Welcome to our Youth Page
Teens and young drivers
Activities for tweens
Resources for parents and teachers
Drive Alive! Writing Contest
The Department of Transportation is sponsoring a writing contest for NWT students in grades 4-8. Entries can be submitted by the student or by a school, teacher, or parent. Full details of the contest can be found here.
Drive Alive! is the transportation safety awareness program of the Department of Transportation.
On this page, you can find cool things to do which will help youth make safer choices when on the roads, trails, and waterways of the Northwest Territories.
The content, which comes from Internet sites all over the world, is aimed primarily at teens and young drivers, but there are some activities for pre-teens as well.
You can also find other information of interest to NWT youth. Just click on one of the links on the right.
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Teens and young drivers:
- Do you like skateboarding? Scholastic has a great article on how you can keep yourself safe.
Australia's Youthsafe program has resources to help young people make the right choices to reduce their risk of injury.
Young people who want to help their school or community be transportation safe can find a number of activities on the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia website.
Whether you're driving a car or the space shuttle, NASA has some good advice to help you stay alert.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada has a number of public awareness videos and commercials dealing with driving while impaired, including the powerful TV commercials Mask and Girlfriend. TOP
Activities for tweens:
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Resources for parents and teachers:
safety exercise to help young people make safe choices.
ICBC's Way to Go program provides useful traffic safety information for parents and teachers
Safe Kids Canada has information on preventing injuries to children. They have information on Child Passenger Safety, Off Highway Vehicles, Pedestrian Safety, Travel Safety, and Wheeled Activities, among others.
The New Zealand Land Transport Department has an on-line Education centre with multiple resources for teachers including on-line games and curriculum resources, study guides, school bus safety, and walking/cycling.
The U.S. National Safety Council has produced A Family Guide to Teen Driver Safety which is intended to complement a Graduated Drivers Licence Program.
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