OUR VISION
YIV strives to ensure all students across the mainland have the necessary support and resources to succeed in their education. With YIV’s peer tutoring program, high school students across Canada share their passions through free after-school education for communities of families and children ranging from the Lower Mainland to overseas in India and China. Your sponsorship will allow us to expand our program, improve overall student experience through better materials and services, and facilitate more enriching opportunities.
FLEXIBILE OPTIONS
CREATE AÂ Â SOCIAL IMPACT
PROMOTION AND REACH
OUR IMPACT
ACCESSIBILITY
Making community opportunities available for children and youth
CONNECTIONS
Fostering bonds between volunteers, families, communities, and audiences around the world
GROWTH
Providing a space for self-development and fulfilling experiences
GIVING BACK
Launching fundraising initiatives to make a difference towards meaningful world causes

FOUNDING STORY
Turning Passions Into Action
In 2015, amidst the growing popularity of volunteerism among youth, the service itself had also grown monotonous. Our founders, seeing passionless volunteers present only for credit and recognition. Not fueled by any larger meaning or objective, they launched an organization driven to provide enriching service opportunities from start to finish: Youth Initiative Vancouver. Through passion, a group of high-school students, along with the support of the Academy of Modern Art, brought this dedication to life, prepared to engage hundreds of youth volunteers in not only giving back to communities but undergoing profound personal growth. Today, the organization continues to operate under the same postulate of moving forward together, gathering youth through initiative, and cultivating leadership and community awareness throughout British Columbia, Canada and beyond.


Our Supporting Institution
The Academy of Modern Art
The Academy of Modern Art (AOMA) is a Vancouver based art education institution dedicated to inspiring, guiding and educating talented art students and transitioning them to their post-secondary school of choice. As YIV’s parent organization, AOMA shares aligned values with YIV. This partnership promotes activities including a peer tutoring program, philanthropic community endeavors, co-hosting renowned art competitions for the past 6 years, promoting creativity, multicultural awareness and education. YIV’s elected executive gives students a chance to develop leadership skills and all students are encouraged to forge solutions for world challenges and help youth to reach their full potential. We are grateful for AOMA’s support for our ongoing initiatives.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
The ambitious, creative, driven team behind YIV

YOSHIER HU
Co-President

ELISABETH LAU
Co-President

YIRUI TAO
Outreach Manager

ISABELLA ZHEN
Human Resources Manager

ASIA AU-YEUNG
Assistant HR Manager

EVANGELYNE WANG
Assistant HR Manager

CONNOR WONG
Assistant HR Manager

FIONA ZHANG
Communications Manager

EMILY PAN
Communications Manager

ANDREW LI
Admissions Manager

HALEY CHAN
Assistant Admissions Manager

SHEAN YUSU
Assistant Admissions Manager

AVEARY CHE
Marketing Manager

ANDREA WU
Assistant Marketing Manager

BOBO LYU
Media Manager

CHLOE CHENG
Assistant Media Manager

GEMMA YIN
Assistant Media Manager

LUCY LU
Assistant Media Manager