Blog

May 11, 2023

My Story in GAP

I started GAP in late February and in the beginning of the program I was very shy and didn’t talk very much but with each week and getting to know the staff, my confidence grew more and more with each day of GAP.

March 20, 2023

Bracing for Impact: Evaluating youth development programs in the new normal

Lately I’ve been hearing the voice of Ross Gellar in my head an awful lot. While he had many great lines over the seasons of the TV show Friends, there is one scene in particular that feels really relatable right now.

March 20, 2023

Bike Graduations- More than a bike

One of the flagship programs of Two Wheel View is our Earn-A-Bike program. Earn-A-Bike is a unique program that focuses on Social and Emotional Learning using the bike and bike maintenance as the teaching tool.

March 20, 2023

Pushin’ pedals: Culture, Resilience and Lessons from 2020

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what it means to be resilient. Certainly, our personal and organizational resilience is being tested this year.

March 20, 2023

Friendship in all its forms: why diverse social networks build resiliency in youth

March 20, 2023

Social and emotional learning in a TWV context

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a process of attaining the knowledge, attitudes, and skills we need as humans to ‘understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.’

March 20, 2023

The impact of mentors on young people’s future success

There is a large body of evidence that supports the value of quality mentoring, including an analysis of more than 70 mentoring programs that found positive outcomes across social, emotional, behavioural, and academic areas of youth development.

March 20, 2023

Two Wheel View as a multi-purpose place of greater community value

Two Wheel View is more than just bikes and bike clubs. A lot of our value comes from the physical spaces we inhabit.

March 20, 2023

Teaching methods used in Two Wheel View programming

As a youth development after school program, we use the bicycle as a tool to build resilience and develop social emotional learning in youth.

March 20, 2023

Our vision for partnerships and community building

In a world where the definition of community has changed drastically – from the people who lived on neighbouring farms within a short distance to more than one billion people who are active on Facebook – is it more important than ever that we focus on building positive relationships with the world around us.

March 20, 2023

Providing youth with life skills using the bicycle as a tool

March 20, 2023

The impact of youth development programs on local community building

When it comes to providing positive outcomes for young people, combining the resources of family, community and schools has proven to be the recipe for success. However, we believe youth development programs do more than just change the lives of the kids – they also impact the community in positive ways.

March 20, 2023

How our development programs foster resilience in vulnerable youth

Using the bicycle as a tool, our programs foster resilience in youth by building age appropriate competencies such as teamwork, problem solving and leadership.

March 20, 2023

How TWV supports long-term positive outcomes for youth

Our values – adventure, respect, authenticity, resilience and community – weave together throughout our team, our office and workshop, and our programs.

March 20, 2023

The link between authenticity, self-esteem and leadership in TWV programming

The values of our organization are all in some sense inseparable, but no two go hand-in-hand like authenticity goes with respect.

March 20, 2023

Our approach to developing a culture of respect

Respect is one of Two Wheel View’s most important values and it sits at the foundation of everything we do as an organization.