It’s always interesting to check out the Yukon Native Language Centre.
The office within Yukon College is adminstered by the Council of Yukon First Nations.
It’s a place for courses and workshops, and features material in eight languages: Gwich’in, Hän, Kaksa, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Tagish, Tlingit and Upper Tanana.
The centre has storybooks, classroom materials, legends, elders’ interviews and more.
Posted in First Nations, Indigenous languages, Schools, Yukon College
The mining industry in Yukon holds an event called Mining Week.
Industry and also research groups such as Yukon College hold a fair to speak about their work. There are activities for children like panning for gold and cracking apart geodes which are little rocks with crystalline interiors.
Posted in Mining, Schools, Yukon College
The Cold Climate Innovation Centre at Yukon College has built a prototype Agridome. Glenn Scott says he hopes the design will prove so energy-efficient as to make it cost-effective to grow produce in the Arctic.
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Plants, Whitehorse, Yukon College
Yukon College has some interesting projects. One of them is this experimental greenhouse which is attempting to discover ways of growing produce in the arctic.
This all-season prototype in Whitehorse uses colourful LED lights to grow plants.
One use could be vegetables in small remote communities. The greenhouse includes a motorized shutter which opens and closes a window; sealing the cold outside in times of darkness.
Posted in Food, Plants, Schools, Yukon College
Life in Yukon 