In this episode of Beyond Your Best, Carolyn De Voest sits down with Trevor Stokes—teacher, coach, father, and relentless community builder at Vancouver’s Streetfront Alternative Program 💛🏃♂️. Together, they unpack what it really means to raise the bar for youth navigating poverty, instability, and a fragile sense of belonging—and how belief is built through integrity, micro-connections, and the courage to try when it would be easier not to.
Trevor shares Streetfront’s powerful model of high expectations paired with deep support 💪🤝, where physical challenges like running and sport become lived evidence that students do belong—and can do hard things. You’ll hear the unforgettable story of Curtis Doolin’s transformation 🌱, and learn how the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation has helped expand opportunity far beyond 22 students to impact hundreds across the Britannia community each year.
If you’ve ever wondered how to build self-belief in a student, a team, your kids—or yourself—this conversation is an invitation ✨ to stop settling, follow through, and raise your own bar.
As mentioned in the episode, if you wish to support the Strachan Hartley Run and the work of the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation, you can do so here: 👉 https://www.shlf.ca