July 2019

Students look out over vistaWHITEHORSE— Environmental Monitoring certificate students at Yukon College can now benefit from a new fund created by the Yukon Party executive designed to help remove barriers to education and employment.

The Mines for Minds - Yukon Party Award specifically helps Yukon First Nations and rural students by addressing unique program circumstances like travel to remote locations, purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE), and off-schedule tuition deadlines. All these factors have been identified by students and program faculty as barriers to successful completion of the program.

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WHITEHORSE—Two new financial awards in the amounts of $5000 and $8000 are available to Yukon College students entering full time courses in September. 

image from Yukon University brand video showing logo and May 2020

WHITEHORSE—Yukon University, soon to be Canada’s first university North of 60, unveiled its new identity today, leading up to the official university transition celebration in May 2020.