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Read Our 2025 Courtenay Program Season Report

  • Writer: Kate Addison
    Kate Addison
  • Feb 5
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 17


From May to October 2025, YCCBC Courtenay ran a successful pilot program in the Comox Valley, employing four youth (ages 17–30) at a living wage. Supported by a Program Lead, the team worked as Community Climate Action Mobilizers and a Program Coordinator, focusing on ecosystem restoration, food security, environmental monitoring, and community connection.


Youth gained job-ready skills through hands-on work and targeted training, including leadership development, Standard First Aid, WHMIS, cultural workshops with the K’ómoks First Nation, and learning on the intersections of climate change, health, and wood-smoke air quality, while contributing to meaningful, ongoing community initiatives.

You can download the report above or read the report at this link.

 
 
 

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