Tiohtià:ke which is the Mohawk name)! Home of the Montreal Canadiens, which is my favourite NHL team, and also with the best Montreal Smoked Meat sandwiches. This was the city I thought about living in while I went to school at Mount Royal University, which...
Leadership Fund: Teya Rear
When BYTE turned 20 years old in 2018, we established a Leadership Fund (LF).The LF is $5,000 that youth, 18-25 years old, may apply for until the fund is spent. You can request up to $1,500. This is the second year we’ve granted funds, applications are open for a few...
Take a breather!
Do you make New Year's resolutions? Are you still following them thirty days in to 2020? I don't usually buy in to the new year's resolution thing but after a difficult year of trying to find balance between new anxiety, work, play and overall health I was eager to...
SafeTALK and Keepsafe for the Holidays
The Importance of SafeTALK Holiday Season may be a happy time for some, but for others it is a difficult time. It is important to keep those we love close and to tell them how much they mean to us. In the spirit of the holidays, we have to remember that this time of...
Young Leaders Revolutionizing Mental Health
Hey, it’s me again. I’m here today to share with you a really neat opportunity/network/organization called Jack.org. Jack.org is Canada’s only youth-led mental health charity organization working to revolutionize the mental health landscape. They do this through their...
BYTE + @RUengageX
An ongoing project at BYTE is #YukonYouthWant. Through this we continue listening to Northern Youth, delivering workshops and programming specifically out in the communities and when possible in Whitehorse. (We just wrapped up a series of workshops at Heart of...
BEST LIT MOMENTS
The BYTE team is back with a brand new blog, BYTE is back, tell a friend. BYTE has kept a low profile lately as we were planning for the Leaders-in-Training Retreat and took time after the event to rest. We are currently putting the final touches on our reports...
2019 All-Candidates Youth Forum
[LINK TO TRANSCRIPTION HERE.] On August 13, in partnership with Emily Ross and #RisingYouth Community Service Grants, we organized the first all-candidates youth debate of this 43rd election season! If you missed the debate and want to know what candidates from...
#AllIn2019 Highlights
In early June, I was invited by our local Yukon Foundation to attend the Community Foundations of Canada #AllIn2019 conference as part of the national youth delegation. The conference was hosted in the beautiful downtown area of Victoria, BC on the unsurrendered...
What the heck is #RisingYouth?
If you’ve read our last blog post or our team page, you may recognize me. If not - Hey, hi, hello! My name is Abbey and I’m the Program Assistant and Facilitator here at BYTE. Aside from having a blast with the BYTE team, facilitating workshops, organizing youth...
Salaam, Aloha, Bon Voyage, and more
The only constant in life is change and the BYTE office sure has been changing it up and preparing for more these past three weeks with one staff on maternity leave, another departing in June, and yet another transitioning to being a full-time counselor. Part of these...
“Sushi Rolls Not Gender Roles”
Last fall, we were able to help two young people attend the Bridging Gender Divides conference through our BYTE Leadership Fund. After taking some time to reflect, one participant sat down with us to share some of their insights. Q. In your opinion, what are gender...
Dreamcatchers Aboriginal Youth Conference by Calandra Roberts
BYTE is super excited to introduce Calandra Roberts, she was awarded $1500 from the BYTE Leadership Fund to go to the Dreamcatchers Aboriginal Youth Conference at MacEwan University from October 12-13. The conference had a number of cool workshops including Blanket...
Bridging Gender Divides Conference
Our third recipient of the BYTE Leadership Fund attended the Bridging Gender Divides conference at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre on September 20 to 22 and kindly agreed to reflect on the experience for our blog - please enjoy! "Bridging the Gender Divides"...
Your Cheat Sheet for the Upcoming Municipal Elections
The Whitehorse Municipal election is just around the corner, on October 18. Like in any election, it can be hard to know where to find the most accurate information about the candidates, about how to vote and about why it matters so our team at BYTE has put together...
Meet our first Leadership Award Recipient!
Earlier this summer, we launched the BYTE Leadership Fund and granted our first youth leader, Nathan Muir-Cressman, an award of four hundred dollars towards attending the Training for Trainers aquafitness conference with the Canadian Aquafitness Leaders Alliance...
Yukon Youth Spotlight: Tamika Knutson
I'm sorry for the noise - I find I talk more openly when I'm working on an art piece Tamika Knutson says from her studio in her hometown of Dawson City.She was finishing a commissioned jewellery piece before leaving the next day to spend a week in Aspen, Colorado for...