Research subject to self government

The following appeared in the Friday January 21, 2011 edition of Yukon News. By Roxanne Stasyszyn Meagan Perry/Yukon News A fish drying rack in Old Crow in 2005. Many of the most recent International Polar Year projects in Old Crow focus around climate change and the effects it has on the Vuntut’s traditional territory and [...]

York profs report back to Arctic communities

The following appeared in the Friday, February 25, 2011 edition of Y-File: For two weeks in January, two York professors bundled into parkas and flew to Arctic villages along the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. They were delivering valuable cargo – the results of their International Polar Year (IPY) research. Reporting back to the communities was [...]

Non-indigenous species in Simpson

The following article was taken from Northern News Services Online. Research project examines changes new pipelines could bring to region Roxanna Thompson Northern News Services Published Thursday, January 27, 2011 LIIDLII KUE/FORT SIMPSON – Non-indigenous plant species have a foothold in the Mackenzie Valley and more are expected to arrive as new transportation routes and [...]