Safewalk
Safewalk is your safe and free alternative to walking home alone at night. Our volunteers will walk with you anywhere on campus or within 20 minutes from nearly any LRT Station.
Walks are available to any member of the University, with recurring walks being an ideal choice if you have a weekly night class or a set work schedule so you don't have to wait for us to dispatch volunteers to your location.
Need a low-key escort? Ask for an Incognito Walk, and our volunteers will show up to escort you without wearing a yellow vest. We'll blend right in in--no hard feelings!
Our service is absolutely free and available to any student, staff member, faculty, and member of the community.
Walking with Safewalk
One-Time Walks
One time walks are if you'd like to be accompanied once.
Ideal for unexpected, late night study sessions, or any other reason you might be on campus late!
- Call us at 780-4 WALKME (780-492-5563) for a walk! If no one picks up the phone, we're probably not in operation yet. If that's the case, please use the form below.
- Approach any patrolling team on campus and ask for a walk.
Our dispatchers will send a two-person team to meet you and walk you anywhere within our boundaries.
Recurring Walks
A recurring walk is a walk set for the same time and place every week. At the start of the term, you may fill out the form for a recurring walk (which will be valid until the end of the semester or until you cancel), a member of Safewalk's administration will contact you shortly after via email to confirm your appointment, and you're all set!
Want to volunteer?
Safewalk accepts volunteer applications throughout the year, on a rolling basis.
Safewalk’s Service Boundaries
We can meet you anywhere on North Campus, South Campus, Campus Saint-Jean, and Enterprise Square. This includes residences like Résidence Saint-Jean, Lister Hall, East Campus Village, etc.
Safewalk Volunteers will walk you within 20 minutes of most Edmonton LRT stations.
Exceptions where we will only accompany you up till the nearby transit station/parking lot are:
- Century Park Station
- Any Stations North of Stadium (Coliseum, Belvedere, Clareview)
- All Valley Line Stations
20 minutes of walking is measured based on Google Maps estimates.
You can check whether our boundaries extend to your desired destination on our interactive map!
Answers to all your Safewalk related questions.
We have a fairly simple and easy to use service, but here are some tips to help things go smoothly!
- Please have your pickup location and destination known before calling.
- Be respectful of our patrollers and dispatchers and their time, they're there to help you.
- Plan ahead: if you book your walk ahead of time, there's a far less chance that we won't have an available team than if you want a walk immediately.
- Be accessible: Many buildings are locked at night and it is easiest if you can meet our team at the doors of your building. As well, if there is a problem such as your team not being able to find you or they will be late, our Dispatcher will call you.
Yes! As of September 2014, Safewalk teams will now walk people who have consumed alcohol, provided you as a client are able to stand, walk, and speak without assistance.
Yes. Safewalk will halt service when the temperature drops below -30*C with windchill to keep our volunteers safe.
Additionally, Safewalk does not currently operate in the Summer as it does not get dark until quite late into the evenings and there is a limited student population. For now, we operate during fall and winter, but this could change in the future.
Looking for an extremely rewarding volunteer opportunity with flexible evening shifts?
Interested in getting involved in your community and meeting new people while getting experience for your resume? Volunteer with us! Learn more about our volunteer opportunities here.
Poster Distribution Services
Safewalk offers a poster distribution service to University departments, businesses, student groups, and other organizations related to student and campus life.
If you have multiple types of posters to be displayed, or want them spread over more than one week, we can do that. Each order can have up to four different styles of posters in it. Feel free to book multiple posters at once for a lower price. There is a section in the order form to select when you want the posters distributed.
Safewalk's new payment system offers a single, reduced rate to all groups. Please include your budget information when you submit a request.
Pricing:
25-50 Posters : $25
51-100 Posters: $40
After you submit poster request form, Safewalk staff will look over it to confirm that it fits our guidelines. We will then contact you, asking you to drop your posters off at the Student Life Central desk in the Lower Level of SUB (0-81 SUB). Please do not drop your posters off at the desk until you receive a confirmation email from Safewalk staff.
The Student Life Central desk is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mondays through Fridays.
Please allow one week per 100 posters for your posters to be distributed across North Campus. If the service is very busy with clients and/or other poster orders, your order may not be accepted. To avoid this, please book your poster request two to three weeks in advance.
Safewalk posters on many public boards on North Campus.
Safewalk will not poster in restricted buildings: these are building that require additional permissions in order to put up posters. These buildings and the locations permission can be obtained is as follows:
- Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC), Mechanical Engineering, Natural Resources Engineering Facility (NREF), Chemical Engineering. Permission for these building can be obtained at the GEER Store in the Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex
- Agriculture and Forestry - 2-06 Agriculture/Forestry Centre
- Business - Carruthers Student Commons
- Education - Education Faculty Office, Education North Building
- Humanities - OASIS General Office
- Lister Centre, HUB Mall, UofA Residence Buildings - Lister Student Services
Please ensure you are following all of the university guideline procedures for postering. These can be found here. Safewalk is not responsible for reimbursement of postering fees if posters provided to them do not meet the required permission for postering on campus and are removed.
Contact Information
Safewalk Coordinator
780 4 WALKME (780-492-5563)
Student Life Central 0-74 SUB
Monday - Friday (Fall and Winter terms) 7:00pm - 12:00am
Safewalk Service ends April 24, 2026 and will resume in September. See you at Week of Welcome 2026!