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he summer of 2020 could have been a bleak one for the women’s mountain biking community if not for Michelle Friesen. The Contagious Mountain Bike Club (CMBC) had to cancel Dirt Girls, its rides for women, due to COVID-19. The program is very popular, and riders were missing their weekly outings. Luckily, Friesen stepped up to the plate and created an informal community called Shredhers as a temporary alternative to Dirt Girls.

“I saw a lot of new women in the sport and I saw posts on Facebook, like, ‘Where are the new trails? What does a ‘blue trail’ mean? What can I ride?’” Friesen says.

“I saw that gap, because Dirt Girls couldn’t run last year. And

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Friesen hosted a Facebook page where she invited women out for rides and posted skills videos aimed at women. She also applied for funding under TakingITGlobal’s Rising Youth program funded by the Government of Canada and was awarded $1,500.

With that money she offered the first Yukon enduro mountain bike race for women.

“I thought the enduro would be a good way to get women out,” Friesen explained. “I felt like we already deal with isolation a lot here in the winter, and then COVID hit, and then we all stayed home through the whole spring, and I felt like that was taking a big toll on people’s mental health. I just really wanted people to get out of the house, and connect with other supports and talk to people, and do it in a safe and healthy way.

I thought the enduro would be a good way to do that.”

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huge success even with the measures Friesen implemented due to the pandemic. She limited the race to 30 riders, because she also had 15-20 volunteers and her cap for total participants was 50.

There was no registration fee, although people were invited to make contributions for the Whitehorse Food Bank; 10 to 12 bags of groceries were collected.

The youngest rider was 12, the oldest was 65, “so we had five generations. I don’t know, it was really cool,” Friesen says. The range in rider age and skill level reflected Friesen’s goal to have an inclusive event where everyone felt welcome and supported.

“It was also about empowering women too, because races can be really scary and can feel really intimidating and I wanted to create an environment where they could feel confident even if it was their first race or even if they were only on their third bike ride,” Friesen says. “You don’t have to have the best bike, you don’t have to be the best biker – anybody can do this, it’s just for fun. And I think it was really cool to see the confidence people had when they completed their first race.”

Friesen is now preparing for the second Shredhers Enduro, which takes place June 26. This year, CMBC will be sponsoring the enduro as an annual club event.

Friesen is once again at the helm and is scouting Grey Mountain trails for a suitable course.

“The intent of the enduro is to be really inclusive and really accessible, so I’m trying to stay true to that,” she says in regards to finding a course for all levels of riders. “I don’t want to make it too difficult; I don’t want people to leave feeling discouraged.”

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enduro as a CMBC event, Friesen is also organizing an event under the Shredhers banner. Thanks to her work on the enduro last year, as an “outstanding alumni” she is being awarded another $1,500 from the Rising Youth fund.

For 2021, she’s holding a Shredhers mountain bike retreat for an entire weekend in July. Friday night, retreat participants will get social with glass-blowing at Lumel Studios and drinks and appies at Gather. On Saturday, the group will head out to Boréale Explorers, their base camp for riding in Carcross. Folks will spend the night at Boréale Ranch, where they’ll have a Zoom chat with Canadian pro mountain biker Micayla Gatto.

Sunday will feature a bike mechanics clinic. The retreat will be free, thanks to the funding Friesen has received.

As well, Dirt Girls is back on track for 2021, and Friesen is organizing the weekly rides as a CMBC board member. About 40 women showed up for the first night in early June, with volunteer leaders hitting the trails with beginner, intermediate and advanced groups of riders. The season will include a few shuttle rides, including a finale on the Blown Away trail on Mount McIntyre.

Michelle Friesen is part of the next wave of amazing Yukon women aiming to make mountain biking accessible and inclusive.

And she’s clearly happy to be leading the way.

“I had probably my favourite summer riding last year with all the women, to see how excited they got, to see how much confidence they got,” Friesen says.

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June 23, 2021 column with

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Specializing in nomadic arts, Aimée Dawn Robinson is a dancer, writer, visual artist, Tarot reader and astrologer. Readings with Aimée offer you fresh perspective and realistic tools for change and re-balancing. Read all about it, book readings, workshops, and gift certificates online at: www.bowandarrowtarotandastrology.com.

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ne of the Tarot’s many gifts is the power to illuminate the dark. There is so much darkness made available to humans, who also create darkness.

The Tarot helps us remember how and where to find the light.

Question: May we please have advice for residents of Canada who need to reconcile?

The Card: Ace of Swords, Minor Arcana Rulerships: Gemini, Aquarius, Libra, Scorpio.

Element: Air. Colours: White, Yellow.

Direction: East.

The Deck: The Rider-Waite Coleman-Smith, first published in 1910. Card illustration here by Aimée.

Astrological Circumstances: I cast the reading during the Waning Gibbous Moon in Aquarius, in a plume of white sage, with compassionate intentions. May it harm none.

Physical Description: In an otherwise clear sky, a swirling cloud presents a radiant hand holding a single sword. A gold crown encircles the blade. One side of the crown carries a palm leaf, the other an olive branch. In the far distance lay jagged blue and grey mountains.

Metaphysical Description & Advice: The element for the suit of swords is Air, where we encounter the vantage point of the bird kingdom. Air provides perspective— seeking it, finding it and using it for the highest and greatest good of all. The greatest perspective, from way, way above us, includes the health of every living thing on Earth.

The element of Air reveals truth greater than human law.

The Ace of every suit introduces the purest form of the suit, here the purest communication is indicated. Residents of Canada who need to reconcile are advised to communicate with unprecedented purity and clarity. We are also collectively called upon to take just actions.

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The element of Air reveals truth greater than human law Arcana, the human-sized part of the deck. With so many weapons around, we become used to seeing them. We have become accustomed to seeing one another’s hurts and pain. It is important to remember these symbols are also real things. Swords wound. Swords cause trauma.

We are advised, everyone, to immediately stop causing harm.

Look at your own life with clear eyes and with a bird’s eye perspective. Wherever and however you are harming any living thing, stop. Just stop. This includes ceasing self-harm. You can do it.

I believe in you.

The atmosphere and craggy peaks of the mountains in the Ace of Swords show the stakes are high. We need to find the just and clear perspective to restore our sense of basic human potential, or we will fall onto the jagged mountain peaks. The pain of Colonization is in those rocky points.

Without pure communication and just clear action, loss and pain will continue.

The Ace of Swords tells us we need to communicate even when it is difficult, even when we feel scared. Have courage, grasp the

hilt of truth.

The suit of swords also represents narratives and stories. We are called upon to recognize what narratives and stories are true, and which are not. Please pay attention to the stories you see and hear, and seek and tell the truth.

Collectively we are advised to have the courage to do the work of reconciliation; the future is more positive than the past. There is encouragement in the olive branch and palm leaf in the Ace of Swords. The palm represents victory, abundance and beginnings.

The olive symbolizes peace and healing.

Go towards healing, speak truth towards peace.

May it harm none.

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Lewis Rifkind is the mining analyst for the Yukon Conservation Society, and yes, he bikes to work.

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he rise of the commuting cyclist in the Yukon’s capital over the past decade or so has been a joy to behold. Note that this is commuting cyclists, and not recreational cyclists, although often the two are one and the same.

When one thinks of a cycling city, the northern Canadian cities do not generally jump to mind.

Whitehorse is no exception. Severe and long winters, roads designed for cars and trucks, and the dreaded Two-Mile Hill or Mountainview Drive separating downtown Whitehorse from most residential subdivisions are but a few of the perceived obstructions to commuters using cycling as an option for getting to and from work.

Technology has, to some extent, overcome these obstacles.

The rise of fat tire bicycles has allowed cycling in all but the snowiest and iciest of conditions. Electric bicycles, which assist in pedalling, permit easier uphill climbs.

While some cycling purists scoff at electric bikes (or e-bikes) their ability to assist in getting up steep inclines is appreciated by most. It allows those workers who toil in downtown Whitehorse, but live above and beyond Two-Mile Hill, or at the far reaches of Mountainview Drive, to get home at the end of the day relatively relaxed and sweat-free.

The Yukon is already known as a great place for summer recreational cycling. The mountain bike

trails in and around Whitehorse, the incredible system developed at Carcross on Montana Mountain, and the single-track systems being developed in other Yukon communities is a joy to behold.

Cycling is so much more than just a recreational pastime. There are those, many of them, who choose to use bicycles to commute to work, to the stores, or to access recreational sites.

Now, the number of commuters who are choosing to cycle appears to be on the increase. This is based on anecdotal evidence from long-time cyclists in the city. The rise of bicycle retailers over the years also shows there is increased demand for pedal-powered transportation.

There are some, one hopes a minor few, Whitehorse car and truck residents who don’t like to see cyclists on what they view as their roads. Share the road is what it is all about. One advantage to vehicle drivers of the increased number of commuters choosing cycling as their means to get to work, or to go shopping is that it reduces the pressure on parking.

More cyclists mean more parking spots.

The City of Whitehorse currently has a hodgepodge of bike lanes, paths and trails that are slowly getting connected together and upgraded. As the author of this article once snidely remarked “if we’re not careful, Whitehorse could become a pretty decent place to bike.”

Much work has yet to be done.

PHOTOS: Pixabay It’s slowly getting better, but the lack of decent bicycle racks at places of work and stores has to be addressed. Some of the more progressive offices now have shower stalls to let sweaty employees shower before work.

The bike lane and path systems

are far from complete and there are some crucial gaps in the system. A good example is the lack of a bike path or lane connecting the Two-Mile Hill system with the Waterfront path.

Despite the incompleteness of

Whitehorse’s bike paths, the lack of decent bike racks, the occasional irritated car driver, and the odd bit of inclement weather, the Yukon’s capital is turning into a cycling commuter city. n

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WHITEHORSE EVENTS ART SHOWS Wed Jun 23 thru 25 Found object sculpture with Janet Patterson 11:00 AM YAAW Yukon Artists at Work There will also be displays of her work for you to enjoy. Whether you feel comfortable inside or outside the gallery, we’re happy to have you!

Until Sat Jun 26 2020 Landscape Series: A Path Forward by Karen Thomas Arts Underground The calm regeneration of season in a Yukon landscape is offered as a sweet solace in these pieces, but with the materialization emerging of 2020’s panic, curiosity, global upheaval, advocacy, https://bit.ly/3oPV9T0 Until Sat Jun 26 Superposition by Jesse Devost Arts Underground Embracing technology, seeking the assistance of others and more stringently questioning my approach or motivation.https://bit. ly/3ukmxK1

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Elections for director, president and youth rep to take place. Dinner and door prizes. To register contact Susan at 6687532 or info@wawcircle.org https://bit. ly/3fHcKZm Thurs Jun 24 Introduction to Bicycle Maintenance 6:30 PM Icycle Sports Participants must pre-register for this ticketed event at this website: https://bit. ly/3bwgwTZ Minimum 48 hours notice required. No previous experience needed, bring your own tools/bike or we can supply.

Until Aug 27 Drawn Together; embroidered portraits 2003-2021 by Meshell Melvin Yukon Arts Centre Until Aug 27 Intimate Pandemic Images

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LIVE MUSIC Wed Jun 23 Whitewater Wednesday Jam Night 7:00 PM The Local Bar Missing performing, or want to try out a new tune come join us every Wednesday. https:// bit.ly/351vP3s

Thurs Jun 24 Legion Music Trivia Whitehorse Legion Branch 254 7:00 PM Enjoy an evening of music trivia, for Legion members and signed in guests, masks are mandatory, limited participation.

Sat Jun 26 Klondike Cruisers - Cars and Coffee Territorial Auto Parts 11:00 AM Saturday morning coffee with other car people - bring your own coffee. https:// cutt.ly/DbAZRiF Sat Jun 26 Vintage and Antique Sales 12:00 PM LePage Park contact Jonas at programs.heritageyukon@gmail.com to book a space or learn more.

Sat Jun 26 Hootalinqua Community and Farmers’ Market 10:00 AM Hootalinqua Volunteer Fire Department Agricultural products, arts and crafts, garage sale items that you have for sale. https://bit. ly/3tZOxTh Sun Jun 27 Secondhand Clothing Bizarre 2:00 PM Whitehorse Seventh-Day Adventist Church Secondhand Clothing Bizarre, proceeds go to charity. Donations accepted if in good condition. Please drop off donations on Sunday afternoons only.

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Thu June 24 Online Concert: Diyet - Land Language Song 7:00 PM Online Pre-recorded online concert will feature Diyet as she takes us on a journey that celebrates the land she calls home, the language of her ancestors, both captured in the songs she creates. Tickets online. https://www. yukontickets.com/TheatreManager/1/ online?performance=2814

Fri Jun 25 The Naysayers Album Release Party 8:30 PM The Local Bar The Naysayers celebrate their highly anticipated self titled, digital album release (on Coax Records) with a one night only performance. https://www.facebook. com/events/1025144954684428/?ti=ls Sat Jun 26 Fawn Fritzen and David Restivo 12:00 PM MacBride Museum Arts in the Park at MacBride Museum Free Event COVID seating guidelines in place https:// musicyukon.com/artsinthepark/

GENERAL EVENTS Wed Jun 23 Canadian Parents for French Yukon - AGM 7:00 PM Online To register or for more info email yukoncpf@gmail. com. https://bit.ly/3gqiA2X Wed Jun 23 Cruisin The Dub A&W Restaurant 6:00 PM Meet up with other car enthusiasts and enjoy the show.

Neighbourhood Cruises (Map on FB) start at 7:00 PM. Wed Jun 23 Spanish Conversational Group Yukon Government Administration Building 12:00 PM Join us inside at Bridge Cafe Wed Jun 23 Seniors Choir Practice Golden Age Society 7:00 PM https://bit. ly/3utKjnF Wed Jun 23 Seniors Line Dancing Golden Age Society 2:00 PM Seniors Line Dancing!

Join us every Tuesday for beginners, and every Wednesday for intermediate line dancing fun. https://yukon-seniors-andelders.org/index.php/ga-home Wed Jun 23Seniors Tai Chi Golden Age Society 10:00 AM Peaceful movement for positive chi www.yukon-seniors-andelders.org

Thurs Jun 24 Latin Dancing Golden Age Society 6:30 PM https://bit.ly/3utKjnF

Thurs Jun 24 Seniors Bingo Golden Age Society 1:00 PM https://bit.ly/3utKjnF

Thurs Jun 24 Seniors Tai Chi Golden Age Society 10:00 AM Peaceful movement for positive chi www.yukon-seniors-andelders.org Thurs Jun 24 Sundog Toastmasters Club Sport Yukon 12:00 PM Learn the skills, practice the speaking, receive the feedback to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Guests are welcomed with advanced notice. Call 689-6363 or email toastmastersyukon@gmail. com. https://www.facebook.com/ toastmastersyukon/?ref=page_internal

Thurs Jun 24 Lonnie Powells Drumming With Seniors Golden Age Society 7:30 PM https://bit.ly/2Szh0lK

Thurs Jun 24 Fireweed Community Market Shipyards Park 3:00 PM Come join us and shop for local art, crafts, grown/ raised food, baked goods, and prepared meals! Order ahead online for pick up. www.localline.ca/fireweed-communitymarket https://www.facebook.com/ events/164518705449515Thu Jun 24 Experience Virtual Reality 5:30 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Experience the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift S. Feel the thrill of gaming in VR or come to see what VR offers beyond gaming. Check out the 3D painting and modeling, visual experiences, and learn about uses in sport, mental health and education. https://bit. ly/2PMld4A Fri Jun 25 Pride Stride 12:00 PM Shipyards Park An all-ages casual walk down towards Rotary park. Participants are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and masks. Minors must be accompanied by adults www.YukonPride2021.com Fri Jun 25 Seniors Crib Golden Age Society 1:00 PM https://bit.ly/3utKjnF Sat Jun 26 Yukon Amateur Radio Association Coffee Discussion Group A&W Restaurant 8:45 AM Hams from outside the Yukon and those who are interested are welcome to join us in this casual event. http://www.yara.ca/index. html

Mon Jun 28 Seniors Shuffleboard Golden Age Society 1:00 PM Join us for a social event that is just plain fun. https://bit. ly/3o6Kcwh Mon Jun 28 Seniors WHIST Golden Age Society 1:00 PM Before the days of auction bridge and contract bridge it was a very popular game indeed, but today Whist has been superseded by Bridge. https://yukon-seniors-and-elders.org/ index.php/ga-home

Mon Jun 28 Workshop: Copper Pendants 6:30 PM Arts Underground https://arts-underground.myshopify. com/.../copper-pendants

Tues Jun 29 BYTE - Annual General Meeting 2021 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makespace Starting with a guided mindfulness session, the Yukon Youth Panel on Climate Change Talk and then the AGM. Covid-19 precautions in place, RSVP online. https://bit.ly/35ma1Q7 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/metal-shoporientation-tickets-151893197643 Tue Jun 29 New member 0rientation 5:00 PM Yukonstruct Makespace New member orientation. Free orientation for new members – if you are just curious about the space instead join us on one of the public lunch time tours, held every Tuesday at noon. https://bit.ly/3xyhXuu Tue Jun 29 Woodshop Orientation 6:30 PM Yukonstruct Makespace This training will take you through the Yukonstruct wood shop and explain each piece of woodworking equipment. Participants will each get hands on practice with some of the machines. https://bit.ly/3nOkPPH Tues Jun 29 Introduction to Bicycle Maintenance Icycle Sports 6:30 PM Participants must pre-register for this ticketed event at this website: https://bit. ly/3bwgwTZ Minimum 48 hours notice required. No previous experience needed, bring your own tools/bike or we can supply.

Tues Jun 29 Chess Club Titan Gaming and Collectibles 6:00 PM Love Chess? Want to learn? Looking for Competition? Join us!

Tue Jun 29 Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2021 7:00 PM Old Fire Hall Presented by Gwaandak Theatre This Is How We Got Here by Keith Barker and

Tues Jun 29 Seniors quilting needlework and crafts Golden Age Society 1:00 PM https://bit.ly/3f406De

Tues Jun 29 Yukon Amateur Radio Members Meeting Yukon Amateur Radio Association 7:00 PM Become a member and learn more about HAM Radio operations all over Yukon. http://www. yara.ca/

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Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays LAB Drop-In 12:00 AM Heart Of Riverdale For grades 8+, make beats, write, eat food.

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5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe All skill levels welcome! Please bring your own controller, and if you have a Nintendo Switch and/or Gamecube controller adapter please bring them so that we can have multiple setups.

Wednesdays Warhammer Wednesdays Age of Sigmar 5:00 PM Titan Gaming Cafe Every Wednesday Mondays-Saturdays Family Literacy Centre Drop-In 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM As a part of keeping safe through the pandemic, the FLC capacity number is lower than usual. Cleaning will take place 11:30-1pm. Thursday’s special hours will be 12:00 PM-3:00 PM To help give everyone a chance to visit, we thank you in advance for limiting your stay to 1 hr. Everyone is welcome, no registration required.

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DREA NAYSAYER IS STILL ROCKING A new incarnation of The Naysayers will be releasing a self-titled album on June 25 via Coax Records

felt she had to pick one over the other, despite any pressure she’s felt to do so and despite the difficulty of balancing the two.

“There’s such a taboo around mothers in the music industry,” she says. “Trying to find creative time where you can indulge yourself and go into that creative space is very difficult.”

The Naysayer’s album was recorded over nine months, with lots of people across the country operating remotely on the postproduction aspects throughout the process. The songs were recorded in Whitehorse with Jim Holland at Green Needle Records. Naysayer’s band is comprised of herself on guitar and vocals, and three other well-known local musicians—Paris Pick, Selina Heyliger-Hare and Tara Martin.

“This is far and away the best band I’ve ever had—technically, creatively, emotionally,” says Naysayer. “The collaboration and support have really taken my music to a whole new level. All the parts I hear in my head are really wellreflected on this record.”

Naysayer says the upcoming record shows her at her most authentic, making it the most successful musical experience she’s had—she’s not necessarily referring to commercial success, but more to inner success from knowing she is making exactly the music she wants to make.

“I think as long as I’ve been doing this, I’ve just grown and grown and stuck to who I am,” she says.

Naysayer has also noticed an ongoing shift in the politics of music scenes and the music industry as a whole. She doesn’t feel she has to fight so hard to prove herself now as she once did.

“There was no #metoo when I started out,” she says. “Having a vagina was seen as, like, a disability. If anything, the evolution of gender equity has driven me so

D

rea Naysayer has a fiery intensity about her. An unwavering passion for her music shows in every word she says, and even more so in the ardent vocal delivery that’s her signature style as frontwoman of The Naysayers.

She’s full of excitement as she talks about her band’s new album, especially given that she’s decided to give it a vinyl release—her first record to come out in this format. The album, simply titled The Naysayers, will see an initial soft release June 25. The vinyl copies will be available in August.

“I’m telling people it’s the release so nice I’m doing it twice,” she says with a laugh. “It’s nice because the summer here is so jam-packed, people will probably forget about the June release by the time August rolls around.”

A vinyl release is expensive and Naysayer know this, but she says she is proud of enough of this album to throw all her money at it and give it the treatment it calls for.

“I think the album is worth it,” she says. “I think the product deserves this. I haven’t really ever felt like making that kind of investment before and this feels like it needs to be honoured that wat because vinyl is just so righteous.”

Naysayer has been in this business a long time. She’s released 10 albums and toured nationally.

Though she has a family and a life outside of music, she’s never let them interfere with each other, or

much more. I’ve been saying this stuff for so long and now I finally have a place.”

Naysayer doesn’t have a secret as far as how she’s kept her passion and intensity. She attributes at least half of it to just who she is—a “high-strung, driven person.”

She’s also very autobiographical in her music. To her, that can be an outlet for washing away her negative experiences and dealing with baggage in order to become the best version of herself possible.

Naysayer knows her upcoming release is special. In a lot of ways, it feels to her like this is finally the album she’s always been aiming to make.

“It all just feels like it’s exactly the right time and the right place,” she says. “I don’t like to use the word ‘deserved’ but I’m not totally surprised that all this feels so natural, just because I’ve never given up on the vision of having something like this.”

The Naysayers will be released initially on June 25 through Coax Records, an independent Canadian label. Check out the band’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ dreanaysayer/ for summer show announcements and more details on the vinyl release. n

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❑ 3 tbsp butter Broccoli and garlic

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PHOTOS: Nicole Bauberger two exhibitions on display right now at the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery, will be most meaningful for an audience of Yukoners. As you view the art, you will look for faces you recognize. I found this experience both timely and poignant as I walked through the gallery, a

Meshell Melvin uses a contour line approach to drawing in her embroidered portraits on canvas

mask obscuring my own features.

In both shows, the presence of the artist becomes part of the observation of the subject. The large photograph that greets the viewer coming into Alistair Maitland’s Doortraits: Intimate Pandemic Images features a smiling older couple, seen through a window.

The reflection of trees and sky outside would have made them invisible, but for the shadowed shape cast on the window by the photographer’s silhouette, the arc of his finger over the shutter button.

Large-scale photographs high on the wall evoke the distance we have all been respecting and from which we have been viewing each other. Smaller images lower on the wall proliferate the people depicted and bring us, as viewers, in for a more intimate gesture of viewing.

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Meshell Melvins embroidered portraits and Alistair Maitlands doortraits both evoke a sense of our community observed photographs in the first scary weeks of the pandemic when we were self-isolating, confronting the almost existential presence of all we did not know about COVID-19. He came to realize in that moment “how much of his own identity was wrapped up in his work highlighting the identities, adventures and achievements of others.” He found a way to do this anyway.

I found many feelings looking back at me from these photographs. Intimacy, family love, worried children, brave smiles, staginess and silliness, not only from human Yukon residents but their animal companions. A Northwest Coast-style mask, beaded moccasins–these photographs also bear witness to the household art

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In the next gallery, I am delighted to see Drawn Together: embroidered portraits by Meshell.

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FAREWELL, KONA’S COALITION Animal welfare service Kona’s Coalition is shutting down after nearly a decade By: Manus Hopkins

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t was a difficult yet necessary decision to shut down Kona’s Coalition, according to founder and president Jordi Mikeli-Jones. The Whitehorse animal protection non-profit has been serving the community since 2013, but with board members leaving and the pandemic bringing new difficulties, it wasn’t feasible to continue.

“At our inception, we were four women that were very passionate about animal advocacy,” said Mikeli-Jones. “At our last board meeting we really talked seriously about what we had in the bank, what we were prepared to do, and if we could make it to our 10th anniversary. We did some soul-searching and decided it was time for us to wind down operations.”

For the last two years or so, Mikeli-Jones and Madeleine Girard were handling operations on their own as the only two remaining board members. It became too much work for two people alone.

The pandemic also made it more difficult to fundraise, with inperson events becoming rare and strict. Mikeli-Jones used to be heavily involved in event management, staging music festivals including Sunstroke and Moonstroke, as well as Halloween parties, fashion shows and golf tournaments. She said the organization spent around $250,000 in fundraised money during its time.

While it’s sad to have to call it a day, Mikeli-Jones said she is trying to focus on the positives, remembering the great work Kona’s Coalition did for animals and families in the Yukon during its nearly 10 years of operation.

“I feel it’s been an arduous journey, but one I’m really proud of,” she said. “I know that we’ve made a difference and ultimately, that was our fundamental goal: to improve animal welfare, increase advocacy, focus on education and help animals and families in need, and we’ve helped thousands.”

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Wed Jun 23 Northern Lights Centre Daily Shows Northern Lights Centre Total running time 1 Hour. Daily shows start at: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Wed Jun 23 Wellness Wednesdays 7:00 PM Northern Lights Centre Each week we will feature a movie/documentary on health or environmental topics. www. northernlightscentre.ca Thu Jun 24 Northern Lights Centre Daily Shows Northern Lights Centre Total running time 1 Hour. Daily shows start at: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Thu Jun 24 Throwback Thursdays 7:00 PM Northern Lights Centre Welcome back to your fave blasts from the past!

Feel free to say your fave lives out loud! https://www.northernlightscentre.ca/ Fri Jun 25 Northern Lights Centre Daily Shows Northern Lights Centre Total running time 1 Hour. Daily shows start at: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Fri Jun 25 Pre-Recorded Live Concert Footage - Music Docs 7:00 PM Northern Lights Centre https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Sat Jun 26 Arts In The Park and Summer Market 12:00 PM Wye Lake Park http:// www.watsonlake.ca/ Sat Jun 26 Northern Lights Centre Daily Shows Northern Lights Centre Total running time 1 Hour. Daily shows start at: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Sat Jun 26 Saturday Night Social Live Music In The Theatre! 7:00 PM Northern Lights Centre https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/ Sat Jun 26 Family Matinee 2:00 PM Northern Lights Centre https://www. northernlightscentre.ca/

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HIGHLIGHTS Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Dawson City, YT

2021 Exhibition Schedule

15-305 Main Street, Whitehorse (867) 667.4080 artsunderground.ca

June 22 METALSHOP ORIENTATION 6:30 - 8:30pm ………………………..

June 23 YUKONSTRUCT TOWN HALL & OPEN HOUSE 11am - 7pm ………………………..

June 24 EXPERIENCE VIRTUAL REALITY 5:30 - 7pm ………………………..

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June 29 NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 5 - 6pm ………………………..

WOODSHOP ORIENTATION 6:30 - 8:30pm ………………………..

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June 23 YUKONSTRUCT TOWN HALL & OPEN HOUSE 11am - 7pm ………………………..

Weekly WELCOME WEDNESDAY NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION 11am ………………………..

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Please see Yukonstruct.com for more info!

Youth Drop-In Centre

New Operating Hours

Celebrating 25 Years

We are temporarily changing our business hours. Come see us:

Until July 9, 2021

Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm We thank you for your continued support and hope to see you at the new time!

YAAW: Artist in the Window Wed to Fri 11am-11pm FREE June 23 - 25: Janet Patterson

Visit our website for details.

June 30 - July 2: Josée Carbonneau

Exhibitions

Fridays 12:15pm-12:45pm FREE

Jun 4 - 26

June 25: Fawn Fritzen & David Restivo

Live at MacBride

Karen Thomas 2020 Landscape Series: A Path Forward Jesse Devost Superposition

July 2: Ben Mahony

On Air (CJUC 92.5FM) Noon -1pm

Workshops

Week June 21 – 25

Visit our website for the most up to date information on upcoming workshops.

Monday – TBA

NorthLight Innovation Building 2180 2nd Ave

Tuesday Steve Slade Wednesday (Noon) Annie Avery and Manfred Jansen Wednesday (7p.m.) Soda Pony

Recreational program for teen-years youth When: Tuesday to Friday 3pm to 9 pm & Sat 1-9 pm Ages: 12-18 years old For more info: See Facebook page for schedule & activities, or email Oliver: obulpitt@ bcgyukon.com

AllStars After School Program:

An affordable, quality after school program When: Monday to Friday 3-5:00 pm following the school calendar.

Ages: Ages 6-11 years old Cost: Tuition fees as follows: $295 for full months allstars@bgcyukon.com for inquiries Location: Downtown/Takhini Elementary

Learning Tree Early Years Centre

An affordable, quality, licensed childcare program When: Monday to Friday 8:15am-5:15pm Ages: 18 months - 6 years of age Cost: Tuition fees as follows: Toddler: $860/month, Preschool: $850/month Kindercare: $550/month Emily Howard at 393-2824 ext 206 or eypd@bgcyukon.com Location: Riverdale

Until July Dan Starling Programming in conjunction with Print & Publishing Festival August – September Sangmin Lee | How to Fix a Broken Home Programming in conjunction with Yukon Riverside Arts Festival September 23 – October 28 Kimberly Edgar | New Work November 12 – December 16 Ursula Handleigh & Anna Heywood-Jones Gathering | Tethering Tel: (867) 993-5005 Email: kiac@kiac.ca Website: www.kiac.ca

Yukon Animal Rescue Network

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Did you know that If you surrender all the pups to YARN, we’ll raise the pups, pay for all their care and veterinary costs, find them homes using a responsible adoption process – and spay your mama dog for free and give her back.

We are trying to reduce the future over’PUP’ulation in the North, by adopting to family’s that will spay & neuter. Each female dog that is not spayed could produce up to 67,000 descendants in her lifetime.

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YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM Support for Yukon youth (12-18 years old)who want to work for themselves.

We will help you get your own small business or community service project off the ground, helping you with startup costs, making a budget, marketing and more to make your project a success!

For an application or more information: W: yukonliteracy.com P: (867) 334-5635 E: erin.mcarthur@yukonliteracy.com

Thursday June 24 Sophie Noel (Dawson City)

Week: June 28 – July 2 Monday August Arrival Tuesday Victoria Parker Wednesday (Noon) Kieran Poile and Sarah Hamilton

Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day with our incredible lineup of Indigenous stories available ondemand

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Wednesday (7pm.) Paris Pick Thursday Uncle Jimmy and the Hammerstones (Dawson City) W: musicyukon.com/artsinthepark/ P: (867) 456-8742 E: artsinthepark@musicyukon.com

Yukon 2021 AGM When: Wednesday,June 30 Time: 6:30 pm Where: Association de Franco-Yukonnaise.

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ACTIVE AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY EVENTS EVENTS ENTER YOUR EVENTS ON-LINE It’s ACTIVE LISTINGS Wed Jun 23 Yukon River Fish Species Hikes 2:00 PM Miles Canyon A fun 2-hour hike, bring water, appropriate clothing and footwear. For more info email hikes@yukonconservation.org or call 668-5678 x1 yukonconservation.org Wed Jun 23 No-Gi Jiu Jitsu Submission Wrestling Elite Martial Arts Academy 6:00 PM This class is very similar to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, only the students typically practice in shorts and a rash guard t-shirt, rather than a Gi. There is also typically a little more wrestling and leg locks due to the rules in tournaments being less restrictive. https://eliteyukon. com/ Wed Jun 23 Muay Thai Kickboxing Elite Martial Arts Academy 7:45 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions. This is due to its use of all available weapons. Fists, elbows, knees and shins are all used to attack your opponent. Clinch work is also another defining element of this exciting fighting style https://eliteyukon.com/ Wed Jun 23 Klondike kickboxing with LeeAnne Better Bodies 5:30 PM An intense class using a variety of Muay Thai and MMA style training techniques.

This non contact class uses gloves, pads and bags for an awesome sweat and workout! Leeanne will make you work! https://www.betterbodieswhitehorse. ca/schedule Wed Jun 23 Habit Yoga - Gentle Flow Habit Health And Wellness 7:15 PM A yoga class that focuses primarily on gentle movement, intuitive flow, and breath awareness.Register online. https://www. mindbodyonline.com/explore/locations/habit-healthand-wellness Thu Jun 24 Total Body HIIT Habit Health And Wellness 12:15 PM Register online.

Thur Jun 24 Coast Mountain Sports Trail Run Athletics Yukon 6:15 PM Come join us and explore the trails around Whitehorse in a fun, safe, noncompetitive environment. Venue changes from week to week so check in often to see where this week’s run is. No earbuds. Follow flags and stay on trails.

Advised to carry cell phone with Race Organizer’s phone number (Usually Nancy: 333-0983) Carrying bear spray and whistle may be appropriate Thur Jun 24 Youth classes self defense Jiu Jitsu Elite Martial Arts Academy 7:15 PM TUE/THU CLASSES: 4:30 - 5:30 PM, 4 - 7 years, 6:00 - 7:00 PM, 8+ years, 7:15 - 8:15 PM, open ages and Fridays at 5:30 for 5 -

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12 years. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! Youth classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu https://eliteyukon.com/ Thur Jun 24 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Elite Martial Arts Academy 8:30 PM Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also know as “rolling”. https://eliteyukon.com/ Thur Jun 24 Spinning workout Better Bodies 5:00 PM This workout is slow, steady with an emphasis on hard resistance work. The work is hill specific with the goal of building power!

Tues Jun 29 Indoor Cycle Habit Health And Wellness 7:00 PM A fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling class that combines rhythm and classic cycling techniques. Register online. https://www. mindbodyonline.com/explore/locations/habit-healthand-wellness Tues Jun 29 Sports Experts 5km Fun Run Walk FH Collins High School 6:15 PM Free for Athletics Yukon members; $5 non-members Run or walk a 2.5 or 5 Km course on the Millennium Trail. Meet at FH Collins Track.

Wed Jun 23 All Levels Yoga 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery All levels of yogis welcome. To register email wallymaltz@mac.com Thurs Jun 24 Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood.

Sat Jun 26 AA Hospital Meeting 1:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street Sat Jun 26 AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693 Sat Jun 26 & 27 A Safe Place -Drop-In 4:00 PM Golden Age Society For low-barrier individuals of any age who identify as female, peer support, workshops, hot meals to go. call 667-2693 for more info.

Mon Jun 28 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/book-online

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Thu Jun 24 Habit Cycle + HIIT Habit Health And Wellness 7:00 PM Register online.

Fri Jun 25 Muay Thai Kickboxing Elite Martial Arts Academy 6:45 PM & 8:15 PM The art of 8 limbs, Muay Thai Kickboxing has proven itself to be the go to striking style of many martial arts champions.

This is due to its use of all available weapons. Fists, elbows, knees and shins are all used to attack your opponent. Clinch work is also another defining element of this exciting fighting style https:// eliteyukon.com/

Fri Jun 25 Indoor Cycle Habit Health And Wellness 6:30 AM A fun, inclusive, 50 minute indoor cycling class that combines rhythm and classic cycling techniques. Register online. https://www. mindbodyonline.com/explore/locations/habit-healthand-wellness Mon Jun 28 Regatta Ready Schwatka Lake Day Use Area 9:00 AM Learn more paddling skills and learn to compete in sprint canoe and kayak. Register online. http://www.flatwaternorth.ca/regatta-ready.html Tues Jun 29 Youth classes self defense Jiu Jitsu Elite Martial Arts Academy 7:15 PM TUE/THU CLASSES: 4:30 - 5:30 PM, 4 - 7 years, 6:00 - 7:00 PM, 8+ years, 7:15 - 8:15 PM, open ages and Fridays at 5:30 for 5 12 years. A typical class starts with a warm up game, stretching, technique/ drilling, then ends with more fun games! Youth classes are focused on self defense Jiu Jitsu https://eliteyukon.com/ Tues Jun 29 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Elite Martial Arts Academy 8:30 PM Often referred to as the game of human chess, BJJ is a grappling based art that utilizes takedowns, sweeps, joint locks and strangle holds to subdue your opponent or attacker. BJJ emphasizes a lot of drilling and live sparring also know as “rolling”. https://eliteyukon.com/

WELLNESS LISTINGS

Elder and Counsellor available Emotional and Spiritual support, free to Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirited in Yukon, Northern BC: Phone, video appointments or in person. Call Toll Free 866 667 6162 or visit www.yawc.ca for info.

Tuesdays & Saturdays Counselling Drop-In and Short Term Counselling Service 11:00 AM Canadian Mental Health Association, Yukon Free Drop-In counselling is offered every Tuesday 11am - 4pm and Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Call 668-6429 for more info.

Wed Jun 23 Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood.

Wed Jun 23 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/book-online Wed Jun 23 Overeaters Anonymous Meeting 7:30 PM Overeaters Anonymous For more information contact oayukon@gmail.com for more information Wed Jun 23 Seniors Tai Chi 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Peaceful movement for positive chi www. yukon-seniors-and-elders.org Wed Jun 23 Alcoholics Anonymous NO Puffin (CM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Are you finding you need help with your relationship to alcohol? Join our nonsmoking support group.

Wed Jun 23 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House – 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance

Thurs Jun 24 KDCC Walking with Our Sisters Sewing Group Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre 5:00 PM Thurs Jun 24 Mantra and Relaxation 4:15 PM White Swan Sanctuary This class is about developing awareness of your inner Light through the practices of chanting mantra and deepening relaxation.

Thurs Jun 24 Sally and Sisters Hot Lunch 11:00 AM Whitehorse United Church Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children

Thurs Jun 24 Seniors Tai Chi 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Peaceful movement for positive chi www. yukon-seniors-and-elders.org

Thurs Jun 24 AA Polar Group (O/M) 7:30 PM Hellaby Hall Join our support group at Hellaby Hall – 4th and Elliott St. Or for our zoom room address email aapolargroup@gmail.com

Thurs Jun 24 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House – 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance

Fri Jun 25 Yoga wake up flow with Sheila 7:20 AM Online These classes are intended to help you build a consistent and comfortable yoga practice and build a community around that practice! https://www. rootedtreemassage.com/book-online Fri Jun 25 AA Whitehorse Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Looking for support with your relationship with alcohol? Join the AA Whitehorse Group.

Fri Jun 25 AA Yukon Unity Group 1:30 PM Online For Zoom Room address Contact 334-7693 Fri Jun 25 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House – 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Sat Jun 26 AA Hospital Meeting 1:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th & Elliott Street

Mon Jun 28 Sally and Sisters Hot Lunch 11:00 AM Whitehorse United Church Free Hot Lunch for Women & Children Mon Jun 28 Seniors Tai Chi 10:00 AM Golden Age Society Peaceful movement for positive chi www. yukon-seniors-and-elders.org Mon Jun 28 AA New Beginnings Group (OM, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall Join us at Hellaby Hall – 4th; Elliott Street Mon Jun 28 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House – 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Mon Jun 28 Gentle Yoga 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery All levels of yogis welcome. To register email wallymaltz@mac.com Tues Jun 29 Live And Online Kundalini Yoga 8:00 AM Online Kriya, mudra, and mantra awaken your body and focus the mind. We will follow one sequence until you are and able to find yourself in the flow, before moving on. Unfold to your own nature: do what feels good, soak in the good vibes, and watch this beautiful practice transform you. Kundalini has a powerful effect on the endocrine system, improving lymph drainage, hormonal balance, and mood.

Tues Jun 29 AA Ugly Duckling Group (C/M, NS) 8:00 PM Hellaby Hall New members always welcome, this is a non smoking group.

Tues Jun 29 AA The Joy Of Living Group (OM, NS) 12:00 PM Captain Martin House – 305 Wood Street Join us at 305 Wood Street -Back Entrance Tues Jun 29 All Levels Yoga 5:30 PM Alpine Bakery All levels of yogis welcome. To register email wallymaltz@mac.com

Sat Jun 26 AA Detox Meeting (OM, NS) 1:00 PM Online For Zoom Room address call 334-7693

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The farm that has been established at Sundog Retreat

existing relationships, especially with the local First Nations, to make the Sundog Veggies project a success.

Recognizing that the farm is on the traditional territory of the Ta’an Kwach’an Council and Kwanlin Dün First Nations, the Sundog Veggies project was designed to benefit the communities on whose traditional territory it is housed. In 2020, the project provided 13,000 pounds of vegetables to the Whitehorse Food Bank, Ta’an Kwäch’än and Kwanlin Dün families, and other community families and volunteers. In 2021, the project aims to build on its relationships with Elders and young people wanting to spend more

time on the land.

After the success of the 2020 Sundog Veggies project, Finton is working with several organizations to train young people in the agricultural sector this summer.

“We’ve got a great team of growers, learners and mentors eager to start as soon as the snow melts.”

The snow is slowing things down a bit however, as fields are buried in three feet of snow.

The Sundog Veggies team has sectioned off about 11 acres with game fencing to keep the deer out of the fields this year. The plan is to plant roughly the same area as last year (about three acres), but to house more of the produce in greenhouses.

There are four key goals to the Sundog Veggies: Our Growing Community Project for 2021: Build and offer a youth agriculture training program, based on the 2020 pilot program.

Increase local food production for Yukon residents.

Strengthen agricultural and community networks through paid mentorship opportunities.

Utilize existing tourism infrastructure to support transition to an agri-tourism social enterprise.

“We started really last-minute last year, says Finton. “It was really sort of off-the-cuff, but the crew who worked here was amazing and what we accomplished with them was amazing. The support from the community has been incredible, and we owe thanks to a huge number of people who helped and made this a success.

We’re really excited to continue the project for a second year.” n

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Come out and see your friends ... cont’d

PHOTOS: Nicole Bauberger

The monumental number of Meshell Melvins portraits create a world you can get lost in looking for people you recognize Each portrait, drawn in olive green thread on an 8 x 8 piece of raw canvas, claims both embroidery and portraiture for the practice of drawing. The locations or events where Melvin set up her Universal Movement Machine and drew all comers, as well as the years in which she drew each group of portraits, offer landmarks to help figure out who you know here.

As in Doortraits, individuals aren’t named. Part of the mystery of this show lies in looking at all the faces, trying to find who you recognize. I encourage you to

circle the space many times, as you’ll notice different things as you go. I am sure that some of the people in these portraits are not with us anymore. I noticed that people are more recognizable from a distance of as much as 10 metres.

Most faces fill the square, gazing directly at you, but some look down, evoking blinking, which gives a sense of rest and relief from all the direct gazes. Some portraits have space around them, children and sometimes adults, which give me a deeper sense of their vulnerability. There are in-

Alistair Maitland’s larger portraits evoke the need to view from a distance while his smaller ones call forth more intimate viewing

teresting exceptions to these patterns, with some faces drawn in profile, or one depicting musicians playing music, a nod to Melvin’s other practice of drawing performers.

For me, Melvin’s practice draws from her own background as a performer. Over the years, her public drawing sessions have inspired and comforted me. “The greatest work for me is to be fully present with the model in focussed attention,” she says.

Her most recent portraits highlight some of the opportunities that COVID’s proliferation of online communications carry with them. Her portraits from 2020 and 2021 were carried out over digital means, but rather than including only people physically present in the Yukon, they also draw from models across Canada, the USA and Europe. Sometimes the constraints that narrow our worlds also widen them.

What is art? As an arts writer, I like to leave this question openended, to give me space to wonder. Looking at these two shows, it seems to me that whatever art is, it is something made out of human attention, including the attention of the artist and the attention of the audience.

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In these bodies of work and in the performance of their practices, Meshell Melvin and Alistair Maitland offer us examples of some high-quality human attention.

Drawn Together: embroidered

portraits and Doortraits: Intimate Pandemic Images opened June 5, and will remain on display until August 27 at the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery.

Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse.

Bruce Barrett and Judy Forrest looking for people they recognize among Melvins portraits

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Farewell, Kona’s Coalition... cont’d from page 12

PHOTO: submitted by Jordi Mikeli-Jones

Kona, pictured here, was Mikeli-Jones’ dog, the first dog ever helped by Kona’s Coalition

Coalition provided included a safe haven for pets program, a vaccination clinic, a spaying and neutering subsidy program, mobilizing youth through a junior ambassador program and, of course, offering fostering for animals in need.

“There’s an emotional toll that it takes when you’re in animal welfare,” said Mikeli-Jones. “In the 20 years I’ve been involved in animal advocacy, it’s certainly toughened me up a little bit. But we’ve always been that voice for

animals. We never let people or politics get in the way of what we were doing and I think that’s why we had so much success.”

Mikeli-Jones said she is able to take comfort knowing that the services Kona’s Coalition provided are not going away completely.

She has connected with Sammy Salter, a Whitehorse veterinarian who works with The Humane Society and Whitehorse Connects to offer a mobile clinic. Mikeli-Jones is supporting Salter’s work by allo-

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cating funds from Kona’s Coalition to put towards Salter’s clinic.

In Mikeli-Jones’ mind, she will always be involved in animal welfare in some capacity, and is always willing to help wherever and however she can with animal protection organizations in the community. While she is busy with a family and her role running the ever-expanding Triple J’s business, she’s also taken up a new project in her spare time.

“I’ve dedicated 20 years of

my life to animal advocacy in my community. I think where I’m headed next is to build my own hobby farm,” she said. “I can redirect some of this energy to my own animals at home. I have 10 now and we’re looking to grow, so there could be something I might do on a personal level which could involve taking in animals who need homes as pets.”

Mikeli-Jones said that one of the best parts of running Kona’s Coalition for so many years was

being able to keep alive the memory of her dog, Kona. Kona was the first dog helped by the organization, which made an amputation possible for the pup.

“It was never easy,” she said.

“But we put our hearts and souls into keeping this organization alive.”

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Community Victoria Gold Klondike Gold Ruff - Event Success The entire team at Victoria Gold extends its congratulations to Humane Society Yukon and all the event organizers and participants for coming together to make the Victoria Gold Klondike Gold Ruff 2021 such a resounding success.

Victoria Gold was very pleased to sponsor, and participate in, this brand new 5k, 10k and half marathon virtual event, to raise awareness and funds for the Society’s efforts towards animal welfare and care in the territory.

Over $29,000 was raised by 283 participants (and their furry friends) between May 22 and June 5 to benefit the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter in Whitehorse and other animal rescue operations in the Yukon.

The Victoria Gold team, the Hearts of (Victoria) Gold, made up of employees from across the company, raised $17,621 towards this achievement. Victoria Gold’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mark Ayranto and his dog Murphy, were the team’s top fundraisers.

Victoria Gold COO Mark Ayranto and Murphy; the Hearts of (Victoria) Gold top fundraisers.

“We are proud to support the Humane Society Yukon and the Victoria Gold Klondike Gold Ruff, with a multi-year sponsorship,” says Victoria Gold President & CEO John McConnell. “Supporting our community is a foundation of everything we do and we all look forward to next year’s event.”

VICTORIA GOLD is the owner and operator of the Eagle Gold Mine northwest of the Village of Mayo, within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND). The company employs over 500 workers and contractors; half of which are Yukoners At Work and many are FNNND citizens.

If you are a Yukoner with mining experience, Victoria Gold encourages you to become a Yukoner At Work. Visit the “Work For Us” page at vgcx.com/contact/work-for-us/ and send your resume to greatpeoplework@vgcx.com.