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he last time the Calgary Flames made the Stanley Cup Playoffs was in the 2008-2009 season when they lost in the opening round to the Chicago Blackhawks. Between 2009 and the end of the 2013-2014 season the Flames followed an uninspiring downward trajectory.

I’ve been a Flames fan since Grade 2, and in a year when Calgary has little chance of making the playoffs my entire demeanor relaxes re: hockey. I still check the scores and stats after every game, but my heart rate doesn’t increase much. I thought 20142015 was going to be an easy year on the old ticker. Happily, I was wrong.

With only 15 games left in the season the Heart Attack kids are fighting tooth-and-nail for a playoff spot in the tough Western Conference. And they are kids, lots of them anyway.

Nine of their players were born in the ‘90s, including 20-year-old Sean Monahan, who has already scored 25 goals this season and is the type of player teams build franchises around.

But the play of 21-year-old Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Johnny Gaudreau has been this year’s sweetest surprise. In his

Johnny Gaudreau last year at Boston College, Gaudreau racked up a stupendous 36 goals and 44 assists in 40 games — winning the Hobey Baker Award as NCAA hockey MVP. But at 5’9”, 150 lbs. conventional wisdom dictated he was too small to make it in the NHL. In the game against the Anaheim Ducks on March 11, Gaudreau scored two goals, recording his 50th point of the season. He’s the first Flames rookie to do that since the beloved Jarome Iginla in 1996-1997.

As a result, Gaudreau’s season in particular is a good metaphor for the Flames’ season as a whole; both Gaudreau and the Flames were massively underestimated; both surpassed expectations exponentially.

There’s another thing that Gaudreau — as an individual — and the Flames — as a team — have in common; after the aforementioned game against the Ducks, Calgary’s

coach, Bob Hartley — himself, no small piece of the Flames’ puzzle — said this about Gaudreau: “This kid loves to play. Just look at his face when he scores or when somebody else scores. It’s priceless.

“He loves to be around the rink. He would play all day.”

Similarly, when watching the Flames’ post-game interviews, one gets the distinct impression that the Flames’ players are playing their balls off, and having a good time doing so.

Brandon Bollig, for example, deflects any compliments he receives from reporters by mentioning that everyone else on the team is deserving of similar praise.

Is all this youthful enthusiasm enough to get the Flames into the playoffs? Maybe, but if you like good stories to have good endings you can’t help but root for them.

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March 19, 2015

Remembering Sandi Gleason

by Meagan Deuling

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friend of Jeanie Dendys’s 15-year-old son told Dendys he gets more excited for the native hockey tournament than he does for the Canada Games.

Dendys figures it’s because of the exposure and the level of competition — and the community.

A nation-wide community forms during the Yukon Native Hockey Tournament; teams come from all over the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and northern B.C., and individuals come from all over Canada to play in it.

People hug when they see each other. Forty-two teams compete.

It starts in January. For three months it’s constant, and “it’s always in the back of your mind.”

This year has gone smoothly; they’re ready.

Dendys and Vallevand glance at each other, as if worried they shouldn’t say it out loud.

But then Dendys says, “The spirit of Sandi is with us, guiding us.”

Sandi Gleason was treasurer of the association and someone Dendys and Vallevand always saw around when they were teenagers, organizing the tournament.

“Now I’m that person kids see around, organizing,” says Dendys.

Sandi Gleason with her grandson, Breyden, at the rink.

The 38th Yukon Native Hockey Tournament is dedicated to Gleason; she was the heart of the tournament.

PHOTO: courtesy of Karee Vallevand Tournament coordinator Karee Vallevand has been to other native hockey tournaments but she’s never felt the same spirit.

And, of course, the 38-year old tournament is bigger than the hockey.

Vallevand laughs when she says, “People ask us how we do it.

“It’s more than booking the ice.”

Gleason subtly provided mentorship and leadership. Dendys says, “Sandi’s always kind of been there in some respects.”

Gleason passed away from cancer on December 24, 2013.

Last year’s tournament was the first one her grandson, Breyden, played in. Gleason missed it.

As is the tradition of their culture, Vallevand and Dendys gave

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The Yukon Native Hockey Tournament is high calibre, crowd drawing hockey people a year to grieve, to honour the family. This year they’re acknowledging how much Gleason meant.

For the first time the hockey tournament is being dedicated to someone — to Sandi.

Vallevand and Dendys laugh when they imagine how she’d react to the dedication.

Dendys: “It was a hard decision because she was so much about fairness and equality.

“She’d be like, ‘Are you going to do that for everyone?’”

And, no, “We wouldn’t do that again. It’s probably a one-time thing.”

The tournament poster, designed by Lance Burton, features a puck in the centre with “#22” on it, Gleason’s number. Not her hockey number. She was a ball player. Under that is her signature. It’s artful.

“Don’t ask us how we got that.”

The nods to Gleason are small, personal, and in the centre of the poster. Fitting, as she is described as modest and fair, but always there. The heart of the tournament. Dendys says, “She was the glue.”

Vallevand says Gleason was all, “These are the rules, and that’s why they’re there.” She wouldn’t change them for one team. It was all about fairness.

The tournament was started in 1977 because natives weren’t allowed to play on regular teams, they didn’t have a venue.

Vallevand says Gleason maintained that vision; she made the tournament sail.

Dedicating this year’s tournament is a way to hold her up.

“This is her legacy.”

An official dedication will happen at the Opening Ceremony, on Friday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Takhini Arena. Diyet and the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers will collaborate on a song.

Vallevand and Dendys are excited for the closing ceremony, too, where Sharon Shorty and Duane Aucoin will assume the roles of Gramma Susie and Cache Creek Charlie. This happens on Sunday, March 22 at around 8:00 p.m.

Meagan Deuling is the assistant editor of What’s Up Yukon.

Contact her at meagan@whatsupyukon.com.

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Jickling’s Jabberings ............... 2 Recognizing Sandi Gleason ....... 3 Klondike Korner ..................... 4 Katie Avery ........................... 5 Didee & Didoo ....................... 5 Strippers .............................. 7 Cannibal the Musical ............... 8 Hands of Hope ...................... 9 Burning Away the Winter Blues .13 Some Writers .......................14 Frost to Frost .......................15 Edible Yukon ........................16 Scotch Glasses ......................17 Salsa Dancing .......................18 A Poem a Day .......................23 From the Backcountry ............24 Brave New Works ..................27 Splintered Craft spring break ...29 Dawson Trails .......................34 Step Outside ........................35 Climbing in Mexico ................36 I’m Afraid of Painting .............38

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awson City has a fondness with a conversation about China- it’s the world’s longest dragon, for parades. Canada Day town and the festivities of New but someone in Ottawa made one and Discovery Day are the Year’s in British Columbia, where 3000 feet long. I think we don’t annual events with the longest she grew up after her family im- even have that kind of populahistory, but there have been Pride migrated from Taiping, China, tion. So I figure I’ll make the most northern Arctic dragon.”

Parades, parades in support of when she was a child.

She’s going to see if we can “I just said, ‘I’m going to make the mining industry, and parades a dragon for Dawson.’ I started make it into Guinness World Rein support of Idle No More.

This year, however, Front collecting fabrics from the thrift cords.

The 11 dragon-carriers and the Street and the Yukon River saw store.”

She sewed for two weeks, 40 people who followed were forsomething new: a parade to help tunate for the warm launch the Chinese spell after the exNew Year, the Year of treme cold earlier in the Goat. the month.

The start of the I wa� ���i�u� �b�u� �ha� The dragon went year was officially to city council beFebruary 19, but i� w��l� �� ���� t� st�� ��� cause Mayor Wayne Dawson started a ��n���,” ��� s�y�. “I st��e� Potoroka wanted to couple of days early be in the parade but so that a Chinese ���� C��is�ma�, �n� l� �n� had a council meetdragon could wander ing that night. Yeung the streets in cele��h�l� I st��e� ��� �es� � says the stairs were a bration, and visit city bit tricky in both dircouncil. ��� �e��, �n� ���� ��� ��x� ections.

This event was �e�� c��� — �n� ���� I She has a backthe brainchild of Bo ground in dragon Yeung, who arrived �� �� D�ws�� . dancing and line here in the summer of 2011 and decided dancing, gained ...B� Y��n� she would stay just while participating long enough to see in events such as the creating a 38-foot dragon body Chinese Freemasons’ celebrations the winter.

“I was curious about what it which was eventually held aloft in Kamloops and Vancouver. would be like to stay the winter,” by 11 people with hockey sticks, she says. “I stayed till Christ- brooms, and other poles.

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Katie Avery Prepares to Release Solo Album

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“My parents were deeply embedding in the folk music scene in Toronto, so all through my childhood, I would go to parties where the main form of entertainment, other than chatting to people, was to make our own music,” she says.

“People were either playing fiddle tunes or they were standing mashed together in a tiny room singing a cappella songs PHOTO: Alistair Maitland Photography in harmony.”

Avery took Suzuki method violin lessons as a Katie Avery moved to child and eventually studied music the Yukon in 2012 at the University of Toronto.

“Violin was my main instrument, but because I took music atie Avery is a classic- education I got to learn to play ally trained violinist, but trumpet, clarinet, trombone, celfolk and traditional fiddle lo, and guitar. You kind of get a music is in her blood. She’s just taste for a bunch of different inrecorded her first solo album, struments.” which she describes as being, “inShe’s also played with Beneath spired by all the beautiful people I the Ice, an innovative, Torontohave known in my life.” based trio described as “folk muAvery grew up in Guelph, On- sic from the future”. tario, surrounded by traditional “I was living the starving artand folk music. She’s performed ist life in Toronto and I got tired and recorded with her family of starving, so I came up here to band, Relative Harmony, on their have more of a full-time teaching album, Rolling Home. Her par- gig,” she says. ents, Rick and Judy, have also reAvery moved to Whitehorse in corded children’s music and have 2012 to work as a Suzuki violin been featured on The Vinyl Café. teacher.

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Here, she’s continued to play folk music with The Fiddleheads, and has been an accompanying folk-country singer with Fraser Canyon, including his shows last Rendezvous. She’s also performed solo at open mics, accompanying her own electric fiddle using a looper.

“I’ve been trying to recreate that jamming atmosphere by myself, hence the looper,” she says. “ The looper allows Avery to temporarily record a fiddle line and play over it, effectively allowing her to be her own live band.

Avery’s first solo album, Lake Annie, is named for the train car at the Yukon Transportation Museum where the CD cover shoot took place.

“We were trying to decide whether to do the cover inside or outside, and my graphic designer said, ‘Well if we do it outside the train, then the title of the album is Lake Annie.’ Perfect. I was having trouble coming up with a name for the album anyway.”

To help fund the album, she received funding from the Yukon Film & Sound Commission and a crowdfunding campaign, offering a house concert as one of the rewards.

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hen I first meet Tina, during this year’s Rendezvous, she introduces herself as Misha.

After waiting for one Jarvis Street Saloon manager to talk to another Jarvis Street Saloon manager, who relays messages from the front of the bar where I am, to the back of the bar, where Tina is, I’m finally lead around a corner to where Tina stands flocked by two Jarvis Street Saloon security guards.

A thin silk nightgown is wrapped loosely around her otherwise naked body, and she’s wearing glasses.

She’s stunningly beautiful and immediately captivating — her warmth greeting me at pace with her beauty. She shakes my hand, tells me her name is Misha Elle — or Tina Marie — depending on whether I’m talking to her as a stripper or a person. We arrange to meet during one of her noon-to-9 p.m. dancing shifts over the next few days she’s in Whitehorse.

For half-an-hour on a Saturday afternoon, Tina and I gather around a little table in the coffee shop next to the saloon. She’s in between dances, and only has a little time before she has to go back to her room to curl her hair.

But we quickly discover we have a lot in common, not only in our lifestyle choices but also in our concept of what constitutes a good life.

It’s one of the loveliest half hours I’ve spent.

Largely because Tina is one of those souls whose loveliness echoes the beauty of life. But even more so because of the situation — I’m not sure how many of us who are not adult entertainers expect to sit

to the growing number of dogs she’s rescued. Her pack travels with her most places, and always between the five acres she owns near Vancouver and the Okanagan cabin. She’s even trained them as a sled team, using a sled she had shipped from the Yukon five years ago.

But her sanctuary isn’t just for animals.

She’s more-or-less adopted a 24-year old “lost soul” and given him a place to live and eat in exchange for help with the dogs.

She also hosts a small but welcoming music festival on her Okanagan property each year.

And she loves her job.

Now a very youthful 45, Tina began stripping Photo: kozzi.com at 18, travelling to places like Iceland and Japan, always bringing “I’ve been everywhere, and her dog.

I’m happy where I am” “I got on stage and I loved it and never got off,” she says, laughing at the first time she tried owns in the middle of Okanagan stripping after a bottle of champagne in a club in Quebec.

Crown land.

“There’s nothing more fulfilling She and her very supportive partner of 22 years have a small than going to your job and loving one-room cabin they built them- it.”

Tina plans to retire from danselves, completely off-grid, solar powered, outhouse. They lived in a cing in two years, to continue purtent for eight months while build- suing her dreams of living humbly in the mountains. ing.

“I’ve lived it all, I’ve been “This feels like home,” she says of the Yukon, unsurprisingly. “I fit everywhere, and I’m happy where I am,” she says. right in.”

“My dogs have taught me to Tina also runs a dog sanctuary, though it isn’t exactly right to say live in the moment.” she “runs” something that is so fluidly the major purpose of her Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorselife. based writer. Contact her via “I dance to support my babies,” editor@whatsupyukon.com. she says more than once, referring down with someone who is and experience a kinship. Tina’s graceful way of being ever-so-gentle confronted the edges of a prejudice I wasn’t even aware I had.

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The Guild Hall, a pillar of the local theatre community

Gearing up for Cannibal An actor’s journey

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m I excited. In April I’ll be acting in the Guild Society’s newest play, Cannibal the Musical written by Trey Parker of South Park fame. The show is based on the true story of American prospector, Alferd Packer and his ill-fated expedition into the Colorado mountains in 1873.

I recommend it to anyone who wants a good laugh.

Though I’ve acted virtually my entire adult life, Cannibal the Musical will mark my first show in over two years. In retrospect, I admit that I was having trouble maintaining a love for the stage.

It takes a lot of time and effort from many people, cast and crew, to put on something that’s showworthy. I started to wonder if it

was worth the effort.

I was also dealing with a newborn baby and a job that was exhausting. My creative juices were at an all-time low, yet internally, I still wanted involvement in the performing arts because that’s what I do. It was a frustrating time.

But a great thing happened — in early 2014 I moved to Old Crow with my wife for a year. It gave me the opportunity to take a step back, breath, and re-evaluate my life. My batteries started to charge, and I slowly got that creative urge to do what I love to do.

Today I’ve never felt better.

I’m also reminded how the Guild and all the people involved have enriched my life through the

power of theatre.

When I arrived in Whitehorse in 2009, my wife and I were virtually alone. I saw an announcement for Guild Hall volunteers in the Yukon News. I called and ended up being an assistant stage manager for their production of The Soul Menders. Working backstage gave me a real opportunity to make new friends and be part of a creative team; it gave me a social structure that helped me acclimatize to my new surroundings.

Now I am part of the tapestry of Whitehorse and its arts scene.

When I walked into Cannibal’s first cast read-through, I met a plethora of old friends and new ones, yet to be discovered. I had forgotten how comforting the camarad-

erie of a cast could be.

In community theatre people have different degrees of talent and experience. Some are more seasoned, while others are new, trying it out for the first time. This creates a cool relationship-dynamic and an environment where we can forget about real life for a while, loosen up, and play around.

As days went on, little things I used to enjoy about theatre started coming back, like sitting in bed working on my lines, or thinking about my character’s goals, creating his intentions, and focusing on personality nuance.

So far our rehearsals have been light and fun — a little bit serious and a little bit goofy. But we just started, and as time rolls on, re-

hearsals will get more focused.

But intensity is gratifying too; as we get closer to opening night we get butterflies in our gut that tell us to put on the best show possible, and attain that special feeling of accomplishment.

Is it worth the time and effort?

Hell yeah.

Cannibal the musical runs from April 9-25. For more information on how you can be a part of the Guild Society’s productions go to www.guildhall.ca.

Jason Westover lives in Whitehorse. He acts, writes, and is a father and husband.

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Hands of Hope Tackles Big Challenge

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f you’re lucky you’ll have neighbors you like. If you’re even more fortunate, you’ll have neighbors as friends. But I must be one of the most blessed people around, because I have neighbours who inspire me.

Liesel and Rosemarie Briggs are a mother/daughter team. They do more than act locally and think globally; they act globally with the help of locals.

They are the founders of Hands of Hope, a non-profit organization that assists underprivileged children and adults in India and Nepal.

Hands of Hope recognizes education as central in helping individuals and communities rise above poverty. Therefore, they create libraries, build classrooms, fund post-secondary education for orphans, and sponsor refugee families.

While travelling between Delhi, India and Kathmandu, Nepal less than a decade ago, Liesel and Rosemarie saw children unable to get an education, and too poor for enough food.

They were told of countless school children crammed together trying to diligently learn, but without the resources we take for granted.

Liesel and Rosemarie, both educators themselves, wondered what they could do to help the children and teachers in Nepal and India.

What they’ve done is diligently fundraise money in their own community.

Rosemarie and Liesel go on the radio, write articles, and have articles written about their organization in the local press, and they host fundraising events to buy books, build libraries, and financially support orphans.

They take none themselves, even paying their own airfare and accommodations on their yearly trips to Nepal and India.

And they have been very successful — building four classrooms and ten libraries.

Much of their dedication comes from their ability to form relationships that support and encourage the children they connect with.

I went over to the Briggs house recently to see photos of their recent trip to Nepal and India. Liesel was home, but Rosemarie stayed behind in Nepal, as she does every year, to meditate at an Ashram for four months.

Liesel told me about Rohit Malla, a 20-year-old young man from the village of Rudrapur, in the south of Nepal.

“At the age of seven or eight years old Rohit’s father died,” Liesel told me. “Rohit described it as his father just never woke up.”

The family was already poor and was now without a father.

“No longer could the mother feed her sons and Rohit and his two brothers became orphans,” she says. “And it was a dangerous time to be in the villages, Rohit told me how the Maoists would slit people’s throats and throw the dead bodies on the side of the road.”

Luckily, Rohit and his brothers were taken to an orphanage that

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Hands of Hope in axtion; Liesel (left) and Rosemary Briggs Hands of Hope supports, assisting all the orphans with living expenses and helping some with post-secondary education costs.

“Rohit ended up being a shining student,” Liesel told me, her eyes glowing like a proud Grandma (which is what the orphans call her).

“In high school he studied hard, made good marks and earned a little extra money tutoring other students in math. People also told

us about his sketches. He is also an exceptional artist — self taught.”

Liesel and Rosemarie have been supporting Rohit for the last two years as he attends a special preparation academy in Kathmandhu.

But unfortunately, due to a bureaucratic error, Rohit is at a disadvantage.

“Rohit is from a very poor background and lowest caste,” Liesel explains.

“But a mistake in paperwork registered him as a higher caste.

It was good fortune to go to an orphanage and be sent to a private school, but bad fortune because now he is ineligible for receiving government preference.

“He can’t receive government assistance for exceptional low caste students. And Rohit so badly wants to be a doctor.”

To become a doctor Rohit needs about $50,000, Liesel told me, but she is worried that Hands of Hope won’t be able to pull together that kind of money.

“But we have to find a way,” she says.

“We can’t let the dreams of such a motivated and bright boy crumble and come to nothing.

Somehow, some way this money has to come together because we know he will become a doctor and help so many people, because that’s his aspiration. He’s seen suffering and wants to alleviate pain.”

Somehow I just know that this mother-daughter team will meet this challenge. Visit their website www.hands-of-hope.ca , facebook page www.facebook.com/booksandbasics, and gofundme campaign www.gofundme.com/rohit for Rohit Malla to learn more.

Ruth Lera writes on behalf of Hands of Hope. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Health and Social Building Join us for Fri, Mar 20 Midnight Sons 7:30 PM lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until Best Western Gold Rush Inn 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building.

Fri, Mar 20 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Fri, Mar 20 Brave New Works: Inn in the Boiler Room Nostalgia 7:00 PM The Old Fire Fri, Mar 20 Live: Mc TurMoil ,Ridz Hall BNW is a multidisciplinary and Kelvin 10:00 PM Jarvis Street performing arts show. 10 different local Saloon professional artists, from bagpipes to Sat, Mar 21 Brave New Works: dance!

Nostalgia 7:00 PM The Old Fire Sat, Mar 21 Advanced Bridge Hall BNW is a multidisciplinary Lessons 1:00 PM Whitehorse performing arts show. 10 different local Elementary 633-5352 Whitehorse professional artists, from bagpipes to Duplicate Bridge Club offers lessons dance! for experienced players who want to Sat, Mar 21 Midnight Sons 7:30 PM improve their game.

Best Western Gold Rush Inn Sat, Mar 21 Dog Wash Fundraiser Sat, Mar 21 Concert 8:00 PM Centre 10:00 AM The Feed Store Pet Junction De La Francophonie All profit goes to Mae Bachur Animal Sat, Mar 21 Karaoke 9:00 PM Yukon Shelter Inn in the Boiler Room Sat, Mar 21 Spring Spruce Bog 11:00 Sat, Mar 21 Yukon Jack Live! 10:00 AM Best Western Gold Rush Inn Open PM Jarvis Street Saloon at 10:15 for Seniors (60+) and persons Sun, Mar 22 Anger Management 7:30 requiring assistance with one aide only PM Best Western Gold Rush Inn please.

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Sat, Mar 21 Burning Away the Winter Blues 8:30 PM Robert Service Campground The 17th edition of Burning Away the Winter Blues, an event that has become a tradition for the Whitehorse community and beyond.

Sat, Mar 21 Yukon Amateur Radio Association: Coffee Discussion Group 9:30 AM Emergency Measures Organization YARA’s breakfast at the A&W. Casual event. Hams from outside the Yukon often join.

Mon, Mar 23 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Tue, Mar 24 Paradise 8:00 PM Yukon Arts Centre An unemployed logger, an accused terrorist, a family doctor and his daughter.

Wed, Mar 25 Spanish Conversation Group 12:00 PM Yukon Government Administration Building 633-6081 Terry or Michèle Join us inside the Bridges Café Thu, Mar 26 Nicole Dixon, Reading & Talk 7:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library Berton House Writer in Residence Nicole Dixon Fri, Mar 27 Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Luncheon 11:45 AM Health and Social Building Join us for lunch every Friday, from 11:45 am until 1 pm, at the Health and Social Building.

Sat, Mar 28 Habitat for Humanity Yukon AGM 1:00 PM Whitehorse Public Library 456-4349 Habitat-forHumanity Yukon Annual General Meeting is Saturday, March 28th, from 1pm to 3pm at the Whitehorse Public Library. All are welcome.

Sat, Mar 28 Advanced Bridge Lessons 1:00 PM Whitehorse Elementary 633-5352 Whitehorse Duplicate Bridge Club offers lessons for experienced players who want to improve their game.

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Goose: Toddler Group 10:00 AM The Child Development Centre Barbara 335-2283 Toddlers 18 months to 3 years Free program; pre-registration required. Healthy snacks provided!

Fri, Mar 20 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

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Sat, Mar 21 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Sat, Mar 21 Family Drop In & Ball Pit Closed 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Mon, Mar 23 GO The Surrounding Game 6:00 PM Starbucks Chilkoot Centre Simple Game Deep Strategy.

Beginners & Visitors Welcome. For more information email: tjbowlby@ gmail.com Mon, Mar 23 Spring Break Camp 2 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Tue, Mar 24 Spring Break Camp 2 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Wed, Mar 25 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Wed, Mar 25 FH Collins Parent Circle 7:00 PM F.H. Collins Secondary This is a safe place to come and chat about that amazing job we were handed without an instruction model: parenting teenagers. Our focus for this meeting is Mindful Parenting. Please join us Wed, Mar 25 Spring Break Camp 2 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Thu, Mar 26 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

Thu, Mar 26 Spring Break Camp 2 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Mar 27 Parent-Child Mother Goose: Multi Age/Preschool Group 1:45 PM Whitehorse Elementary Barbara 335-2283 Multi-age/Preschool Group (3 years+) Free program; preregistration required. Healthy snacks provided!

Fri, Mar 27 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create crafts, read stories and sing songs.

Fri, Mar 27 Parent-Child Mother Goose: Toddler Group 10:00 AM The Child Development Centre Barbara 335-2283 Toddlers 18 months to 3 years Free program; pre-registration required. Healthy snacks provided!

Fri, Mar 27 Boys and Girls Club Youth Drop In 3:00 PM Boys and Girls Club (867) 393-2824 Dinner provided by the Boys and Girls Club.

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Monday - Friday Math Tutoring! 11:45 AM F.H. Collins Secondary Free peer tutoring will be available at lunchtime. It will be Monday to Thursday from 11:4512:15 . Please encourage your student to take advantage of this to help him/ her to be successful this year.

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Thu, Mar 19 Teen Scene: Dungeons and Dragons 3:30 PM Whitehorse Public Library 667-8900 Role-play and craft a fantasy adventure! Every Third Thursday until May. Free drop in!

Thu, Mar 19 Spring Break Camp 1 8:30 AM Heart Of Riverdale Fri, Mar 20 Parent-Child Mother Goose: Multi Age/Preschool Group 1:45 PM Whitehorse Elementary Barbara 335-2283 Multi-age/Preschool Group (3 years+) Free program; preregistration required. Healthy snacks provided!

Fri, Mar 20 Young Explorer’s Preschool Program 10:00 AM MacBride Museum 867-667-2709, ext.3 parents and children explore the animal gallery together. Play games, create Tue, Mar 17 Musical creation space: crafts, read stories and sing songs. open house 7:00 PM Centre De La Fri, Mar 20 Parent-Child Mother Francophonie

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Wed, Mar 18 SPRING BREAK WORKSHOP – Laser Cut 3D Models (Youth 11-16 yrs) 1:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Wed, Mar 18 Intro to Javascript (and programming) 6:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Wed, Mar 18 Painting Open Studio with Neil Graham 7:00 PM Arts Underground Thu, Mar 19 Film Screening: Lemonade 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Thu, Mar 19 Induction Forge 101 7:00 PM YuKonstruct Makerspace Fri, Mar 20 Artist in the School Learning Lab for Instructors 9:00 AM Westmark Whitehorse 332-1904 Artist in the School Learning Lab is a free 3-day learning event for arts instructors.

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Sun, Mar 22 Artist in the School Learning Lab for Instructors 9:00 AM Westmark Whitehorse 332-1904 Artist in the School Learning Lab is a free 3-day learning event for arts instructors.

Sun, Mar 22 Ceramics Open Studio 2:30 PM Arts Underground Noninstructed open studio. Participants are welcome to use the studio’s tools and equipment; clay and some tools are available for purchase. Every Sunday except long weekends. $5/hour.

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Even the people up there are great. They go all out and make a huge fuss when we roll into town. They got this huge wood building with lookout points. In April, lots of people come out to watch us. Throughout the month of April, over 2000 of us will pass through the bay. I love the attention. Sometimes I like to show off

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Toward the end of April we continue to migrate to Alaska for breeding season. Some of our cousins venture to the Northwest Territories, while others go to the more northern parts of the Yukon.

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My wife is Lily. We have four kids. Unlike many animal species, swans mate for life. I ain’t going nowhere. I got a wonderful family and great nesting spots. What else could a guy need?

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Poor souls. What can I say, we are a loyal breed — it’s in our blood.

Spring is just around the corner, and we are all getting ready to travel up the west coast of Canada. It seems I am really good at this traveling thing. In the past, scientists have come around and put little tracking tags on me.

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The researchers even take my photo. My wife brags to all her friends about what a handsome swan I am, and smart too. I never get lost, and never have to stop and ask for directions.

I’ve often wondered why humans are so interested in us. So one day I had a very deep philosophical discussion about it with my sister. We came to the conclusion that the scientists like to observe us because we are one of the few waterfowl species that’s extant. What is extant? It means we are survivors. We have come close to extinction in the past, but we always managed to breed again. Another reason why family is so important to us.

We begin our journey towards Alaska. Before we get there we stop over is a nice territory called the Yukon. Some of extended family, the tundra swans, come too.

Most people have a hard time telling us apart. I think it’s easy, they got a yellow patch on their eye, we don’t. The tundra swans say the yellow gives them ‘character’. I say who needs character when your swan calls sounds like heavenly trumpets.

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Burn Away the Dark Times

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he Yukon winter is so long that Dawson City-based filmmaker Suzanne Crocker once said winter has its own seasons.

Most Yukoners I know divide their very existence between their “winter” and “summer” selves.

More often than not, winter versions mirror the still, silent, and slow environment outside our frosty windows.

Unfailingly, I spend each spring reflecting on the past winter months. I decide what I will hold dear to my heart from this season and what is best left in the past.

Yukon Educational Theatre and Icycle Sport will be presenting the 17th annual Burning Away the Winter Blues on Saturday, March 21.

This event acknowledges the end of winter and the beginning of spring, allowing participants to shed winter hardships with the burning of an effigy. This ritual was created by Arlin McFarlane in 1999, and has offered a cathartic transition from winter to spring ever since.

The festival will kick off at the SS Klondike parking lot, where participants will assemble from 8:30 – 9 p.m. They can also park at the Robert Service Campground and board a free shuttle to the muster point.

At 9 p.m., the procession will walk to the Robert Service Campground, where the build-up continues. Attendees should con-

sider themselves participants, not audience members. As such, the public is encouraged to bring instruments, lanterns, and effigies.

Paper and pens will be distributed so that individual winter blues can be collected in paper bags and burned. John Phelan will lead the drumming for the crowd.

The event unfolds “organically” says Geneviève Gagnon, artistic director and general manager of Yukon Educational Theatre.

At the crux of the evening, the eight-foot graffiti yeti effigy will burn along with the rest of Whitehorse’s blues.

Yukon Educational Theatre has worked to make this a community event. Several youth-targeted effigy-building workshops were facilitated in partnership with the Yukon Arts Centre, Yukonstruct, and Splintered Craft. The graffiti yeti effigy, itself, is also a product of partnerships with Yukonstruct and Splintered Craft.

Allison Button and Chris Lloyd, volunteers at the “maker-space” Yukonstruct, used 3D modelling software to develop the concept, and laser cutters to build the effigy.

“We built the concept on the idea of a snow and ice monster, which we felt was representative of the festival”, said Lloyd.

The construction required 30 bicycle boxes (donated by Icycle Sport), 15 volunteers, and 27 hours.

“There were 292 pieces that had to be wired together, this was a true community project,” said Button.

But according to both Lloyd and Button, once you have the 3D model, the task of building is pretty easy if you have the drive and the time.

Splintered Craft, a cost-free, drop-in arts studio focused on youth ages 14-29, will have the effigy at their location in the Yukon Inn Plaza up until the event. Members of the public have been welcome to decorate the effigy with their own blues since last week.

Aimée Dawn Robinson, facilitator at Splintered Craft, is looking forward to “physically celebrating the closing of winter”, with the decoration and subsequent burning of the yeti.

Geneviève Gagnon notes, “There are several points of entry individuals can use to explore the concept of shedding their winter blues.”

Even those unable to make it in person can connect via a live-webcast by going to www.livestream. com and searching for “Burning Away the Winter Blues 2015”.

The festivities start at the SS Klondike parking lot at 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 21.

Amy O’Rourke is a Whitehorsebased writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Fiction

Some Writers

by Miranda Booth

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voice in her periphery, one that was indelibly twisted into her memories, rose above the unfolding dialogue in her mind and, like the instinct to swat away a buzzing fly, she had to look. She’d been occupying a tucked-away booth — her books and writing utensils strewn about the table in an organized mess. To her surprise, she discovered that Austin, her Austin, had walked into the café and was about to sit at an adjacent table in a chair that would place him slightly behind her left shoulder and out of view.

What was worse, he’d seen her turn around. As if the lights to the cell in which she was being held captive had suddenly shot on, her veil of privacy was revoked, revealing a disheartening but all too familiar reality: there was no door on her lonely enclosure. It had been unhinged long ago, leaving the gateway to her freedom unobstructed. She remained a prisoner of her own accord, awaiting her captor who, upon occasion, provided sustenance — the bare minimum for survival. A grimace, a nod, a vibe, just crumbs really, and still she stayed. What he might provide today remained to be seen.

Vienna sat there fizzing with adrenaline, her paralyzed fingers hovering above the keys on her laptop. She’d managed to avoid being near him when their paths had intersected in the past year (parties, the grocery store, festivals, walking down the street), especially since the letter, but he was so close now and the room was lit and yes, she could leave, but that might be worse. But if the aim was to escape the past, then Austin finding her there writing shouldn’t have felt so shameful. No, this was triumphant. She was creating. Forging ahead. And besides, this was her café — more than it was his anyway. So, why did it feel like she’d been caught red-handed?

In part it was her wooden de-

meanor. As usual, she couldn’t bring herself to acknowledge him.

What must have been apparent was that she was pretending he didn’t exist, and the obvious effort it took to do so would have been wasted on someone of less personal importance. But the essence of the pants-down feeling resided in the moment before she’d turned around to see who belonged to such a voice — a voice that had the power to override her freewill. She’d spent this moment writing out the words he had spoken to her over a year before, the night they’d met. Now, from his viewpoint he could make out her every movement, even the words on her screen if he so desired. At least she’d had the sense to assign his character a fake name.

This was odd. Odd to see him at a time like that.

Hard not to find meaning in it.

Ye l l o w k n i f e was, of course, a very small town.

She flipped over the paperback resting on the vinyl-covered bench next to her right thigh, a novel he’d loaned her to read.

She remembered it clearly — the neural pathway cemented into place from frequent revisiting.

They’d been standing in the narrow hallway between their bedrooms. He’d said “You should read this,” like a fed-up shrink prescribing meds to a stubborn mental patient. Upon the dawn of the demise of their short-lived affair, or whatever it was, she’d deposited his copy on the crunchy pink carpet outside his bedroom door.

Her sentiments at the time: “You loaned this to me when we were still cool, but now we’re not, so it’s weird that I still have it. P.S I trust your taste in literature so I’m probably going to go buy it later and read it and think about

you while I’m reading it.” Based on their interactions before and after she’d returned the book, she guessed his interpretation of the gesture amounted to: “You think I loaned you this because I have feelings for you or whatever, but I don’t. How many times do I have to say it? Sometimes a book is just a book.”

The novel was a bit too obscure to appear on the shelves of the Yellowknife bookstore, but mainstream enough to special-order in. She’d planned to devour it as soon as it arrived, but instead, it had sat on her shelf for a year.

The timing had never felt right. It hadn’t been until the week before this peculiar day that she’d dared to commence the literary and

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She gathered he was there to meet a recent hire at the paper to do the old Good Samaritan Welcome Wagon. He spoke in a loud and forceful voice to the young man seated across from him, and to Vienna, it seemed he emphasized things she thought he’d think she’d find interesting, or funny, or endearing, though it’s hard to imagine a context in which Vienna

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wouldn’t find what Austin said to be interesting, funny, or endearing. And the volume of his voice — hardly proof that her presence had an impact on him, any more than if the aforementioned psychiatrist had run into his old patient and was finding it difficult to ignore the abundant evidence that her illness was still going untreated.

But these things only occurred to Vienna in retrospect. In the moment, Austin seemed to be throwing paper airplane love letters in her direction.

“The boss can be a bit of a dick at first.” He leaned back in his chair. “But he cools down after a while.”

His presence affected all of her senses and though he spoke as if he were addressing the room, only fragments made their way to her cotton-stuffed ears. She thought she heard something about a job offer. A possible new position starting in the summer?

That caused more panic. Was he leaving town?

Noooooo!

Then, as if he sensed her concern, he added that he could never see himself leaving this place.

That was a relief, for at that moment Vienna was holding strong to the same resolution. Leaving her hometown seemed impossible.

He must have suspected she was sitting there writing about him.

Had he been flattered by the recent Artist of the Week write-up done by one of his colleagues that mentioned she was writing a novel about “unrequited love”, or did it drive him insane knowing she was the type to be incredibly candid about everything?

“And it’s not always scintillating being a reporter in this town,” Austin confided.

“Oh, really?”

Undue consternation appeared on the new reporter’s face. If Vienna had had any desire to flirt with this fellow upon Austin’s departure —as part of some poorly thought out and inevitably self-destructive revenge plot — it vanished upon witnessing this unbecoming facial expression. Indigestion? Social anxiety?

“After this I’m heading back to the shop to write up a story about a dog.”

“Hmm,” replied the new writer.

Perhaps this gentleman didn’t have the word scintillating in his vocabulary, or maybe he lacked a sense of humour. Neither would come as a surprise as the newspaper had a reputation for taking whoever they could get. Austin was good, but he was an exception.

“I mean, I guess it’s a rescue dog,” said Austin, trying his best to make something of the conversation. “I’m sure it’ll be fun to hang out with him.”

But the new hire had gone mute.

“Never mind,” barked Austin, clearing his throat. “You’ll be fine.” Swallow. “You start Monday?”

“Yes, Monday,” the young reporter mustered.

There was the sound of a chair being pulled out, hands going into sleeves, and then nothing but a faint aroma.

When an appropriate amount of time had passed, Vienna shook out the tightness that had formed in various joints and limbs. In the midst of an exaggerated neck stretch, she took a good long look at the reporter Austin had left behind and confirmed something for herself. It wasn’t all writers. Just some writers.

Miranda Booth is a Whitehorse-based writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Frost to Frost... with Joan Norberg

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f you ate today, thank a farmer.

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Why should a person support a local farmer when the food they sell is often more expensive than what can be found in the grocery store? Such a question could be asked about supporting any local business, and farming is a business. Sure there is the wonderful lifestyle of living close to nature and the satisfaction of a job well done at the end of the day. But we wouldn’t expect a lawyer to take as compensation the satisfaction of a wrong being made right. Why then would we expect someone who provides something everyone is in need of to work for a minimal wage?

Recently I read an article written by an organic farmer in the U.S. Her article talked about how small farms are unsustainable economically, even though they are

sustainable ecologically. However, most of the “food movement” will agree that large, corporate farms are ecologically unsustainable, with the combined use of monocroping and chemicals.

The workers are usually interns who receive room and board along with their low weekly pay. Often there are unpaid workers known as “wwoofers” (willing workers on organic farms) who also work for room and board and the experience of learning to farm organically.

And then there are the farmers themselves.

The author went on to say that in addition to working on their farms, farmers often seek additional income by working off the farm, too. She concludes it should be possible for farmers to make their livings on the farm.

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Both Al and I work off the farm, too, which can be a juggling-act.

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Recently, after perhaps the 27th viewing of the sci-fi classic, he tried something new. He typed “Blade Runner scotch glass” in the search engine and there it was. At first he thought it was just pictures, then he found it at a prop-sales site: http://props.

steinschneider.com/blade_runner/square_glass/sq_glass.htm By this time the cost was irrelevant. The description surpassed any concerns over the glass’s substantial price tag — an almost four inch cube, weighing 20 oz. and holding over twelve ounces, it is a heavy work of hand-blown, Italian art crystal.

An order was placed for two of the precious items, and with that the event horizon had been achieved. The joining of the man and his perfect scotch glass was now inevitable.

UPS has an Internet package tracking service that allows you to see where your parcel is as it travels to you. It is agonizing to watch. At least twice everyday we checked on the progress. Three agonizing days to clear customs in an undisclosed location, then silence, then a delivery to again, an undisclosed post office somewhere in Canada. Is it Toronto, Vancouver, perhaps even Whitehorse?

Finally, the packaged arrived and was opened with some ceremony on a sunny Saturday afternoon when no obligations would threaten the moment. The glasses came in their own box labeled dramatically with “d Arolfo di Cambio design”, the stamp of the European manufacturer.

We opened a very special bottle of 18-year-old and the art-ofthe-distiller kissed the art-of-theglassblower as the golden liquid poured-into and covered the bottoms of the glasses.

Unlike Blade Runner, there was no flashing neon to be reflected in the myriad planes of crystal, just beams of welcome winter sun — beauty in a glass and of a glass.

The scotch in our house will now be treated only with the greatest of respect.

Denise L. Norman is a Yukon based writer and adventurer.

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They learned their moves in the Maritimes, but the beat is definitely Latin

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A classically-trained singer and songwriter, Desaulniers was a fixture on the local music scene in the early 1990s as lead vocalist of the energetic folk/rock/pop group, Inconnu. She had also developed a name for herself on the festival circuit and on CBC Radio.

After a medical condition forced her to take time off from performing, Desaulniers moved to Fredericton to pursue a postsecondary education, supporting herself by playing in a local nightspot.

That’s when the Latin dancing bug struck.

“I was doing a minor in Spanish and I really wanted to learn the culture,” she says. “I had a new boyfriend, so I said, ‘I’m taking classes, are you coming?’”

That boyfriend was Michel Morris, an Acadian from northern New Brunswick, who was not very keen on the idea at first.

“He forced himself to put up with it. Then once he got it, he loved it,” Desaulniers says of the man who is now her husband.

“We started doing dancing courses and stuff through the years, and we danced in a troupe.

And then we started teaching in New Brunswick.”

When the couple moved to Whitehorse, Desaulniers says, there wasn’t really a Latin dance scene, apart from the occasional underground party at PickaPeppa Restaurant on 2nd Avenue.

“So I said to Michel, ‘We’re going to have to teach again if we

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The growing popularity of Latin dancing in Whitehorse was on display at a Salsa Yukon event last year want something to happen.’ So we started teaching.”

That was in 2010. Since then, the couple has helped nearly 400 people get their groove on to such dances as Cuban-style salsa, merengue, and the Bachata (originally from the Dominican Republic), not to mention the Rueda de Casino, a Spanish round dance from Cuba where couples change partners.

Operating as Salsa Yukon, Desaulniers and Morris offer fall, winter, and spring sessions in Rueda de Casino (Thursdays) and both beginner and intermediate courses in salsa and “sexy Bachata” (Fridays) at the Leaping Feats studio in Riverdale.

The courses run for 6-7 weeks, with a monthly dance party at the Wheelhouse Restaurant for both students and guests (with DJ honours performed by ‘Miguel y Lucia’).

“We’ve also had a huge Latin party, where I put together a Latin band (El Fuego del Norte - literally, ‘Fire of the North’). That went really well, so we’ll be doing that again.”

So, what’s behind the apparent up-tick in social dancing?

“Because of the TV shows and the contests and stuff like that, people are dancing again. And it’s not only in Whitehorse, it’s everywhere. It’s becoming a thing to

do,” Desaulniers says.

But why does a style of dance so closely linked to tropical and subtropical climates appeal to people who live closer to the Arctic Circle than the Equator?

“Most of the people who live up here have travelled before,” Morris says.

“They’ve been to Cuba, they’ve been to places where they saw people salsa-dancing, and they think it’s cool. You listen to the music and you want to dance.”

Desaulniers and Morris, who both hold Masters degrees in education and are partners in a counselling service, say their dance students have ranged in age from 13 to more than 80, but are generally from their early 20s to late 50s.

“We have couples that come, and singles that come, and the singles meet other singles. We make a little family, and we dance together and have a great time,” Desaulniers says.

“It’s fun to do on a Friday night, to let your hair down.”

The next round of classes starts April 9 and 10. For more information, visit Salsa Yukon’s Facebook page.

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In the months since my most recent update to the community on Yukon College’s activities and achievements, I’m pleased to say we’ve moved rapidly ahead with two of our most exciting initiatives: the creation of a land-use plan for the area surrounding Ayamdigut Campus, and the evolution of the College into a university.

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In the fall of 2014 we asked you to dream big and help us envision what the new campus could look like. Your response during the Ideas Competition and at our Big Ideas public event in November, proved you are as excited as we are about the potential for innovative use of the reserve lands and intentional, planned growth of the campus. Thank you for your enthusiasm and your innovative ideas. The College has embarked on Phase 3 of the project, developing concepts that we’ll bring back to back to you for review and refinement by the end of March. To stay involved, please check in regularly at yukoncollege.yk.ca/DYC.

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In 2013 the College celebrated its 50th anniversary as a post-secondary institution, delivering education with a northern perspective. That same year the Government of Yukon asked us to take the first steps toward eventually becoming a university. Almost immediately, the College began the careful planning it will take to ensure success. College staff and directors interviewed leaders, educators and students from 60 national and international universities, particularly in the North, gathering advice and best practices.

One of the most important things we learned was that universities can no longer be all things to all people;

they must concentrate on a few areas of expertise and develop excellence within them. The College will focus on developing our expertise in the places we already excel, and where we’re recognized as among the vanguard in Canadian colleges: First Nations governance; climate change research and policy; and resource development. At the same time, job-ready diploma and certificate programs like the trades, business, health, and hospitality programming, to name a few, will continue to be an important part of the new university. We’re committed to providing a place and pathway for every learner, including those requiring college preparation, and those on community campuses, all of whom will have even better access to programs and research activities.

It took 50 years for the College to evolve from its beginnings in 1963 to the internationally recognized institution of today, and our evolution into a university won’t happen overnight.

Our implementation plan is in its early stages, but we’ve identified important milestones along the way.

In 2017 we’ll launch our first made-in-the Yukon postgraduate certificate and degree—a one-year program in Climate Change and Public Policy and a three-year Bachelor of Policy Studies in Indigenous Governance.

Stay posted on these and other developments by visiting yukoncollege.yk.ca/universityplanning.

There’s no doubt these are remarkable times at the College, and we hope you continue on this journey with us, every step of the way.

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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESSES YUKON COLLEGE’S FIRST MADE-IN-YUKON DEGREE In 2014, Yukon College announced a significant step in our evolution toward becoming a university: our first, made-in-Yukon degree. In the fall of 2017, the College will launch a three-year, Bachelor of Policy Studies in Indigenous Governance program. In addition, the College will offer a one-year, post-graduate certificate in Climate Change and Public Policy.

Student receives Board of Governors Award from Board Chair, Paul Flaherty

Degree programs are not new to the College. We currently co-deliver three degrees through partnerships with the University of Regina and the University of Alberta. They are Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Education. In 2014, 22 students graduated with these partner degrees.

The difference is, the new degree program and post-graduate certificate will be entirely developed in Yukon, building on expertise the College has solidified over several decades in First Nations governance and climate change research and policy. Together with resource development, these subject areas have been identified as part of the unique niche programming the College will focus on as a university.

The new programs will enable more Yukon students to stay at home while pursuing post-secondary studies with a uniquely northern perspective. At the same time, they will help attract national and international students with an interest in an education relevant not only to the Canadian North, but to the whole world in this time of rapid change.

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FAST FACTS 2013-2014 1,223 students in credit programming 8,302 registrations in continuing education and non-credit programming

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55 full-time international students 40 international students on study tours 1,505 students on community campuses 490 enrolled in courses delivered at a distance 22 degrees awarded 173 certificates, completion certificates and diplomas awarded

STUDENT SATISFACTION 91% of students were satisfied with the quality of instruction, 92% with course content, and 86% with support services at Yukon College 97% of students agreed that “Yukon College is a good learning environment”

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For 44 students at Yukon College, the financial burden is a little lighter thanks to the generosity of donors from across Yukon and beyond. Individual donors, community groups and businesses provided awards totaling $52,000 to students who exhibited commitment to their studies and academic success.

At an awards dinner hosted by the College in October 2014, students had the chance to thank their donors in person, and donors were able to see firsthand the powerful impact their contribution is having. The evening was immensely rewarding for everyone who attended.

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For students, the award application process has been streamlined, making it easier and less timeconsuming to apply. To learn more, visit yukoncollege. yk.ca/freemoney

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FULL-TIME CREDIT STUDENTS GET A FREE RIDE Once again in 2014-2105, full-time students enrolled in credit courses are getting a free ride on City of Whitehorse buses. After a hugely successful pilot project, the City of Whitehorse, Yukon College and the Student Union renewed a partnership that allows full-time student I.D. cards to be used as a bus pass for the academic year.

In the 2013-2014 academic year, more than 700 students participated in the program. The College, the Student Union and the City of Whitehorse contributed to covering the cost of the bus passes. The City extended transit service on the Takhini-Yukon College route to 10 pm, and found that overall, ridership increased over the previous year by 850 people.

The City of Whitehorse, Yukon College and the Student Union celebrate the bus pass initiative.

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Former Yukon College Student Union President Matt Landry said the union received considerable feedback from students about how important the transit initiative is to them. He affirmed the Student Union is committed to ensuring the initiative is sustainable in the long term.

Yukon College and Tr’öndek Hwëch’in in have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for the creation of a teaching and working farm on different sites in Tr’öndek Hwëch’in traditional territory.

The work will begin on a site that was a working farm in the early 1900s, known as Strachan’s Farm, located opposite the airport on the North Klondike Highway. The site’s name in the Hän language is Nänkäk nishi tr’ënòshe gha hëtr’ohoh’ay, or “land where we learn to grow our food”.

The land has reverted to its natural state, providing a clean slate for a newly designed farm that will incorporate indigenous plants and shrubs important to Tr’öndek Hwëch’in healing traditions, as well as fresh produce and other food staples grown in fields and greenhouses.

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A TEACHING AND WORKING FARM ON TR’ÖNDEK HWËCH’IN TRADITIONAL TERRITORY

Tr’öndek Hwëch’in hopes the project will create a healthy, healing, safe and rewarding “on-the-land” environment for its citizens, and preserve a way of life that is based upon an economic and spiritual relationship with the land. “Using our settlement land for the production of food has long been an objective of the First Nation,” said former Chief Eddie Taylor.

“Yukon College welcomes this opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Tr’öndek Hwëch’in and enhance their capacity to provide learning and training possibilities for their citizens,” said Dr. Karen Barnes, Yukon College President.

In addition to supporting Tr’öndek Hwëch’in goals, Yukon College hopes the project will assist in the research and development of innovative approaches to northern Yukon farming, and provide work experience for College students who might assist with operating the farm.

This spring, Tr’öndek Hwëch’in hopes to test the soil, prepare the land and plant root vegetables. It’s possible there will be a greenhouse on-site by the summer of 2016.

In the meantime, there’s much to be done: striking a steering committee, devising an operational plan, consulting with local farmers, Tr’öndek Hwëch’in citizens and other experts to ensure a sustainable operation. There are many hands to share the work. As former Chief Eddy Taylor noted when the MOU was announced, “A huge mähsi cho to everyone involved in making this dream a reality.”

CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM IN ROSS RIVER An innovative partnership between Yukon College, Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd., the Yukon Mine Training Association (YMTA) and Ross River Dena Council resulted in the delivery of an eight-week life and career-coaching program to 12 students in Ross River in the fall of 2014.

Staff at Yukon College’s Ross River campus spearheaded the project, with support from the Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining. Selwyn Chihong sponsored the $55,488 cost of the program, while Ross River Dena Council and Yukon College provided in-kind support.

“Selwyn Chihong is committed to local education and training, to helping our current employees advance in their careers, and to working with community residents to explore their career options,” said Richard Li, CEO at Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd.

The course, led by Yukon College instructor and YMTA careers coach Margot Neely, covered topics such as communications skills, computer literacy, professionalism and ethics, team work, problem solving, decision making, and worker rights and responsibilities. YMTA coaches worked with each participant to develop a training plan and explore career options in mining and related industries.

“The students are seen as very strong role models of the community and we wish them nothing but success,” said Verna Nukon, Ross River Dena Council .

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YUKON SOURDOUGH RENDEZVOUS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE Yukon College hosted the Community Challenge event again this year at Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous. It was a fabulous success, due in part to the warm temperatures and of course, team enthusiasm. Eleven teams of six people tested their mettle in such challenging events as smoosh-boarding, leg wrestling, tug-of-war and a breathtaking relay race.

And the results are in! Air North flew past all contenders to first place, the Student Union rallied for second, and the Yukon College First Nations Initiatives team snared third.

The ebullient Many Rivers squad was deemed Most Enthusiastic, the toothsome Pine Dental gang snapped up Best Dressed, and the City of Whitehorse crew, stalwart to the end, straggled in with the Red Lantern. Well done, teams!

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from water and reduce uptake in plant species. This, in turn, reduces risk to wildlife that live and feed in the area.

In other parts of Canada, constructed wetlands have proven to be low-maintenance, low-cost and to have high removal capacity. But very few have been tested and documented in northern environments, where conditions are cold and growing seasons short.

Drs. Stewart and Janin constructed eight laboratoryscale wetlands using locally harvested plant species and wetland substrate, and operated them under northern summer conditions for 14 weeks. Four wetlands were fed continuously with synthetic effluent containing levels of heavy metals consistent with predicted levels at mine closure. As a control, two wetlands were fed methanol as well as effluent, and two others, each containing a different northern plant species, were fed tap water.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY MINING INDUSTRY AND YUKON RESEARCH CENTRE COLLABORATE ON CONSTRUCTED WETLAND STUDY, AND THE NEWS IS GOOD This past summer the Yukon Research Centre (YRC) and Casino Mining Corporation collaborated on a promising applied research project that could result in effective removal of contaminants in mine effluent. Soil scientist Dr. Katherine Stewart and chemist Dr. Amelie Janin worked together on the project, which evaluated the ability of constructed wetlands to treat metalcontaminated mine drainage in a northern environment.

For Casino Mining, this is good news. The research will inform the Reclamation Plan of the proposed Casino Mine’s Tailings Management Facility, which aims to use constructed wetlands as a passive, longterm care solution for the treatment of open pit water overflow and tailings effluent.

“This project further reflects our commitment to using the highest possible standards and supporting innovation in mine remediation technologies in the North,” said Casino President Paul West-Sells.

Casino Mining Corporation and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada contributed funding to the project.

THE AGRIDOME: ONE SOLUTION TO NORTHERN FOOD SECURITY? Cold Climate Innovation at Yukon College is partnering with AgriArctic Yukon Inc. to develop and test the Agridome, a partially automated aeroponics greenhouse, designed to be compatible with renewable energy. If the Agridome is able to meet specific benchmarks, Agridome production centres could help northern communities grow fresh vegetables at an affordable cost, reducing reliance on food transported from the south.

Benchmarks identified by the research team: 1. Monthly power usage of less than 1,800 kwhr 2. Monthly water consumption of less than 5,000 L 3. Production of at least 9.0 kg of edible plant material a day 4. Less than 30 hours of labour per month to operate In a few years, Yukoners could be eating homegrown, affordable greens, beans, zucchini —all kinds of vegetables—all year round.

Constructed wetlands are complex, human-made wetlands where an effluent flows through a plant-soil matrix, and natural processes remove heavy metals

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EVERYBODY’S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER… …And Yukon College students from the MATH 105 (Introduction to Statistics) class are doing something about it. The class has partnered with the Yukon Research Centre to analyze the oldest weather data in Yukon history, collected from the White Pass and Yukon Route logbooks of 1902 to 1957. The historical data is being compared with more recent records kept by Environment Canada.

have become more extreme in their variation over the last century. This is vital information for Yukon communities, and College Math Instructor Mark Shumelda is already thinking about how to build on this year’s work. It’s possible next year’s students will work on future temperature predictions for Yukon communities, in collaboration with the Northern Climate ExChange at YRC.

The results suggest that temperatures in some Yukon communities have either increased significantly or

The weather analysts in MATH 105 are an excellent example of student involvement in key research.

participation in research seriously.

In 2013-2014 there were 59 registrations in courses with a significant research component, and 322 registrations in courses incorporating some aspects of research.

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f you peruse the 365 poems that make up the Tumblr feed from Lori Garrison’s latest poetry project, Today, In the News, you won’t find much in the way of introspection or outpourings of feeling from individual experiences. But you may find lines that resonate, even if you aren’t really into poetry.

That was Garrison’s main goal — to write poetry that is accessible to a wide audience. She likens modern poetry to country music:

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The final poem of Today, In the News found its way online on December 31, 2014.

Her first poem-free morning?

“I woke up, poured a double scotch, drank it, poured a black coffee, drank that, and went back to bed.”

Not surprisingly, Garrison’s new website can be found at beerswithhemingway.com.

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Do they change much in the editing process?

“Yes, definitely. My style changed quite a bit over the course of the year, and anyways, the original ones are all published on the web already. So the collection will include quite a bit of new material.”

She also printed some originals on canvas scrolls and sold them at a Christmas fair, ensuring their posterity.

Garrison says it was also a lesson in social media and marketing, and a reminder that “someone will always hate your work”.

She got mainly positive feedback though, gaining followings in her native Ontario as well as the Yukon and some surprising pockets in Germany, France, and China.

In addition to the poetry, Garrison is working on a collection of short fiction, a medium that

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Lori Garrison peers overtop of her Americano much of it is personal and emotional, in the vein of my-dog-diedmy-girl-left-and-I’m-sad. Knowing that readers need relevance, and knowing that thankfully not all of them find themselves in such an unfortunate position, she turned instead to the daily news for inspiration — an obvious choice given her background in journalism.

Oh, and she committed to writing and sharing publicly one poem a day for a whole year.

Yet, anyone involved in a creative field knows that inspiration doesn’t show up on a schedule.

This, it turns out, is the point — because deadlines do.

“I tried to start this project a couple times in 2013 and it never got off the ground, but by posting online, I couldn’t cheat,” explains Garrison.

“It didn’t matter how tired, hungover, or otherwise incapacitated I was, I had to write a poem.”

That practice is paying off.

Thanks to an Advanced Artist Award funded by Lotteries Yukon, she is now able to devote a considerable amount of time to the fairly imposing project of editing her poems into a collection, methodically working through last year’s creations one by one.

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From the Back Country with Jozien Keijzer

The Aishihik Rock Slide

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or three consecutive Sundays, my husband and I have been going to a place we both fell in love with. He found it when hunting for bison, and I knew the spot from hiking up to the tors along the Aishihik Road. We discovered the rockslide while being there.

Initially we liked the spot because if you have a vehicle that can handle a bit of off-road drivFind us on

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ing, you can drive right up to the foot of the mountain.

On the Alaska Highway coming from Whitehorse, before the Aishihik Road at the Otter Falls cutoff, look for kilometer 1542. Somewhere past that post, turn right, into a bush road going north, perpendicular to the highway. At the power line, turn left, and proceed west. Not far from here is an overgrown firebreak. This has a bush road at the west side going north again (another right turn). Follow that to the end and voila: the mountain.

First Sunday.

As snow is still sparse, I hike straight up, following tracks, following stories. I come by a kill site with bits of rabbit fur, drops of blood and this “fist-sized” thing.

It is bloody and smells awful.

I slide it in my pocket. Yes, I do things like that. At home I will look at it to find out what it is.

Higher up, I see sheep and signs of sheep. The hillside has been grazed and there are lots of droppings. There are intriguing rock outcrops for them to hide in-between. The brown gneiss is full of weathered holes and little caves.

The sheep move away before I can get close to them. It is here I look down and see a story on a bigger scale — a rockslide to the west.

The Aishihik rockslide, I subsequently learn, is an old one, an early Holocene event that occurred after the end of the last period of glaciation. As thin lake sediments and shorelines overlie parts of the landslide, we know it happened approximately 30,000 and 10,000 years ago.

This is according to Yukon Geological Survey geologists, who investigated the site in 2004 — freshly disturbed soil and vegetation

suggest continued instability.

Second Sunday.

Still with little snow, I set off to explore the rockslide itself. Soon, I am among a jumble of housesized boulders, which I learn later, are composed of gneissic rocks — a magical world of snow, ice, and rock. In the snow-free crevasses, I find dry, fragrant ferns and prickly saxifrage.

I spot a perfect vantage point higher up. No matter what line I pick to reach that spot, I either slide down in crevasses where it would be impossible to climb back up, or I pull myself up out of a place where it would be impossible to go back down. I decide to let go of my goal and turn towards the hillside I was on last week. Even that seems impossible at first, but soon everything becomes friendlier. I pass a rabbit trail, a lovely poplar grows out of a crack, and only too soon, I am again on grassy, snowy slopes.

Third Sunday.

Exploring the rockslide itself proves a little tricky in winter, and this week, with a lot more snow, I walk along the bottom of the slide on snowshoes. The bottom lies in a spruce forest of large trees. Planning to circumvent it, of course, I find myself climbing up the rocks again; the rocks at the bottom are overgrown with vegetation, crooked poplars, and lone spruces. My old metal army snowshoes prove handy to bridge the sub-angular boulders. Now, I find myself in the middle of the slide. It is laid out like the fingers of a spread-open hand reaching down into the forest.

The thing in my pocket? Yes, it was rabbit guts.

I thank Panya Lipovsky, a surficial geologist at Yukon Geological

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A larger subangular gneiss boulder in the rockslide

The gneissic rocks creates good places for the sheep to hide

PHOTOS: Jozien Keijzer

This is the view from the looking over the slide to the sidescarp on the west

p Photo credit: Government of Yukon/Rich Wheater

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Brave New Works

Zoe Verhees (left) and Mellisa Murray are co-artistic directors of Brave New Works; the little fella is photobombing

Variety show gives artists platform to perform

by Miranda Booth

N

ostalgia: sometimes it’s bitter, sometimes it’s sweet, and sometimes… it’s bagpipes. Brave New Works (BNW), the annual Whitehorsebased multidisciplinary performing arts collective, is back with a new theme. This year, the variety show is wistfully looking to the past with dance, photography, spoken word & mixed media, rap, poi, ukulele, and — you guessed it — bagpipes.

Co-artistic directors Zoe Verhees and Mellisa Murray bring you Brave New Works: Nostalgia on Friday and Saturday nights, March 20 and the 21 at the Old Fire Hall.

And not to worry, they will provide earplugs.

Verhees and Murray studied dance together at York University in Toronto, but the roots of their long-term friendship and creative partnership go much deeper. Both born-and-raised in Whitehorse, the pair met while attending Leaping Feats dance studio as preteens. They first took advantage of BNW’s performance opportunity during high school and went on to participate in the show for over 10 years. Last season, the chance to dive into some production work piqued their interests when the former artistic director, Lauren Tuck, was looking to pass BNW into new hands.

With last year’s show under their belts, the co-artistic directors are confident in their roles, which involve grant writing, carrying out the submission process, coordinating, stage managing, and performing — all of which they fit around their day jobs.

Verhees is a child and youth support worker. One day, she hopes to incorporate dance therapy into her career.

Murray teaches dance and is a bookkeeper and administrator at Leaping Feats. She’s also a new mom and brings her baby, Tatum, with her everywhere — even to interviews.

Despite all the hard work,

Verhees and Murray say they are lucky to be doing what they love. They are well aware that the funding and support available to Yukon artists, along with the close-knit artistic community, make their home territory a very special place.

“If we had stayed in Toronto and tried to do this, there’s no way it would be possible,” says Verhees.

To Verhees and Murray, the need for a show like BNW is obvious. For one thing, their own local performance opportunities petered off after they graduated.

“There are a couple of dance studios, but they’re mostly youthbased,” says Murray. The pair also sees the need to provide a platform for local professional artists to experiment.

“Because it’s all new work that’s being shown, it’s a chance for artists to play and to create stuff that maybe they wouldn’t normally create if they had the pressure of doing a full show,” says Verhees.

The show will be broken into three parts allowing time for audience feedback after each section.

Come prepared to provide constructive criticism, and of course, compliments galore.

This season’s call for submissions was held before Christmas and produced a large number of responses. Verhees’s and Murray’s own pieces bring the total number of performers to 12, five returning and seven new.

“Last year the theme was “Red” and people had to think harder,” says Murray. “But this year, just saying “Nostalgia” everyone was like ‘Bing bing bing! I have so many ideas.’”

“Everyone feels nostalgic about something, whether good or bad,” adds Verhees.

Brave New Works: Nostalgia is playing Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 7:00 at the Old Fire Hall (1105 Front St.) Tickets are $15 in advance, available for

purchase at 38 Famous Video in Riverdale, from any of the artists participating in the show, or by emailing bravenewworksyt@ gmail.com. Tickets are also available at the door for $20.

Doors open at 6:30. Arrive early to take in the pre-show dance-installation and hit the bar (sponsored by Yukon Circus Society).

Miranda Booth is a lifelong northerner and writer, currently selling out her hometown of Yellowknife for all the glitz and glamour of Whitehorse. Happy to have finally discovered the perfect environment for working on her first novel, she doesn’t plan on leaving any time soon.

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Old Cabin in Space

THE COMMISSIONER’S AWARDS

by Joslyn Kilborn

Call for spring 2015 nominations for: • Public Volunteer Service • Bravery Nomination forms are available from the Commissioner’s Office or www.commissioner.gov.yk.ca

Nominations are due in the Commissioner’s Office by 4:30 p.m. on March 31, 2015.

PHOTO: Joslyn Kilborn

Spaceship to be

O

ver the spring break for Whitehorse schools, the open art studio, Splintered Craft, will be filming a music video.

By no means a small undertaking, the community studio — a Skookum Jim Friendship Centre program — is pulling in all the help it can get, which means everyone is welcome to pitch in.

They began with an open call for aspiring filmmakers to join them in a brainstorming session.

I sat in, and got to be in on the ground floor as the music video took shape through our ideas. I even got to offer one: the robots should look like they’re fighting, but really they’re dancing…

The end result is going to be an original music video; Yukon favourites Old Cabin are generously donating one of their songs for the project.

Every part of the music video will be conceptualized, designed, built, performed, and filmed by artists in the community, utilizing their diverse skill-sets.

The music video that Whitehorse built.

The brainstorming session was

energetic and inclusive; almost everyone’s ideas were somehow woven in. After two hours, with a short juice-box break, we had our concept.

Here it is: Two young artists will walk into Splintered Craft where Jona Barr from Old Cabin (who helps run Splintered Craft in real life) will be some sort of evil villain. He’ll show the artists the back room, which — surprise — is actually a wormhole. The artists will find themselves sucked through a series of various other worlds in a spaceship that is being built out of cardboard at Splintered Craft right now.

These artists-turned-pilots will be sucked into a robot world, a cartoon world, and a reverse world, before they have learned what they need to make it back to Earth.

Each dimension will allow for plenty of inventive set-and-costume design.

The music video will also feature Yukon Educational Theatre’s Yeti effigy — before it’s scorched at Burning Away the Winter Blues on March 21.

Mail, email or fax nominations to: Commissioner’s Advisory Committee 412 Main Street, Whitehorse, Y1A 2C6 Tel. : 867-667-5121 Fax: 867-393-6201 Communities : 1-800-661-0408 ext. 5121 Email : commissioner@gov.yk.ca

We’re still unsure which world the Yeti will show up in.

Set-up will be the priority until March 20. Drop by to help with set or costume design.

Filming will take place the second week, from March 23 to 27, with Splintered Craft dedicating all of their open hours (noon – 8 p.m. each weekday) to the music video.

Friday, April 3 will be the big reveal.

Splintered Craft will host a show, screening the new music video in all its glory. Old Cabin and Sarah MacDougall will perform.

There will also be a cake contest.

This event will have a by-donation admission fee and will double as a fundraiser for Skookum Jim’s teen parent centre, to give six girls grad dresses — a program that recently saw its funding cut.

Help and participation are welcome at all stages of production — if you show up during filming you might just get cast as a robot.

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Tue, Mar 24 Step n Strong 7:00 PM Robert Service School 867-993-2520 For more information email: getrealfit(at) me.com Wed, Mar 25 Zumba with Katie Pearse 5:30 PM Robert Service School 867-9935370 Join the Zumba craze with this Latininspired workout!

Wed, Mar 25 Dark Room Club 6:00 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture *paper available for purchase. For more information or to participate:please contact Rebekah at bekmiller1234@gmail.com Wed, Mar 25 Adult Tap: Intro Level 6:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture It’s Back! Adult Tap! With Terrie Turai. New tap shoes included in cost of Intro level course.

Wed, Mar 25 Adult Tap: Level 2 7:30 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture It’s Back! Adult Tap! With Terrie Turai. Level 2 course for returning tappers.

Wed, Mar 25 CFYT Trivia 8:00 PM The Billy Goat A fundraiser for CFYT local radio.

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Thu, Mar 26 Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race 12:00 AM Dawson City Visitor Information Centre 993-3470 The Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race began in 1977 to honour Percy DeWolfe, who courageously carried mail by dog team, horse and boat between Dawson City, YT and Eagle, AK, from 1910 and 1949 Thu, Mar 26 Hatha Yoga with Joanne VanNostrand 5:45 PM KIAC Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 867-993-5185 To confirm a scheduled class, email yogawithjoanne@me.com, 24 hours in advance. Cancellations will be emailed to registered students in advance.

Faro

Wed, Mar 18 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Mar 18 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Mar 18 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Mar 18 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Mar 18 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Mar 18 Kids Floor Hockey 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 11 and under, equipment provided if needed Wed, Mar 18 Faro Youth Hockey Skate Lessons 4:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Wed, Mar 18 Public Skate 5:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Wed, Mar 18 Adults Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 12+, equipment provided if needed Thu, Mar 19 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Faro Youth Hockey 3:15 PM Father Rigaud Arena Thu, Mar 19 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.

Thu, Mar 19 Old-Timers Hockey 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Thu, Mar 19 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Playgroup 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Mar 20 Kids Games 3:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 6-11. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Mar 20 Family Skate 3:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Fri, Mar 20 Kids in the Kitchen Cooking Program 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Mar 20 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Fri, Mar 20 Public Skate 5:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Fri, Mar 20 Seniors Fitness class 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Youth Games 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Ages 12-18. Please register at the rec centre.

Fri, Mar 20 12+ Sticks and Pucks 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Sat, Mar 21 Faro Kettle Cafe 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Sat, Mar 21 Public Skate 2:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Sat, Mar 21 Youth Skate 7:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Sun, Mar 22 Faro Church of Apostles Mass 10:00 AM Church of Apostles Sun, Mar 22 Faro Bible Chapel Sunday Service 10:30 AM Faro Bible Chapel 9942442 with Pastor Ted Baker 994-2442 Sun, Mar 22 Family Sticks and Pucks 1:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Sun, Mar 22 Public Skate 3:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Mon, Mar 23 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Mon, Mar 23 Faro Youth Hockey 3:15 PM Father Rigaud Arena Mon, Mar 23 Old-Timers Hockey 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena

Foundation Year Program

Tue, Mar 24 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Tue, Mar 24 Family Skate 3:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Tue, Mar 24 Faro Kettle Cafe 4:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Hosted by the Faro Youth Group.

Tue, Mar 24 Badminton 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Tue, Mar 24 Public Skate 5:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena Tue, Mar 24 Tai Chi Faro 6:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre With Lucy Moreira, Free Drop In Meet at the Youth Lounge Wed, Mar 25 Faro Glee Club 1:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Mar 25 Parent & Tot Story Time 11:00 AM Faro Community Library For Babies to age 4. Stories & crafts will be provided Wed, Mar 25 Play Group 2:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Mar 25 Kids in Action Store 3:00 PM Del Van Gorder School Wed, Mar 25 Faro Youth Hockey Skate Lessons 4:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Wed, Mar 25 Kids Floor Hockey 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 11 and under, equipment provided if needed Wed, Mar 25 Archery 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 994-2375 farorecreation@faroyukon.ca Wed, Mar 25 Public Skate 5:00 PM Father Rigaud Arena Wed, Mar 25 Adults Floor Hockey 7:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre 12+, equipment provided if needed Thu, Mar 26 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Faro Youth Hockey 3:15 PM Father Rigaud Arena Thu, Mar 26 Environment Club 3:45 PM Del Van Gorder School Thu, Mar 26 Basketball 4:30 PM Faro Recreation Centre All ages and abilities welcome.

Thu, Mar 26 Zumba 7:00 PM Faro Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Old-Timers Hockey 7:30 PM Father Rigaud Arena farorecreation@faroyukon.ca

Haines Junction

Wed, Mar 18 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Thu, Mar 19 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Mar 19 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School Sun, Mar 22 St Christopher’s Church Service 10:30 AM St Christopher’s Church 867-634-2360 Licensed Lay Leader: Lynn De Brabandere Mon, Mar 23 Fitness Classes - Pilates & Yoga 5:15 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Mar 24 Southern Tutchone Classes 12:00 PM Da Ku Cultural Centre Tue, Mar 24 Takhini Family Game Night 7:00 PM Takhini Hall Wed, Mar 25 Kindermusik 10:30 AM St Elias Convention Centre geared towards children ages 2-3 accompanied by an adult.

Any preschool child is welcome to attend (0-5) Wed, Mar 25 Open Mic Night 7:00 PM St Elias Convention Centre Thu, Mar 26 Elders’ Tea & Fitness Lunch 11:00 AM Mun Ku Thu, Mar 26 Adult Soccer 7:30 PM St. Elias Community School

Marsh Lake

Wed, Mar 18 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Mar 18 Beginner Bellydance lessons Marsh Lake Community Association 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

Fri, Mar 20 Dinner at the Jackalope 6:00

PM Marsh Lake Community Association Reservations welcome. Steak/Rib Nights last Friday of each month Fri, Mar 20 Drop-in Basketball 7:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Sat, Mar 21 Tot Program 10:00 AM Marsh Lake Community Association Sun, Mar 22 Badminton Drop-in 11:30 AM Marsh Lake Community Association 6604999 All welcome Tue, Mar 24 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Mar 24 South of 6 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Tue, Mar 24 North of 60 Cafe 2:00 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Mar 25 Adult Basic Fitness 6:30 PM Marsh Lake Community Association Wed, Mar 25 Beginner Bellydance lessons Marsh Lake Community Association 335-9625 followed by hot apple cider and refreshments.

Mayo

Wed, Mar 18 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Mar 18 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Mar 18 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Mar 19 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Mar 19 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Mar 19 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Fri, Mar 20 Elementary drop in gym night 5:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night Fri, Mar 20 Dinner and a movie night 5:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 dinner and a movie night Fri, Mar 20 High School drop in gym night 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 drop in gym night for high school kids Sun, Mar 22 St. Mary’s Church Service 11:00 AM St Mary’s Church (867)667-7746 Mon, Mar 23 Yoga in Mayo 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre Yoga in the Mayo community hall, every Monday in the summer.

Tue, Mar 24 Boys’ basketball practice 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Come play basketball over lunch!

Tue, Mar 24 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Tue, Mar 24 Under 12 Kung Fu 6:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 junior martial arts Tue, Mar 24 Drop in badminton 7:00 PM Mayo Community Centre 996-2317 drop in badminton Tue, Mar 24 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey Tue, Mar 24 Kung Fu for teens and adults 8:30 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 martial arts for teens and adults Wed, Mar 25 Soccer K to Grade 3 12:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 School Gym Wed, Mar 25 Drop in Basketball 7:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Mayo School Gym Wed, Mar 25 Drop in Volleyball 8:00 PM J.V. Clark School 996-2317 Drop in volleyball Thu, Mar 26 Youth Ice Hockey 5:30 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 youth hockey Thu, Mar 26 Draw curling night 7:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 Draw curling Thu, Mar 26 Ice Hockey 8:00 PM Mayo Hockey Arena 996-2317 hockey

Mt. Lorne

Wed, Mar 18 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Mar 19 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

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Community EVENTS...CONT’D Fri, Mar 20 Learning Lions Homeschoolers Get Together 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083 Tue, Mar 24 Taking Care of Our Energy Fields and Chakras Course 6:30 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre 6677083 Ruth Lera, Certified Quantum Touch Practitioner, Healing Touch Practitioner and Certified Meditation Instructor will guide participants.

Wed, Mar 25 Kids Craft time 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Thu, Mar 26 Playgroup for parents 3:00 PM Lorne Mountain Community Centre Agnes 667-7083

Old Crow

Thu, Mar 19 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Sun, Mar 22 St. Luke’s Church Service 11:00 AM St. Lukes Church 867-993-5381 Mon, Mar 23 Volleyball & Floor Hockey Night 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center Saniz 966-3238 Thu, Mar 26 Adult Night at the Youth Centre 7:00 PM Old Crow Community Center

Tagish

All events held at the Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 or 399-3407 Wed, Mar 18 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Mar 18 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Wed, Mar 18 Cruizers Concession Coffee & Chat 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Mar 18 Foot and Wellness Clinic 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Mar 18 Tagish Community Association meeting 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Agenda posted at tagish.ca Thu, Mar 19 Osteofit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Mar 19 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Mar 19 Catch Kids Club 2:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Mar 19 Beer Wings Games 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Sat, Mar 21 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Sat, Mar 21 Music Jam 2:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Everyone is welcome to come and play, or enjoy!

Tue, Mar 24 Nordic Walking 1:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Mar 25 Library and Treasures Thrift Shop 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre Wed, Mar 25 Tagish Library 12:00 PM Tagish Community Centre 399-3418 Thu, Mar 26 Osteofit 10:00 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Mar 26 Carpet Bowling 11:15 AM Tagish Community Centre 399-3407 Thu, Mar 26 Catch Kids Club 2:30 PM Tagish Community Centre Thu, Mar 26 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Tagish Community Centre

Teslin

Wed, Mar 18 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Mar 18 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Mar 19 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Sun, Mar 22 Seniors Carpet Bowling 1:00 PM Teslin Rec Center Mon, Mar 23 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Tue, Mar 24 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School Wed, Mar 25 Card Games for Seniors 1:00 PM Teslin Seniors Complex Wed, Mar 25 Archery 3:30 PM Teslin School Thu, Mar 26 Youth Badminton 3:30 PM Teslin School

Watson Lake

Thu, Mar 19 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Mar 19 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Mar 21 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sat, Mar 21 Saturday Night Social 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Sun, Mar 22 St. John’s Church Service 10:00 AM St. John’s Church Service (867) 536-2932 Mon, Mar 23 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Tue, Mar 24 Ladies Time Out Breakfast 8:30 AM Dragon’s Den Hotel Cynthia Armstrong 536-7239 Thu, Mar 26 Help and Hope Drop in for Moms and Kids 1:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Crafts and Activities together!

Thu, Mar 26 Watson Lake: Hot Yoga 6:30 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Girls Night Youth group 7:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Watson Lake: Zumba 8:00 PM Watson Lake Recreation Centre

Skagway

Wed, Mar 18 Back/Hip Yoga: Level 2 w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Back/Hip Yoga & Myofascial release 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Stretch & Breathe: All Levels w/Jeanne 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 TRX Suspension Training w/Katherine 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Stretch & Breathe with Jeanne 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 18 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Basketball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 19 Stick and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Gentle Yoga w/Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Gentle Yoga: All Levels w/ Jasmine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 SPIN/Yoga w/Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Spinning/Yoga Level 1 w/ Courtney 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Fri, Mar 20 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Mar 21 Spinning w/Cindy 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Sat, Mar 21 Skagway Ski Club Saturdays 11:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Meet at the Skagway Rec. Center by 11 a.m. and car pool up to Log Cabin. Local instructor Leslie Martin will be providing lessons for kids starting about 11:45 a.m Sun, Mar 22 Piano Sundays 1:00 PM Skagway Public Library Come to the

library to listen or play...its the one time you won’t be shushed for making noise!

Sun, Mar 22 TRX Suspension Training w/Abby 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Mar 23 Restorative Yoga: All Level w/Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Mar 23 Vinyasa Yoga: Level 1 w/ Courtney 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Mar 23 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Mar 23 Soccer for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Mon, Mar 23 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Spinning w/Tom & Courtney 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Dance Fusion w/Charity 6:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Baseball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Basketball for Adults 7:00

PM Skagway Recreation Centre Tue, Mar 24 Chair and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Back/Hip Yoga: Level 2 w/ Katherine 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Back/Hip Yoga & Myofascial release 10:00 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Stretch & Breathe: All Levels w/Jeanne 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 TRX Suspension Training w/Katherine 4:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Stretch & Breathe with Jeanne 5:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Spinning w/Cindy 5:30 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Wed, Mar 25 Spinning w/Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Breathing with Rain 10:15 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 SR weights with Rain 10:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Spinning Xpress w/Charity 12:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre

Upcoming Spring Courses Professional Development Project Management Essentials: Part 1

This course is specifically designed for new project managers or those without previous formal project management training.

April 20–22 | Mon–Wed | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20582 | $950 + GST

Project Management Essentials: Part 2

This course is a continuation of Part 1. You receive more advanced project management skill development based on the theory and fundamentals of the PMI framework.

May 11–12 | Mon–Tues | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20584 | $950 + GST

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Preparation

This workshop prepares you to write the PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam and provides the required educational credits for new applications.

May 25–29 | Mon–Fri | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20585 | $1899 + GST

Managing Project Teams and Stakeholders

Learn how to motivate teams, delegate, organize, problem solve, sell ideas, obtain information, report on performance, manage organizational transition, and implement ideas.

Apr 23–24 | Thur–Fri | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20586 | $950 + GST

Project Risk Management

Learn how to identifying risks, analyze their potential impact to the organization or project, and establish procedures for monitoring, controlling, and reporting on risks.

May 13–14 | Wed–Thur | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20587 | $950 + GST HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES

Strategic HR Management Fundamentals

Learn strategic HR planning techniques, the roles and functions of an HR department, and how organizational structures and position descriptions will boost the effectiveness of every workplace.

Apr 10 & 17 | Fri | 9am–4pm | CRN 20537 | $395 + GST

Employee Recruitment and Selection

Learn how to select new employees, develop position descriptions, screen applications, generate questions and interview candidates, use grading/rating systems and check references.

Apr 24 & May 1 | Fri | 9am–4pm | CRN 20539 | $395 + GST

BOOKKEEPING & ACCOUNTING

Bookkeeping Fundamentals Level 1

Designed specifically for those with little or no bookkeeping experience: how to set up journals, ledgers, credit/debit notes, prepare a trial balance, income statement and balance sheet, fiscal period-end, bank reconciliation and closing adjustments.

Apr 7–28 | Tues & Thur | 6:30pm–9:30pm | CRN 20403 | $299 + GST

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Thu, Mar 26 Spinning with Emily 5:45 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Basketball for Adults 7:00 PM Skagway Recreation Centre Thu, Mar 26 Stick and Mat Pilates w/ Katherine 8:30 AM Skagway Recreation Centre

Topics include: project allocation and budget designing, building and entering opening balances into a Chart of Accounts, bank and credit card set up and reconciliation, and advanced payroll including deductions and adjusting entries.

Apr 10–12 | Fri–Sun | Fri 6:30pm–9:30pm / Sat & Sun 9am–4pm CRN 20402 | $259 + GST

Technical topics include: how to print and preview the workbook, move and resize charts, insert screenshots, sort by single-level and multi-level data, and modify and delete named ranges.

Apr 13–22 | Mon & Wed | 6:30pm–9:30pm | CRN 20536 | $229 + GST

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Effective Resume Building and Interview Skills Transform your resume into a powerful marketing tool and learn effective job interview tips and strategies under the guidance of HR expert Rita Koeller.

Apr 13 & 15 | Mon & Wed | 6:30pm–9pm | CRN 20554 | $125 + GST

Professional Minute-Taking

Establish yourself as the minute-taking expert in your organization and learn how to take this in-demand expertise to a professional level.

Apr 24 | Fri | 9am–4pm | CRN 20555 | $195 + GST

Lead Successful Meetings

Topics include: pre-planning, agendas, facilitation, managing the differences and decisions, conflict and action planning.

This course is a must for any manager or supervisor.

Apr 13–16 | Mon–Thur | 6pm–9pm | CRN 20498 | $379 + GST

Tools for Navigating Difficult Conversation

Differences in opinion, needs and perspectives happen every day. Learn simple and achievable tools to support making a difficult conversation into a constructive conversation.

Mar 26 | Thur | 9am–4pm | CRN 20578 | $225 + GST

Setting Boundaries

Learn to define your own physical, emotional, mental and spiritual boundaries. Develop an easy-to-use tool to communicate assertive and appropriate limits, needs and consequences.

Apr 9 | Thur | 9am–4pm | CRN 20579 | $225 + GST CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Mediation Skills Level 1

Prerequisite: Foundations of Collaborative Conflict Resolution This course introduces you to the concepts, skills and techniques needed to mediate disputes. The emphasis is on skill development through simulated mediations assisted by trained coaches.

Mar 23–25 | Mon–Wed | 8:30am–4:30pm | CRN 20200 | $600 + GST

Dealing with Anger

Prerequisite: Foundations of Collaborative Conflict Resolution This course presents theory, skills and approaches for managing your own angry feelings and responding to anger in others.

Apr 27–29 | Mon–Wed | 8:30am–4:30pm | CRN 20202 | $600 + GST

Resolving Conflict on the Frontline: Demonstrating Leadership at Work

Prerequisite: Foundations of Collaborative Conflict Resolution, and Negotiations Skills Level 1 Gain knowledge and skills for assessing workplace conflict, determining whether a collaborative process or a more formal intervention process is needed and choosing the best intervention approach.

Apr 14–16 | Tues–Thur | 8:30am–4:30pm | CRN 20201 | $600 + GST

Lead Yourself First: Demonstrating Leadership at Work

In this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of your personal leadership style and its impact on others to lead more effectively in your organization.

May 11–13 | Mon–Wed | 9am–4:30pm | CRN 20203 | $600 + GST

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What’s my Retirement “Number”?

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how everyone needs to hit a certain “number” before they can retire comfortably — a number that is, frankly, intimidating to many Canadians. Is it true?

First of all, your so-called “number” or retirement savings threshold won’t come from a simple formula. Contrary to what some may think, the same number doesn’t apply to everyone and will likely change as our lives evolve. Also, we all have different lifestyle goals for our retirement years.

Some want to spend their later years travelling the world, others want to stay at home and tend the garden, and yet others plan to work at a job they love indefinitely. In each case, different savings are required and a number of variables, ranging from spousal contributions to your health status, can impact the amounts needed.

Advocates of the “number” often refer to a 2010 C.D. Howe study that suggested most Canadians who want to retire at age 65 and replace 70% of their working incomes, must save 10%-21% of pretax earnings every year for 35 years. That can be a daunting goal for many people who find it challenging to save even 10% of their paycheque each year. As others have since pointed out, a 70% income replacement goal is a “gold standard” and many can be quite comfortable having 50%-60% of their income in retirement.

That said, smart savings and investment choices today are critical to ensuring you have access to a secure post-retirement income.

It is also true the longer you delay saving for retirement, the more money you will need to set aside in later years. So, how do you take the first step toward figuring out what your retirement savings goal should be?

Working with an advisor can help. Rather than worry about achieving a single large number, an advisor will take a structured approach to figuring out what you need to be comfortable at various points in your life. His or her questions will range from “How will I generate income in retirement?” to “How will inflation and taxes affect my lifestyle?”

To figure out what you need to save now, an advisor will help create a customized plan to reduce your risk for the years to come. For many, the simplest step is to open an RRSP or TFSA, and apply a structured approach saving a little each month.

Your advisor should also help educate you on managing money after or as you near retirement. It is important, for example, to understand the impact of inflation and identify safe withdrawal rates that account for today’s longer life-spans. As you age, your advisor should also help you avoid high risks, and keep investment costs and taxes low.

To create your own investment strategy, speak with an advisor to begin taking small steps toward your future retirement or other life goals.

Dodge, David A., Alexandre Laurin, and Colin Busby. “The Piggy Bank Index: Matching Canadians’ Saving Rates to Their Retirement Dreams.” C.D. Howe Institute e-brief No. 95. March 2010.

Edward Jones, Member Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

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Active Interest LISTINGS Wed, Mar 18 Lunchtime Yoga 12:10 PM Shanti Yoga 867-456-7123 Learn to breathe, stretch and relax! Use back entrance of Hawkins House No experience required all are welcome Wed, Mar 18 Hand to Hand - Level 2&3 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Mar 18 Staff/Jo with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Wed, Mar 18 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Wed, Mar 18 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Thu, Mar 19 Velocity range practice 4:00 PM Biathlon Range Thu, Mar 19 Savaté (French Kick Boxing) 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo 3354500 Fri, Mar 20 Hand to Hand - Level 1 (lunch class) with Gael 11:30 AM Aikido Yukon Dojo Fri, Mar 20 Golden Horn Judo 3:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary Fri, Mar 20 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Fri, Mar 20 38th Annual Yukon Native Hockey Tournament Canada Games Centre

Sun, Mar 22 Dog Powered Sports Association Race 12:00 AM Muktuk Adventures Sun, Mar 22 Ultimate Frisbee 5:30 PM Canada Games Centre 668-6517 Come out and play some frisbee. All levels are welcome.

Sun, Mar 22 Drop In Badminton 7:00 PM Takhini Elementary School Newcomers are welcome For more information: birdiebash@gmail.com Sun, Mar 22 Badminton 7:30 PM Golden Horn Elementary For more information: gh_bad@live.ca Mon, Mar 23 Hand to Hand - Level 1&2 with Gael 6:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Mar 23 Sword/Bokken with Gael 7:00 PM Aikido Yukon Dojo Mon, Mar 23 Yukon Roller Girls Team Practice 7:00 PM Elija Smith Elementary School 30 minutes off skate work followed

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Walk the Walk With KATTS…

by Gabriela Sgaga

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re you a Dawsonite who enjoys following maintained trails for hiking, biking, and skiing? Then you have KATTS to thank for giving you what you enjoy.

The Klondike Active Transport and Trails Society is a Dawson City-based, not for profit organization whose mandate includes “the development and promotion of a network of non-motorized recreational trails in the Klondike in order to promote healthy, safe and spiritually rewarding outdoor activities.”

The idea for KATTS arose in 2006 after the Yukon Government cut a fireguard above the last residential street, 8th Avenue, in Dawson City.

A group of locals saw the potential for part of the fireguard to become a formalized hiking trail.

“Even though there were some trails around, and some people were using them, there were no formal trails in the Dawson area,” says Cathie Findlay-Brook, one of the founding members and president of KATTS. She says the group felt that more of the community would get outside and be active if they were provided with safe and organized trails.

And so, in 2006, KATTS, a tongue-in-cheek acronym to counter all the sled dogs in the area, was formed.

“The people involved in KATTS want to spend time doing outdoor activities they are passionate about,” says Findlay-Brook, an avid cross country skier.

“They put their energies into that passion” in order to provide opportunity for others to do the same, she says.

With Community Development and National Trails Coalition funding and various partnerships throughout the community, the Ninth Avenue Trail, stretching from the south to the north end of town, was completed in three years.

Throughout, KATTS provided employment and skills training to youth. Alex Brook, Findlay-Brook’s partner and project manager for KATTS, oversaw the building of the Ninth Avenue Trail and mentored 64 youth, ranging from 12 to 29 years old, during its construction.

Once the trail was finished, yearly maintenance was awarded to KATTS by the City of Dawson, allowing summer employment on an annual basis for two to three Dawson youth.

“We want to instill pride in young people and the community in the trails across the community,” says Alex Brooks. “(The kids) get out, do healthy work and get paid for it.”

KATTS has also been involved in other trail work. Summer projects

involving youth and volunteers were done in Tombstone Park, both on the Goldensides Trail and the North Klondike Trail.

They have also worked on the Discovery Claim Trail, a few kilometres outside of town, built part of the Trans Canada Trail from Hunker Summit to Flat Creek, and added a trail by the new dog park in the north end of Dawson.

For the most part, KATTS has done summer and fall work. But recently, the group decided that they needed to do winter work as well.

“The darkness of winter causes depression,” says Findlay-Brook.

“I love getting people outside because I believe it will help.”

Looking around, the society saw the potential to make formal ski trails out of some existing trails on Moose Mountain, Dawson’s local ski hill.

“Before it was just a bunch of trails, and people would be confused and get lost,” says Alex Brook.

“Formalizing with signage and grooming and making it safer means people will be more comfortable and will hopefully get out more.”

Findlay-Brook applied to Mountain Equipment Coop for trail signage funding, brushing out the trails, and a warming hut.

Once they got the money, KATTS partnered with the shop class at

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The KATTS Youth Crew works on Goldensides Trail

KATTS hopes bridges like this one will get more people walking outside

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PHOTOS: courtesy of KATTS Robert Service School to build the hut. Students pre-fabbed the walls in winter, while the rest was finished by the Tr’ondek Hwech’in summer youth program, led by Alex Brook. During the winter, volunteers groom and brush out the trails.

With many projects behind them, the society must now decide where to go. Future ideas include clearing some trails on the benches and in the gullies of the North Klondike River to create hiking/biking trails in summer and skiing/mushing trails in winter, and to open up the old Percy DeWolfe mail route along the Yukon

River, building huts every 20 miles.

“The First Nations are very interested in the historical aspect of the Percy DeWolfe idea,” says Findlay-Brook.

“KATTS will meet soon to decide where to put our energies next.”

Gabriela Sgaga lives off the grid in her West Dawson cabin with her sled dogs. She enjoys mushing, skijoring and writing about everyday life in the Yukon. Please send comments about her articles to dawson@whatsupyukon.com.

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Once you’ve fallen through the ice, you will need to be warmed up before travelling

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alling through the ice is less life-threatening if you are with others, especially if they’re prepared for such an event.

Some very experienced Yukoners have put planes, trucks, four-wheelers, and snowmobiles through the ice. A greater number have gone through on foot. It usually happens quickly with little chance to take preventative action. If your vehicle goes through, it’s always better if you aren’t in it.

So, you broke through the ice, and are in icy water. Hopefully, people nearby will jump into rescue-mode very quickly, but it will still seem like a long time to you.

Prior preparation by your rescuers will increase efficiency.

They should toss you a set of ice-picks, to start with. Someone should have a coiled rope accessible. If the rope reaches you before you’re incapacitated by the cold, a knot can be tied around an arm or chest.

The rescuer should never put

himself into a situation where he needs to be rescued, too; two or more rescues are much more difficult than one.

With that in mind, rescuers should not crowd together, or get close to the edge of the hole. If using a rope, rescuers should be spread out along its length, and those closest to the hole should be seated to spread their weight.

Someone should go to shore and get a couple of long poles for use in getting you up and over the edge of the ice.

A quickly emptied skimmer or sled can be pushed to the edge of the hole and then pulled back by a rope on the front, hauling you with it. You should roll away from the hole because this spreads body weight, lessening the chance of going through again.

If you’re hypothermic and unable to help with the rescue, it may be necessary for someone to crawl (using the poles or skimmer) to the edge of the hole to put a rope around you. The rescuer may have to stay in that position to as-

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sist you onto the ice. You should be dragged some distance away from the hole, because the rescuer will need help to get you on a snow machine, or into a skimmer.

A huge fire should be lit onshore, to warm you. You should get in dry clothes. You need to be warmed up before travelling further.

For snowmobile ice travel, in addition to ice picks, I have a 50’ rope with a carabineer on one end and a float on the other (so it stays high and visible in the water). The float end also has a loop to make a quick slip-knot around the your arm or chest.

Larry Leigh is an avid angler, hunter and all-round outdoors person who prefers to cook what he harvests himself.

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A Mexican Adventure PHOTOS: Alexander Weber

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have lived in Whitehorse for a little over a year now. I am part of the Ontario diaspora, most recently having lived in Hamilton where I did my PhD. One of my main passions is rock climbing.

I love climbing indoors, outdoors, really high mountain routes, or really short “boulder” problems.

I love it all.

I have even recently jumped into the terrifying sport of ice climbing.

In Hamilton, I lived near a big, well-built climbing gym. I spent three to four hours a day, three days a week honing my skills and training for the tough-stuff, outside.

In Whitehorse, there aren’t many options for climbing indoors: F.H. Collins has a fun little boulder area; the Yukon College also has some bouldering; and Carcross, I hear, has an indoor wall. I arrived in November, and I wasn’t willing to brave the -30˚C weather to get my hands on the limestone/granite/basalt rock we have outside.

So what is a rock climbing obsessed man to do?

Mostly I just got fat, went to

the F.H. Collins gym when it was open to the public, and booked myself a ticket to Mexico to climb somewhere warm. I could feel my muscles and skills withering away.

The trip to Mexico was scheduled for ten days before and after New Year’s 2014. The extent of my knowledge of the country came mostly from two sources: what I gleamed from Malcolm Lowry’s extremely depressing, alcoholic, day-in-the-life odyssey, Under the Volcano; and what I knew about the Mexican drug war. If you’ve never read the Wikipedia article on this subject, boy howdy, there are some hours of terrifying entertainment to be had.

The short version: the drug war in Mexico is eight years old, and includes over 150,000 deaths.

So when my friends suggested the trip, I wasn’t thrilled.

Eventually the idea of 450-metre rock climbs in sunny Mexico won over my fear of being gunned down mercilessly by a roving band of drug cartel thugs. It helped that we were going to El Potrero Chico, or The Little Coral.

How innocent.

I later learned a mariachi band was gunned down during a driveby shooting in the same area, not two years prior.

When I arrived in Mexico, a friendly older gentleman named Magic Mike welcomed me and escorted me into his van. This had all been arranged before I left. Mike is a local legend, as he helped develop, and was the first to climb, a lot of the nearby routes. He may also have been going blind in his old age and his driving skills leave much to be desired.

Mike took me to my casita.

My friend Dan met me, and we went climbing. I had been awake for 23 hours and hadn’t really adjusted to the reality of the situation, but those gorgeous limestone mountains, all green and gray and spiky — some reaching up to 700 metres — beckoned me. Imagine yourself surrounded by steep giant spires jutting out of the ground in every direction, every now-andthen splotched with beautiful lush green vegetation — like my perception of Earth when dinosaurs roamed.

The temperature wasn’t as

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hot as I had hoped, but it wasn’t -30°C. We spent our first day climbing single-pitch routes, which means routes equal-to-or-less-than 60 meters — the length of most climbing ropes.

I cut the pad of one of my fingers on the sharp granite — not a good thing to do on a 10-day climbing trip.

The wall we climbed was a short, steep hike from a road that split the mountains through a thin valley. It rose about 200 metres, but was connected to an even higher peak further on. It was almost completely vertical and faced south, getting the sun most of the day.

We climbed five to six routes each, and then headed to a restaurant for dinner. Judging by how many other climbers showed up, I’d guess it was one of the only places to eat that didn’t require heading into town. Afterwards, we walked back to our casita, with stray dogs lingering, and I passed out.

The next day myself and another friend, Andrew, attempted

a famous climb named Estrallita, which is a moderately difficult route involving 12 single-pitch climbs stacked one on top of each other. A multi-pitch climb.

This 350-metre route took us a good part of the day.

After waking up without an alarm clock, and meandering over to Andrew’s casita where he welcomed me with tortilla flats and peanut butter, we headed out and arrived at the base of the climb around noon.

Once there, we discovered a queue of eager climbers waiting: a party of two were waiting their turn as a second party of two began their ascent.

Andrew and I sat on our packs and looked over the valley to the other cliff faces, where we spotted climbing parties at various stages — some just starting, and others hundreds of metres up already.

Eventually it was our turn to go and we wasted no time. Andrew and I made good climbing partners and good time, alternating cont’d on page 37...

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We even had to stop and wait for slower parties ahead.

While climbing, I reminded myself to look behind me at the ever-impressive view. Behind us were more lush green mountains that seemed to go on forever, with the sun slowly moving over them and finally behind the one giant limestone mountain on the other side of the valley.

We topped out at 365 metres from the base, straddling the peak. The descent included several rappels — where you slowly lower yourself on a rope — down the other side.

This was horrifying.

I had never climbed this high, nor had I ever had to rappel several times to get to the base of something I had just climbed. With wind, exposure, fear of our rope getting stuck, fear of dislodging rocks on climbers below, and the added pressure of impatient climbers higher than us wanting to skip ahead, I felt mortal terror.

Because I was with another male, I couldn’t possibly let on that I was scared, so I pretended everything was cool, though I’m sure my shaking limbs and goosebumps gave it away.

No matter: we got down to the “bottom” of the cliff, and then hiked down some sketchy, steep scree back to the road.

It was a huge highlight in my climbing career. Beers and food were had in copious amounts at the only restaurant to speak of.

The next morning the forecast called for rain throughout the day, and we needed supplies and wanted to do some touristy stuff in town (Hidalgo). As we walked into town, a lady in a pickup truck offered us a lift. She was a tourist to this area several years earlier, when she fell in love with the city and felt called to do something about their stray dog problem.

This middle aged lady from somewhere in the U.S. immigrated to Mexico and set up an animal shelter in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon,

400 metres up Yankee Clipper Mexico. She was officially my new hero.

She took us to the shelter and we played with puppies and had our hearts turn to mush as we saw what great work this lady was doing for these animals. She told us about her New Year’s Eve fundraiser, and promised us a bonfire and alcohol if we showed up.

Once in town, we got money out of the bank and did tricky mental arithmetic converting dollars to pesos; we made fools of ourselves ordering food from someone that didn’t share a single word of our language, and vice versa; we got groceries, and walked around aimlessly trying not to look lost, which we invariably were.

To my surprise, we made it back to our casitas without having our heads cut off and our bodies wrapped-up and hung from an overpass.

That night, back at the restaurant, I met my current partner, who was working as a nurse in Ontario. She was sitting with some friends at a table, playing Scrabble. I cursed myself that I should come upon such a beauty — one who climbs and plays Scrabble, no-less — in faraway Mexico.

I basically ignored her that night.

The next day the rain clouds once again opened up and soaked all of the beautiful granite cliffs.

All except one, actually. There was an area that sported some of the more difficult climbs and would still be dry because it was a large over-hanging face, meaning it was steeper than 90˚.

Off we went to discover this holy land. This area was relatively deserted, at least until sometime in the later afternoon, when others caught wind. My friends and I climbed some really good, but difficult, single-pitch routes, where I once again managed to mangle my fingers on the razorsharp limestone.

Throughout that day I tried to put the girl from the restaurant out of my mind. I kept going through all the reasons why it would be a bad idea for me to go to the New Year’s Eve party: “She lives in Ontario.”

“She’s probably crazy.”

“It won’t last, you fool.”

“She probably wouldn’t even like you.”

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“She climbs.”

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“She. Plays. Scrabble.”

That night my friends went to bed early, because we planned on tackling a massive 450-metre, 15-pitch climb the next day.

I fooled them, and myself, into thinking I would only go check out the party and come back sober, before midnight. That night I found the girl of my dreams, chatted-up her friends — I couldn’t let her know I was interested, after all — and got some drinks in me after an entire year of sobriety.

Sure I had had my first beer several days before, but that was only one beer. This was the night I was to meet the future love of my life; I needed some liquid courage.

I mustered up the strength to woo this climbing goddess. And woo I did.

I kept an engaging conversation going with her all night, at least.

Stupidly I went to get our drinks refilled minutes before midnight, and missed my opportunity to capitalize on that magical moment where people kiss each other as the clock strikes twelve.

We hung out afterwards and made friends with a stray dog named Bingo outside of her casita.

I also planted my entire contact

information, from phone to e-mail to mailing address, and a picture of myself, onto her phone. I can’t tell you what time I got home that night, nor how drunk I was, but judging by how I felt the next morning, it was late and it was a lot, respectively.

I felt like crap but didn’t want to admit it to my friends. As we approached the base of the climb, we discovered the first three pitches were soaking wet, which I secretly hoped would cause us to abandon our goal. Unfortunately, my friends have massive cajones, and decided to attempt these pitches anyways, which also meant I would have to do my share of leading on those wet climbs.

Thankfully, it was easier than I thought, and there is nothing like scaling a sheer cliff-face to cure the common hangover.

We were two teams of two climbing this route, named Yankee Clipper, with Andrew and his girlfriend climbing ahead, and Dan and I following close behind.

It’s surreal to find yourself waiting 300 metres up, clipped directly into some seven-millimetre rope you’ve tied and clipped to a couple bolts, somewhere in Mexico, half-hungover, on New Year’s Day. cont’d on page 38 ...

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Romance and Rock Climbing ... cont’d from p37 At one of only two large ledges that are on the route, the other two let Dan and I go ahead. We still had five to six pitches ahead of us, and the sun would be going down in several hours.

When we reached that second good ledge, we only had two pitches left. The first of the two was well within my grade, but the last climb was a grade harder than anything I had successfully done before.

Dan, being the better climber, was chosen to tackle that one, so I had the privilege of leading the second-last pitch. Little did I know it began with a short traverse with, I kid you not, 400 metres of empty space below it.

The thing is, climbing a long route typically isn’t as scary as it sounds because you can just concentrate on the rock in front of you, and it becomes, visually, very similar to climbing any old route. In both instances, you really just see rock in front, below, side to side, and above you. In this instance, the second-last pitch goes through a pillar section with a sheer drop below it. I was looking at a pure void below me. All of Hidalgo appeared to be directly under my feet, far, far down. I took a moment to gather my senses, as I was possibly more scared than I had ever been in my life. Despite what I might think about myself and how brave I can be at any height — I mean, heck, I’ve gone sky diving, I’ve done a PhD — I’ve faced my fears and come out alright in the end.

But it also turns out our minds are wired to resist dying a terrible death by falling from the top of a mountain.

Somehow I turned that fear into excitement and adrenaline, and I hooted and hollered my way up the face, shouting, “This is the greatest climb of my life! You’re going to love this! Woo hoo!”

Dan also overcame his fear, and climbed the extremely difficult final pitch. And there we found ourselves at the top of the climb, straddling a spire, 450 metres up. We were rewarded with a breathtaking view of Hidalgo and the surrounding area.

Our descent was along the same route we took up, and ended up being mostly in the dark. I had forgotten to pack my headlamp that morning, probably due to my post-alcohol, no-sleep state. Sheepishly I admitted my mistake, and Dan and I descended simultaneously, one on either end of the rope, another truly terrifying and exhilarating experience.

Once again, that night we celebrated at the restaurant of choice with beers and some kind of tortilla or wrap or burrito or whatever. That night I slept a glorious sleep with visions of my future lover dancing in my head.

We had several more days of climbing, although nothing as epic as our climb on New Year’s Day. On the very last day, we decided to sleep in and just hang around at one of our casitas, taking it easy out on the roof, basking in the Mexican sun.

As for my Mexico dream girl, she wrote me an e-mail the day she left, which began a long correspondence.

I must have done something right, because in March, she came up to Whitehorse for a twoweek visit.

But that’s another story.

Alexander Weber is usually too busy adventuring to think seriously about his life or where he is heading. When he isn’t outside risking his life, he can often be found inside reading a good book.

Contact him via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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Trying things That Scare Me with Joslyn Kilborn

The Brush Stroke The artist at work

The artist’s creations

PHOTO: Joslyn Kilborn

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i, I’m Joslyn, and I’m afraid of…painting.

More specifically, I’m afraid of looking silly because I’m bad at painting in front of those who are good at it. And so, though I have long longed to walk up to an easel and express myself all over it, I have shyly avoided every opportunity to do so. I’ve barely held a paintbrush since Grade 8 art class.

I’ve lingered on countless art school web pages offering beginner’s classes, I’ve had painterfriends with studios and materials they would gladly share — and I have always hesitated, sometimes in the very room, with all the paints and brushes in reach.

When the open art studio Splintered Craft launched I thought: perfect opportunity. They have space and materials and actively welcome everyone; all I have to do is show up some afternoon. But when the afternoon arrives, I simply decide not to go. There was no great turmoil around the decision — just a discomfort I was happy to avoid.

Instead of visiting the studio I would visit their Facebook page, returning to a photo of an attractive boy I knew who was brazenly covering an easel with an image he had pulled up out of himself.

It triggered my deep longing to do the same thing. Something about the experience seemed so mysterious to me, as if it would

tap into some part of myself I can’t otherwise get to.

However, the longing was always mixed with the fear of embarrassment at my hypothetical failure.

But worse, that moment of approaching the easel, that first brush stroke. The untraversable “How to begin?”

Yet rising above all of that is the question: How often do I prevent myself from doing the very things I would most love to do, out of a fear of looking silly while doing them?

That is not how I want to live my life.

So there is only one option.

Write a column for What’s Up Yukon exploring the things that scare me.

First up: painting at Splintered Craft.

I pull up to the studio on a sunny Monday afternoon with little clue what to expect. I picture myself somehow on display — the space will be full of people, painting everywhere, I’ll be placed in front of a giant easel that faces the room, everyone will be able to see what I’m doing.

I walk in to find the place empty save Aimée Dawn Robinson and Jona Barr, who help run Splintered Craft. They set me up at a table near the window with some watercolours and a modest little sketchbook. Aimée gently suggests I start with painting what

I see around me. I spend quite a while selecting my colours, examining the various brushes, staring out the window at Tags, and looking down at my blank page.

I take a bathroom break.

The coordinator from the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre drops in and names a painter I might be inspired by. We Google him and find little drawing-type watercolours floating on white backgrounds. I learn I don’t need to cover the entire page.

After a while everyone leaves me alone and with nothing left to distract me I dip my brush into the yellow paint and hurriedly trace the outline of a car I can see out the window. It doesn’t look very good. I giggle. I give myself permission to create a first painting that is entirely experimental, and it is allowed to entirely suck.

And it does.

I create a brownish mud puddle with the outline of a car floating in it.

But the sun is shining, and I’m painting. The people around me are kind and supportive. I don’t even mind when someone comes over to glance at my puddle.

I feel great. I feel ready to try something new on the next page.

Joslyn Kilborn is a Whitehorsebased writer. Contact her via editor@whatsupyukon.com.

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