BYTE distributed Climate Change surveys to a number of communities throughout the Yukon including: Faro, Dawson City, Minto, Haines Junction, Carmacks and Whitehorse. Over 400 surveys were distributed. 285 respondents were in our desired target age range (12-25). We hoped to gain insight into Yukon Youth’s climate change knowledge, their innovative solutions and whether [...]

  BYTE hosted a Clothing Drive! From March 26th to April 5th we accepted men’s and women’s used clothing. We have stocked up our free store, kaushees, and the outreach van.  We have also sent 20 bins to Dawson City for our rural Earth Day celebration on April 20th.  Thank you for all of your [...]

Anticipatory Hiring: BYTE is currently accepting resumes for our Facilitation Team. BYTE has adopted a ‘for youth by youth’ organizational model and therefore, these positions are only for youth under the age of 30, preference given to under 25 years of age. Job descriptions and applications are available upon email request: communitytours@yukonyouth.com For more information [...]

Congratulations: Zipline and Kyruel! BYTE in conjunction with the Frostbite Music Festival presents: Battle of the Bands February 17, 2012. We split the Battle into two genres this year: Rock Alternative and Metal. Youth throughout the Territory are invited to attend and cheer on your favorite bands. The Battle takes place at 7:30PM at the [...]

  Only 35% of 18-35 year olds turned out to vote in the last Federal election. Youth in Canada account for over 3 million votes – amazing amount of power if we simply chose to use it. In our last ‘Get What you Want – Vote’ campaign we asked youth what they wanted. Here are [...]