TRAILS YOUTH INITIATIVES INC.

Imagine a Different Way

What would our world look like if everyone contributed to the community? What if all kids finished high school and had goals to continue their education, productively engage in the workforce and help others? According to the Toronto Foundation's 2019 Vital Signs Report, radicalized children, and those from single parent families, are three times more likely to drop out of high school and 55% of students from low-income groups did not apply for post-secondary education. What if that didn't have to be true?

Trails participants, of whom 89% identify as BIPOC and over 90% live in a single-parent home, have a 99% high school graduation rate and 72% pursue post-secondary education with the help of Trails’ bursary and mentorship program.

Our goal is to instil practical skills, relevant knowledge and the self-confidence to use them. Through outdoor skill development, mentorship, high school credits, bursaries and job opportunities, we enhance the lives of our participants, their families and the greater community. Youth are setting and reaching new goals - goals that include graduating from high school, enrolling in post-secondary education and obtaining meaningful employment. They emerge from the program as involved and connected members of the community.