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Elder Bill Bruton, Elder Frances Woolsey and Deputy Chief Michelle Telep attended a meeting on November 23 and 24, 2017, to discuss the research relationships between Yukon College/Yukon Research Centre and First Nations. As the college moves towards university status, this is especially important. The meeting was grounded in the document Together Today for our Children Tomorrow. It covered topics including Yukon communities, First Nation research priorities, and mechanisms for engagement and collaboration. A major outcome of the meeting was the recognized need for Yukon College/Yukon Research Centre to do community visits and the acknowledgement that every community is different with respect to research capacity, needs, and interests.

Bill Bruton, Frances Woolsey and Deputy Chief Michelle Telep

On December 6, 2017, approximately 10 Citizens participated in the first Ta’an Kwäch’än Lands Act Community meeting. Good conversations were held, and a number of ideas came forward on how to proceed with community involvement. Check back at taan.ca for updates and future meeting dates as they become available.

Coralee Johns and Brandon Smith listen to the presentations.

On November 30, 2017, Chief Kristina Kane met and received updates from members of the Canadian Armed Forces Joint Task Force. The Task Force is charged with operations and administration in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the waters Hudson Bay and the Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean. The headquarters are in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and it is part of Canadian Joint Operations Command.

(L to R) Liaison Officer Captain Kathleen Tipton (Whitehorse), Yukon Detachment Commander Major Alex Trousdale (Whitehorse), Chief Kristina Kane, Brigadier General Mike Nixon (Yellowknife), Formation Chief Warrant Officer Ron Beyerbach (Yellowknife)

All Ta’an Kwäch’än Council youth, here is a once in a lifetime opportunity to become involved in a cultural exchange as a Youth Ambassador. This opportunity enables you, if selected, to act as a Youth Ambassador on behalf of Whitehorse and live for 10 days with a local Japanese family in Whitehorse’s sister city, Ushiku, from July 13-28, 2018. In return, you and your family will host a Japanese student in the summer of 2019. All selected ambassadors will be between 13 and17 years of age. For more information click here.  For assistance with applying please contact Erin Cote, Youth Outreach and Support Worker, at youthsupport@taan.ca or 867.3348.306.

Chief Kane gave opening remarks November 22, 2017, at National Housing Day, as reported in The Whitehorse Star. At this event, the federal government announced a national housing strategy and the Government of Yukon announced they will be developing a multi-unit building for those who are “hard to house.” Ben Asquith, of Ta’an Kwäch’än Council’s Da Daghay Development Corporation was a part of a morning panel, where he shared information about the River Bend Development.

Ta’an Kwäch’än Council’s Fish and Wildlife Coordinator, Deb Fulmer, will present about the Fox Creek Salmon Restoration Project at the 15th anniversary of the Yukon River Panel, on the morning of December 13, 2017 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. The presentation will be live-streamed here: https://yrp.severngis.net/YRPW

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The February 22 to 26, 2018 Yukon Trapper Education workshop is full, but a wait list is being established. The workshop is being held at the Transportation Museum, Whitehorse. Other workshops are scheduled earlier in February in Faro. Check the Yukon Environment Hunter Education web page for more general information about the workshops. To have your name placed on the wait list, or for information, contact Phil Emerson, pemerson@taan.ca, or call 668.3613 ex. 601.