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Climate change is a significant challenge for northern communities, where the impacts of a warming climate are already having considerable effects (Huntington and Weller, 2005). Many people living in small, isolated communities in northern Yukon are…

Throughout northern Canada, a variety of documents speaking to climate change adaptation have been published. These range from peer review articles over presentations, websites, and reports to online tools. This project represents an effort to tie…

The Dempster Highway is the only road connection to the western Arctic. Now connected with the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, it is part of the infrastructure linking southern Canada with the Arctic Ocean. Extensive reconstruction of the Dempster…

The Alaska Highway between Burwash Landing and the Yukon/Alaska border is underlain by extensive discontinuous, warm and frequently ice-rich permafrost. The disturbance caused by construction of the road and climate warming has already led to the…

"This report is a cross-sector, structured, evidence-based assessment of Yukon climate change knowledge. Synthesizing our understanding is useful for researchers, decision makers, and the general public. Given the dynamic challenges and…

"The following report endeavours to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of utilizing the waste heat from a 500 KWe bioenergy gasification plant in the Haines Junction area and, when possible, the secondary option of using heat from…

This document is meant as a report on, and a supplement to the Metals Uptake Database (www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/research), completed in the summer of 2017. It acts to summarize and report on certain aspects of the data contained within the database,…

Passive water treatment technologies are increasingly being considered for mine site closure in the Yukon and efforts are currently underway to test, compare and contrast passive treatment technologies with conventional technologies. This study aims…

The purpose of this document is to report the results of the Bioremediation Project conducted by the Industrial Research Chair in Mine Life Cycle at Yukon College, between February 2013 to January 2014, to the industrial partners Alexco Resource…

Passive treatment systems (PTS) present a potential low-cost solution to treating mine-impacted waters (MIW) and impeding release of contaminants, such as metals and sulphate, into receiving waters in remote mine sites in Yukon. Nevertheless, the…

Passive treatment systems (PTS) present a potential low-cost solution to treating mine-impacted waters (MIW) and impeding release of contaminants, such as metals and sulphate, into receiving waters in remote mine sites in Yukon. Nevertheless, the…

"This report is the result of a study commissioned by the Yukon College President's Committee (PCOP) for Health Programs. The purpose ofthte study was two-fold: 1. To clearly define the labour market need in the Yukon for Registered…

"This report is the result of a study commissioned by the Yukon College President's Committee (PCOP) for Health Programs. The purpose ofthte study was two-fold: 1. To clearly define the labour market need in the Yukon for Registered Nurses…

This is the summary report submitted to the Northern Research Institute. Contact the YukonU Research Centre to obtain a complete report.

"Nineteen-ninety-two marked the fourth consequetive year of archaeological fieldwork within the Montague Harbour basin oriented to the identification and investigation of inundated cultural deposits. Fieldwork proper began August 13 and…

"The purpose of this study is to develop an objective quantitative assessment of Yukon College's impact on the economy of the Yukon and to calculate the costs and benefits of the College to society, governments, and students. Prudent…

Final grant report for the Kaska Grammar project, documenting and analyzing the grammatical structure of the Kaska language.

Preliminary survey and field recording by the Dawson City Museum documenting engineering features, buildings, and station sites along the Klondike Mines Railway.

Field recording and preliminary survey by the Dawson City Museum documenting the remaining buildings and engineering features of the North Fork Hydroelectric Project and the Mischenko Project.

Progress report on second-year research in the Takhini River valley, investigating how snow cover affects ground temperatures, particularly whether snow removal can cool the ground and promote permafrost formation.

Progress report on third-year study in the Takhini River valley on the effects of snow cover and removal on ground temperature and permafrost development.

Preliminary report on research into the history of the Yukon order of pioneers.

The report encompasses both the legal and political realities of Land Claims and Self-Government Agreements, as well as the daily challenges faced by front-line education and training workers.