Yukon University

Published purpose

This project will provide training in the Traditional Territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) near Crow Flats, north and east of Old Crow, Yukon, in March of 2023. This field-based activity will allow students to complete a course-based requirement for their programming. The training will be comprised of credit-based coursework that will see Yukon University students travel to Crow Flats by snowmobile to a campsite used by the community for cultural engagement. In concert with First Nation citizen knowledge holders and Elders, students will conduct snow and ice science activities, do baseline assessments of available flora and fauna and local geomorphology, and buttress that data with learning and traditional environmental knowledge provided by around seven VGFN citizens.