Metro Vancouver pilot project gets boost to help youth transition out of care
A new 18-month pilot project aims to help older youth in foster care transition out of the system.
Tag Archives: Youth
Top 24 Under 24: Need for speed fuels teen racer
Since graduating from high school earlier this year, Scott Hargrove’s life has been consumed by car racing.
Top 24 Under 24: Vancouver playwright pursues childhood dream
As co-artistic producer at Vancouver’s self-described “uber-indie” Delinquent Theatre, Christine Quintana isn’t waiting for fame before mentoring aspiring playwrights younger than herself.
Top 24 Under 24: Soccer champ shoots for medical studies
Kinesiology student Paul Clerc has managed to keep his grades up in hopes of entering medical school while traveling the world playing soccer.
Top 24 Under 24: Angelica Poversky, The Poet
As Top 24 Under 24’s youngest nominee, Angelica Poversky embodies the youthful enthusiasm and curiosity which most older nominees cite as a key ingredient.
Top 24 Under 24: Local engineer aims to robo-sail across Atlantic
Whether trying to sail a robotic boat across the Atlantic or serving in the Norwegian Coast Guard, Kristoffer Vik Hansen has a passion for the high seas.
Top 24 Under 24: ‘Supernatural’ actress hopes to inspire girls
Recently turned 23, New Image College of Fine Arts graduate Mary Galloway has played lead actress in two feature films, as well as a coveted part in the hit U.S. series Supernatural.
Top 24 Under 24: Vancouver’s young Indiana Jones has global ambitions
At the tender age of 20, Vancouver archeology student Matthew Go has already discovered a 1,200-year-old priestess tomb, excavated roughly 30 skeletons, and hopes to one day help bring closure for victims of international mass killings.
Top 24 Under 24: Children’s hospice volunteer embodies community spirit
Salina Dharamsi epitomizes the volunteer spirit in her quest to help children. For eight years, the 22-year-old has been a friend to kids at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, taught nutrition in the Downtown Eastside and tutored youth with learning disabilities.
Journey of the Nishiyuu swells to hundreds after 1,600 km trek
From stinging minus -55C temperatures in the far-northern Cree wilderness beyond the reach of roads, to the melting woodland snows of temperate Algonquin territory, a remarkable youth journey has made its way by foot and snowshoe this past two months, 1,600 km from James Bay in Québec to Parliament Hill.
