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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…

"The Compendium is intended to provide an overview of recent (2003-2013) climate change work involving Yukon. It is comprised of various types of documents, including scientific journal articles, government publications, workshop reports, and…

The geology of southwest Yukon records a complex history of terrane accretion, with the progressive addition of oceanic island arcs to the western margin of proto-North America (Laurentia) from the early Triassic to Cretaceous. Recent mapping in the…

Conference presentation for the Science Community of Practice (SCOPe)

In this review, we evaluate the challenges encountered and the adaptations required for the successful treatment of mine-impacted waters in cold climates with Passive Treatment Systems (PTSs). Engineered PTSs are modeled on natural wetlands, which…

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…

"The Compendium is intended to provide an overview of recent climate change work involving Yukon. This document is intended to supplement the 2003-2013 version of the Compendium with climate change work that has taken place during 2017 and 2018…

Passive treatment systems offer a low cost and low maintenance means of remediating water contaminated by a variety of industrial and domestic factors. Natural wetlands demonstrate an innate ability to remove contaminants derived from mining/…

Northern Cross Yukon Ltd. is in the process of electing a treatment method for drinking water provision at their base camp situated in Eagle Plains, Yukon Territory (Canada). An experiment was conducted at the Yukon Research Centre for comparing…

"The provision of safe drinking water is a key driver of public health and a pressing health issue facing First Nations communities in Canada. Despite numerous government assessments, training initiatives and billions of dollars in targeted…

A major environmental concern of the mining industry is the management of mine tailings. Mine tailings are the sulfide mineral by-products of ore beneficiation. Exposure of mine tailings to both water and oxygen cause acid-generating reactions to…

Passive biological treatments have been proposed as an efficient and cost effective treatment of metal bearing water discharged from mine sites after closure. However, concerns are typically expressed around biological treatments and their…