YLSBC 2024 Registrations Open

JASS Program
Age 6-13 years old

 

Youth Leadership Camp 101
Age 14-18 years old

 

Steps Together Foundation
7th Public Speaking Contest
Age 12-18 years old

 

YLSBC Annual Reports

2021 Annual Report

2021 Annual Report View Report

2020 Annual Report View Report

 

Our Gratitude

Please enjoy the following videos: the first one is of our members, parents and youth who prepared gratitude poems and poster to uplift the morale and show their support to front line health care workers and the second is a feedback video from the recipients of our food donation.

See the letter of appreciation from the District Principal, Siwal Si’wes Indigenous Education, SD75

Please have a look at the appreciation letters at the bottom of this page!


Who We Are

The Youth Leadership Society of British Columbia (YLSBC) promotes education and the development of youth leadership skills through experiential learning. Our youth-driven programs are designed to foster good citizenship and build their life skills. It is our endeavor that the youth are laying a good foundation for Canada.

Our seeds were planted in 1997 when Ravi joined Boy Scouts of America as a parent volunteer and then as a leader. Subsequently, he joined Scouts Canada as a leader, remained committed to youth development, and finally founded Steps Together Foundation (STF) in 2011. STF is a family foundation which ran youth programs formally under an organizational umbrella. The programs proved to be popular with many families in the lower mainland, and there arose a need for a community service organization. Finally, YLSBC was founded on October 30, 2014 and officially launched it on September 13, 2015.  

The youth programs originally run under Steps Together Foundation were transitioned to YLSBC, except the annual Youth Public Speaking Contest and Bursaries program which STF still sponsors.

Currently, both organizations work in tandem, utilizing their unique strengths and delivers service to the community.  We are pleased to share our journey of the past five years on the following pages. Our youth, parents, friends, and families believed in our vision and participated wholeheartedly, thus building this organization today. We all, a big family, collectively share its success by laying its foundation one brick at a time.  

Here is our story…

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Awarded by Ron McKinnon, MP to Nishi Parekh, Siddharth Palatt, and Saagar Arya for winning the Canada 150 video contest.

- See video above


Appreciation Letters

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An appreciation letter from Ron McKinnon, Member of Parliament

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Thank you card from Richard Stewart, Mayor of Coquitlam

 

Please enjoy some other appreciation letters and certificates from Healthcare Organizations and Senior Homes.



WE Respectfully acknowledging the traditional,unceded territory and lands of the Kwikwetlem Nation where as a guest, we live, work, play and rest