Supportive distance learning in Ross River
Distance learning, or online learning, provides students with access to class instruction over the Internet, rather than in a classroom.
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The community of Ross River is located within the Traditional Territory of the Ross River Dena Council.
Ross River is located in central Yukon, 360 kilometers northwest of Whitehorse, near the confluence of the Pelly River and the Ross River.
Photo: John Hopkins-Hill/Yukon News file
The Dena Cho Ke’endi Campus is currently looking for local people who may be interested in sharing their knowledge or expertise.
We want to hear from you if you have experience in the arts, baking, bookkeeping and accounting, carving, computer literacy, cooking, crafts, electrical, English/math, home projects, log building, photography, sewing and knitting, yoga, pilates, fitness training and more!
This is an open call - there is no deadline for submissions.
This 3.5 day course is designed to prepare the participants to write their Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) exam for Bulk Water Delivery (required by the Yukon Government Drinking Water Regulation).
For those who work in a helping role, it can be very challenging when clients are vulnerable, stressed-out, or quick to engage in conflict. Complicating matters is that difficult dynamics in the relationship are often amplified by different styles of communicating.
The skill and practice of navigating difficult conversations.
What do we do when we need to bring up a difficult topic? How do we have meaningful dialogue when the subject matter is hard to discuss?
How do we support those we care about when they're in a bad place; when something terrible has happened to them; or even when they've just had a bad day?
This 27 hour course is designed to prepare you to write your Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) certification for Water Treatment Level 1 or 2. You will go at your own pace through online modules and you will have access to an instructor to answer any questions you may have.
Join us for an online workshop on how best to participate in this changing world, discover our contributions to self and others, and to move forward with who we are.
This is a 6-session livestreamed workshop.
This course introduces students to critical reading, critical thinking, and academic writing through the study and application of the principles of university-level discourse.
Prerequisite(s): English 12 (min. 65%) or ENGL 060 (min. B-).
This course introduces students to four literary genres: short fiction, poetry, the novel, and drama. Students learn the fundamentals of university-level literary study and explore major themes suggested by the selected texts.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100.
This course examines Yukon First Nations history, culture and governance. Topics covered include pre-contact cultures of Yukon, subsistence economies, social and political organizations, cultural expressions, and cultural protocols.
NOST 229 is a variable-topics course, designed to permit Northern Studies and other students to take advantage of the expertise of visiting scholars or professors, other-institution courses, or to engage in directed studies or guided independent research.
This course examines Yukon First Nations history, culture and governance. Topics covered include pre-contact cultures of Yukon, subsistence economies, social and political organizations, cultural expressions, and cultural protocols.
This course introduces the institutional and constitutional structure of government in Canada and its relationship to a variety of issues in civil society.
This course covers the major physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development of normal growth throughout the human lifespan.
"If you're going to be in the spotlight you might as well shine." A gentle, fun-based introduction to acting for stage and the requirements of everyday life.
This 4.5 day course is designed to prepare the participants to write their Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) exam for Small Water Systems (required by the Yukon Government Drinking Water Regulation).
Distance learning, or online learning, provides students with access to class instruction over the Internet, rather than in a classroom.
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Coordinator/Tutor, Ross River
Monday to Friday
9:00am - 5:00pm
Box 102, 302 Ross River Avenue
Ross River, Y0B 1S0
In 1996, Ross River Elders gave the campus its Kaska name Dene Cho Kê’endį, which translates as “big people learning.”