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Whitehorse – Senior high school students from Robert Service School, Dawson City and J.V. Clark School, Mayo accepted an invitation from Yukon College to stay an extra day in Whitehorse after the Western Canada Education Fair to attend college classes. Yukon College is hosting twenty students who will be able to get a taste of post secondary education in an experiential way. The idea is to expose students to the concept of the college environment while breaking down any fears or misinformation that exists about adult learning.

“The ‘College-for-a-Day’ is an occasion for Yukon College to open its doors to community students and let them know about the accessible post-secondary education that exists within their own territory,” says Vice President of Education and Training, Dr. Karen Barnes. “We have grown and changed from the vocational school that first started as the College and now offer diverse programming that meets the changing needs of our adult learners.”

For immediate release   | December 1 2010

Yukon College Hosts 2010 Western Canada Education Fair

Whitehorse – Yukon College, in partnership with Yukon Education, is hosting 26 universities, colleges and institutions at the second Western Canada Education Fair. Over 800 high school students and the general public are expected to attend the fair on Monday, December 6, 2010. The fair opens officially at 9am and runs until 6:30pm while closed for lunch from 12:30 to 1:30pm. Almost every high school in the Yukon will be attending.

This is the largest educational event in the Yukon, with prize draws to win an Acer netbook, digital camera, gift certificates and other prizes. All of the universities and colleges will be hosting information tables at the fair, as well as offering presentations to the public.

Whitehorse – Students at Yukon College’s Working and Leading Program will host their annual Christmas dinner at Angel’s Nest Shelter on Wednesday, December 1. The students have coordinated the planning, shopping, and preparing for the festive dinner for disadvantaged youth. Working and Leading students feel strongly about providing a service for those who might not have an opportunity to celebrate during the festive season.

The students have planned a menu of ham, turkey and all the fixings, veggies, macaroni salad, mashed potatoes, and desserts. The team of nine Yukon College students cooks and serves the dinner as well as does the cleaning up.

The students received donations from Extra Foods, G-P Distributing, and Superstore. The Culinary Arts students contributed to the cooking. The event takes place on Wednesday, December 1 at 6pm.

Whitehorse – Yukon College will be offering a tailor-made sheet metal program. This 5-month program stems from requests at the community level and from local industry that require skilled sheet metal workers to feed the growing economy. The College, in partnership with Advanced Education, created a winter pre-employment course to meet that demand. This new course specifically addresses the short-term training period over the winter.

Whitehorse –Winners of scholarship and bursary awards will be celebrated at a special awards reception on Thursday, November 18 at Yukon  College. The ceremony will take place at the Yukon Arts Centre where the recipients will meet their benefactors. Recipients of the following awards will be honoured:

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Northern resident awards

Alice Donald Scholarship

Aron Senkpiel Scholarship

Hazel Fekete Scholarship

George Walker 8th International Congress on Circumpolar Health Scholarship

Whitehorse – The Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS), the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, and Yukon College have renewed their partnership agreement for the governance of the Yukon School of Visual Arts (YukonSOVA) in Dawson  City. The collaborative effort continues with its Foundation Program in the Visual Arts that is transferable to partnering schools Emily Carr University of Art &  Design, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), and Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD).  The program accepted its fourth contingent of students in September, and graduates of the first year are now completing their final year at the partner institutions.

Whitehorse – Yukon College announces the opening of its new culinary arts training facility, the “Hilltop Bistro”, which provides a practical environment for students. The facility is newly renovated with a fine dining room, a bar, and a gallery that exhibits and features local artists.

Whitehorse – Gayle Corry is the new director of Finance and Administrative Services with Yukon College. This position oversees Financial Services, Procurement Services, Facilities, Security, Shipping and Receiving, Print Room and Computing Services.

Corry has worked in the Yukon since 1996. She has recently moved from the Council of Yukon First Nations as the director of Finance and Administration, a position she has held since 2002, before seeking a new career challenge.

“I look forward to working at Yukon  College.  This was just the kind of change in employment that I had been seeking.  Having a post secondary institution like the College is very important for the Yukon, as education builds success. ”

Whitehorse – Today Stephen Mooney started at Yukon  College as the Director of the Yukon Cold Climate Innovation Center (YCCIC). After seven years of commuting to Texas, in software development & implementations for Fortune 500 companies, Mooney relocated back to his hometown to work for Northwestel. He had been there since 2003 taking on roles in Business Development, Marketing, Wireless and most recently Manager, Customer Solutions Experts and Network Facilities Group.

 Mooney comes with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, where he won several national design and engineering awards. He has also been certified as a Project Management Professional.

Whitehorse – The Applied Arts Division at Yukon College is considering offering a second graduate cohort program, Master of Education in Multidisciplinary Leadership with a possible start date of January, 2011.  Applicants require a four year undergraduate degree. This can be in any discipline. This is a three-year part-time program, offered weekends through the fall and winter semester and more intensive courses in the spring/summer semester.  As this program is run as a cohort, each course will be offered in sequence.

Please note that our ability to offer this program is dependent on student numbers.   

The Multidisciplinary Leadership specialization is designed to prepare graduates to take on roles of responsibility or leadership in a number of educational or community environments.

Whitehorse – Decision makers now have the opportunity to learn strategies for integrating climate change considerations into their work while earning a certificate in Decision Making for Climate Change. Participants in this new course, offered by the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE), Yukon Research Center of Excellence, will be trained on tools and strategies for addressing climate change in their work.

Whitehorse – Two Yukon College students, Kayla Mintz and Kyle Cashin, have been selected as official staff for the upcoming United Nations Association of Canada Model Arctic Council being held in Whitehorse, October 27-30, 2010.  In conjunction with the UN International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, the Model Arctic Council is hosting a simulated UN council where high school students from across northern Canada and 7 other arctic countries gather to dialogue on northern issues. Mintz’ role will be the Official Press of the Model Arctic Council and Cashin will fulfill the responsibility of Delegate Resource Person.