Building Skills, Strengths,
and Successes
The mission of the Arctic Youth Leadership Program is to empower youth through challenging them to discover and embrace their full potential, and support them as they develop the skills they need to achieve it.
The main goal of the Arctic Youth Leadership program is to empower youth: to enable them to discover and embrace their full potential, to support them as they develop the leadership skills they need to achieve it, and to assist them as they set realistic career and life goals.
- Encourage the Discovery of Potential
- Establish and Develop Critical Leadership Skills
- Stimulate Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Create Environmental Awareness
- Promote Lifelong Learning
What's New at Arctic Youth
2010 AYL Final Report Available
January 21, 2011
This year's expedition, the 7th successful journey on the Horton River, continued the successes from the previous years. Eleven Inuvialuit and Inuit youth participated in the second integrated AYL expedition. The Final Report summarizes the activities of the AYL program for 2010, and highlights the achievements and successes that this years' participants experienced while on the program. More...
AYL Internship Observations by NOLS Instructors
October 20, 2010
This year saw two new pilot projects for the Arctic Youth Leadership program; these were the Program Internship and the Expedition Internship. Both of these internships were designed to build upon the leadership skills learned from a previous year, gaining new skills and training, and provide peer mentorship while on the Horton River.
Read about the success of these two initiatives! More...
