Watch: Five and a half months in five and a half minutes!
From spring’s first thaw to the golden hues of fall, dive into the captivating world of Yukon wildlife captured at … Continue reading Watch: Five and a half months in five and a half minutes!
Category: Yukon Territories
Connecting and Supporting Youth in Arctic Affairs
The Arctic Youth Network (AYN) is a global network of youth making change in the Arctic, focused on international cooperation and capacity-building. Continue reading Connecting and Supporting Youth in Arctic Affairs
Photos: The ice grizzlies of northern Yukon | Canadian Geographic
From September to November, grizzly bears gather in the mountainous Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Traditional Territory to feast on salmon. … Continue reading Photos: The ice grizzlies of northern Yukon | Canadian Geographic
Supreme Court of Canada to hear case on Yukon’s Peel Watershed
The high-profile case will be heard in Ottawa after leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was submitted by local First Nations.
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CPAWS releases report on Canada’s lack of protected areas
New CPAWS report calls Canada out for falling behind most other countries in protecting its land and fresh water. Continue reading CPAWS releases report on Canada’s lack of protected areas
Connecting data for better decision-making in the Arctic
Researchers receive $500,000 in CANARIE funding to link environmental information about the North. Continue reading Connecting data for better decision-making in the Arctic
Public support for legal effort to protect Yukon’s Peel Watershed is ramping up
First Nations and conservation groups join forces with legal expert Thomas Berger to defend Yukon’s Peel Watershed against development. Continue reading Public support for legal effort to protect Yukon’s Peel Watershed is ramping up
Legal effort to protect Yukon’s Peel Watershed gaining public support
First Nations and conservation groups join forces with legal expert Thomas Berger to defend Yukon’s Peel Watershed against development. Continue reading Legal effort to protect Yukon’s Peel Watershed gaining public support
“Prepare for Hard Times” – Old Crow Youth Face Climate Change in Yukon’s North
A film highlighting the “Our Changing Homelands” conference in Old Crow, Yukon, which focused teaching youth about climate change and its affect on their health. Continue reading “Prepare for Hard Times” – Old Crow Youth Face Climate Change in Yukon’s North
“Prepare for Hard Times” – Old Crow Youth Face Climate Change in Yukon’s North
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A film highlighting the “Our Changing Homelands” conference in Old Crow, Yukon, which focused teaching youth about climate change and its affect on their health.
Continue reading “Prepare for Hard Times” – Old Crow Youth Face Climate Change in Yukon’s North
CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Ottawa – CPAWS welcomes today’s announcement by Environment Minister John Baird that lands comprising the headwaters of the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories have been temporarily protected to enable the creation of a new national park, to be called Nááts’ihch’oh [pronounced naah-tseen-CHO]. Continue reading CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Arctic Youth Network
The Arctic Youth Network is a grassroots organization that works to connect young Northerners to the opportunities around them, to their communities, and to the policies that affect their daily lives. Continue reading Arctic Youth Network