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N o s u m m e r in Whitehorse is complete without Arts in the Park, but luckily, Music Yukon is finding a way to work around the large gathering restrictions to still deliver these performances. Arts in the Park’s 2020 season will be presented virtually, with each performance being recorded at the Chamber House at Shipyards Park and broadcasted live on CJUC community radio station. PHOTO: Harry Kern Another set of online and radio musical Roxx Hunter teaches music and works as events happening this a sound technician, but his main income summer is the Not comes from playing live shows Close But Personal Concert Series. This series is a Yukon-based music, and video-based lessons come with a slight learning initiative that presents three curve, he’s grateful to still be live streamed shows per week, able to keep up his work in some one each Monday from the home capacity, and has even branched of that week’s musician, and beyond teaching students just in one each Wednesday and Friday from the Yukon Arts Centre. The Whitehorse. The music world as a whole has idea for the Yukon to have its had to adapt to these uncertain own virtual concert series came times. Audience-free, live from artist Mathew Lien. The streamed concerts have become showcase is presented by the popular, and several of the world’s Yukon Arts Centre and an array of biggest artists have taken part in partners, produced by Whispering this trend. Smaller-time acts are Willows Records and and Larrikin also live streaming performances Entertainment and funded by the out of their own homes, as a way Yukon Government’s Departments to fulfill their desire to perform of Tourism and Culture and and to give friends and fans who Economic Development. The series kicked off on April are stuck at home something to 24 with Ryan McNally, and boasted do. For Hunter, having live shows some of Yukon’s best-known suspended is nothing that can’t be worked around for serious artists within its first couple of weeks. Paris Pick, Remy Rodden, musicians. “What’s going on right now Gordie Tentrees and Calla Kinglit could be just a temporary bump were all featured as part of the in the road, or it could be a major showcase’s first roster of artists. fork,” he said. “What’s key is that The concerts are being broadcast we evolve with the times and live on Facebook, as well as keep creating new music.”

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Going the distance... cont’d Northwestel Community TV and CHON-FM. Another artist who took part in the Not Close But Personal Concert Series was Selina HeyligersHare, who performs solo and is a member of Major Funk and the Employment and The Naysayers. Heyligers-Hare put on a few of her own live streamed shows in April before performing at the Yukon Arts Centre on April 29. Like many others, Heyligers-Hare’s summer plans were largely scrapped and she has had to find new outlets for her creativity. “Playing shows and being onstage is such a regular part of our lives,” she said. “When you take that away it can feel like you have nothing to work towards.” Before the COVID-19 crisis hit, Heyligers-Hare had booked with The Naysayers, with Willow Glamberg and Tara Martin as a trio, and solo gigs, as well as plans to tour western Canada with Major Funk. Now, she’s been doing music transcription work to challenge herself and keep her brain busy, and is also offering transcription ser-

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With all his upcoming gigs cancelled, Roxx Hunter is spending more time recording new and old material vices to other musicians who may need help. Both Hunter and Heyligers-Hare have found an unexpected upside to having their work cancelled: more time to write and record new music. With no concerts coming up, Hunter is far less busy with band rehearsals, and is getting down to work tracking songs in his home studio. “I have a lot of original music that’s been played live at big shows, but never properly recorded,” he said. While Hunter’s past musical endeavours have covered a variety of styles from flamenco to country to blues, he says heavy music is his first love and where his heart still lies, and is excited to record some of his rock and metal songs. Heyligers-Hare said she’s been slowly getting back into the groove of writing new songs. With a new audio interface from Whitehorse’s own Road Dogs Music Supply, she plans to produce some good-quality home recordings once she’s finished writing these songs. The uncertainty of these times may be very stressful for musicians, but HeyligersHare is doing all she can to stay productive, and recommends others do the same. “Keep giving yourself projects to work on, set personal deadlines, collaborate with others online, stay connected with friends and other artists and find ways to inspire yourself” she said. “But most importantly, be gentle and

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Art in the age of COVID-19: The Dalton Trail Gallery... cont’d Yukon spring. The method also provides them with more natural hanging points, so they are easier to suspend securely from the trees. They are also resilient in the way Bauberger has rendered their forms. Characteristic of all her dresses, they are all the same style – simple, no-nonsense, sleeveless shifts. Most of the dresses suggest they were fashioned for robust figures. They can be imagined slogging through the muck of the Klondike Gold Fields, or hiking the Chilkoot Trail. They’d best be worn with second-hand Doc Martens or gumboots. One dress seems to have a tear, another a ragged seam. They’ve seen their fair share of adventures. As much as the dresses are similar, each has a unique individuality. One has a rough texture, as if hewn from the clay, but is luxuriously lined in flakes of gold. Another is glazed in milky, almost iridescent blues. There is a little black dress that appears to be metallic, with tiny sparkles lit by the bright sun. It hangs from thin lines of rubber and swings gently in the breeze. All of the dresses seem at home amid the poplars, with imagined breezes lifting their hems and the noonday sun highlighting their rustic beauty. If dresses have been a preoccupation for Bauberger for many years, so, too, have ravens. You have likely seen at least one of her painted or sculpted ravens if you’ve been in the Yukon for long. Last summer, Baugberger embarked on a multimedia project

vaged scraps of rubber from blown tires. Some of these ravens have made their way to the Dalton Trail Trail Gallery. If you look carefully, you will find webs dotted with small, stylized ravens made from bicycle tire tubes. They behave as ravens do, swooping and cavorting amongst the branches. There are larger ravens as well, more lifelike than than the others. These sculptures are multimedia, with realistic bodies made of clay, and

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with Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé, an Upper Tanana artist and curator. Through the project, called Scavenging for the Many Faces of Raven, Bauberger and Vander MeerChassé crafted ravens from clay, glass, bicycle tire tubes and sal-

abstract wings of tire rubber. Just a stone’s throw down the trail you’ll discover a small pop-up exhibit of colourful, translucent paper pieces. Created by Bauberger’s neighbour Suki Wellman and her children -- Kuya, Aiko and Tomio – the cheerful show is part of what might become an outdoor “gallery row.” The trail gallery is open indefinitely and Bauberger will be switching things up, so the installation will change over time.

If you visit often, you may find your favourite dress has disappeared, and another small piece has taken its place. You will also find the gallery “space” changes constantly as winter gives way to spring. Every visit offers a new perspective and a reminder of impermanence. Soon there will be buds on the poplars and more brilliant light each day. How will Bauberger’s trail-dwellers appear then? The Dalton Trail Trail Gallery provides Hillcrest trail users with an unexpected creative encounter. The gallery’s spontaneity encourages a more informal interaction with the artwork than we experience in an indoor gallery. We are invited to take art a little less seriously. And at this time, when we live under so many rules, the simplicity and whimsy of Bauberger’s gallery offers a chance for us to lighten up. To visit the Dalton Trail Trail Gallery, take Hillcrest Drive to where it terminates at the fire road up to Granger. Walk around the gate, then take a hard left onto the trail. A ceramic sign marks the start of the gallery. The trail is always open, but please practice physical distancing. Heather Leduc is a Whitehorsebased writer.

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ack in 2002, the Senate declared May as Asian Heritage Month as proposed by the Honorable Vivienne Poy. The purpose was to recognize the contributions of Asian Canadians to the “settlement, growth and development of Canada, the diversity of the Asian community, and its present significance to this country.” Since 2000, a small group of Yukoners have been uncovering, researching and writing about the history and stories of Asian and Black Yukoners. The Hidden Histories Society Yukon (HHSY) became a nonprofit society in 2016 and has since produced twelve portable exhibits, offered numerous presentations, workshops and events on Asian and Black history for Asian Heritage Month and Black History Month. The Society had been planning a public event for Asian Heritage Month in early May, but due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it is attempting to reach out in other ways. Hidden Histories Society Yukon, with the expertise of Peggy D’Orsay, retired archival librarian, published an “Inventory of the History of Asian Yukoners” in April 2019. It identifies hundreds of documents, photos, articles, websites and other references on individuals, families, and businesses in Dawson, Haines Junction, Mayo, Elsa, Keno and Whitehorse. This is available as a PDF for free by contacting the HHSY at info@hhsy. org. Although there is much information about well-known Japanese adventurer and promoter Jujiro Wada, who travelled by dog sled throughout Alaska, Yukon and NWT in the late 1800’s to 1930’s, there are many others for whom we would like to gather more information. There were a small number of people of Chinese and South-East Asian descent that have been documented. The Chinese names that appear briefly in the records during the 1950’s and 60’s are Jin Ah Poy of Mayo, Mah Bing, a cook at the Hollywood Café in Whitehorse and Bruce Sung, who was the owner of Tourist Services of Whitehorse.

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Japan. He came with his father, Jos W. Sakata and his mother, Yukuns Sakata to Juneau in 1897. They moved to Skagway in 1898. His father went to Bennett to pilot boats for the Stampeders headed to the Klondike. They settled in Dawson in 1902, where according to one account his father opened an employment office and later owned a restaurant. According to a 1974 article in The Whitehorse Star, Massa went back to Japan for formal school. He returned with his bride Masa Takata, who he married in 1914 according to the B.C. marriage certificate. Unfortunately she died two years after the birth of their son. Their son was raised in Japan. Massa’s father died on May 12, 1920 and is buried in the Hillside Public Cemetery in Dawson. No information is available on the death of his mother. Massa ran many Dawson restaurants and opened his own. He provided a hot lunch program for children of PHOTOS: HHSY miners and those attending school. Later he moved to the Memorial of Jin Ah Poy Mayo, Elsa and Keno Hill area, working for Treadwell Yukon Co. ing as a chef at the Mayo General as head cook. Next he opened the Hospital from about 1955 to 1960. Sourdough Café and a barbershop He died suddenly at the age of 52 in Keno City. In 1964 he travelled on August 4, 1960. He was sur- to Japan after 45 years absence, vived by his wife and son, Danny to see the Olympic Games and of Vancouver. A funeral was held visit his son and his family in on August 8 at St. Mary’s Anglican Japan. He sold his restaurant and Church with Rev. D.W. Morris at- retired in 1965 and later moved to Whitehorse. tending. In 1967 he received the CenDuring the early 1900’s there were many people, mostly men tennial Confederation Medal and of Japanese descent who came in 1969 was inducted into the to the Yukon, such as Masayuki Yukon Order of Pioneers. He died (“Massa”) Sakata of Dawson/ at the age of 86 in Whitehorse on Mayo/Keno Hill area, along with: April 22, 1974. Dr. Hilda Hellaby Shiuhyi (Jimmy) Sugiyama, Harry of Christ Church Cathedral conducted the funeral service. He Yamasaki and others. is interred at Grey Mountain Cemetery in the YOOP section. MASAYUKI (“MASSA”) SAKATA Massa Sakata led an inter- In 1974, Sakata Lake was named esting life. He was well known in his honour by the Permanent on Geographical and respected by Mayo and Keno Committee residents. He was born in Kobe, Names. Are you a long-time Yukoner who knew any of these individuals or their families? If so, HHSY Gravestone of Jan Shuhei is interested in receiving any furSugiyama at Mayo Cemetery ther available information on their lives in the territory. Contact the Hidden Histories Society Yukon at Box 31089, Main St. P.O., Whitehorse, Y1A5P7 or email us at info@hhsy.org. Lillian Nakamura Maguire is on the Board and a founding member of the Hidden Histories Society Yukon.

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eitha Clark coordinates the Artists in the School program. She’s been impressed by the creativity the artists in the program have brought to re-imagining their workshops for online delivery. The Artists in the School program delivers hands-on workshops to students in every school in the Yukon. It’s been operating for more than twenty years. In some communities, it’s the only access to arts programming that students have. Under normal conditions, artists list possible workshop offerings in a catalogue, and each school receives a set number of hours, which they can use to bring artists into their schools. Most Artists in Schools workshops happen in the spring. Consequently, the COVID-19 related school closures had a large impact on the program. Clark is grateful to have the support of the program’s funders at Yukon Government to take the program online. She sent out requests for artists to propose adaptations to their programs to an online format. “We got some really great innovative responses,” Clark explains. She was impressed by the range of online-ready programs offered by Maya Rosenberg. In particular, Clark admired her project to work with students to create pop-up art cards to thank essential work-

ers for their services during the pandemic. Leslie Leong proposed a program where students would create swans out of milk jugs, especially geared towards teachers missing doing their annual field trip to Swan Haven with their classes. Poet Tom Lips also proposed a group poetry writing workshop, so the offerings spanned both visual and literary arts. “The artists created engaging workshops they could offer using materials available in the students’ homes, in a straightforward online format,” Clark explains. At time of writing, three schools had already booked programming, which they had received one week before. She hoped to receive many more bookings before the school year wraps up June 12. Maya Rosenberg had to “push through” the heartbreak of art workshop cancellation. The active art teacher not only teaches through the Yukon Arts Centre and Artists in the Schools, but also has one-on-one art students, whom she taught in their

specific grade, topic and theme. She likes working with the same class in a sequence of sessions, so they can dive into subject matter and skill, building on the previous week’s work. She taught her very first online class at the beginning of the current COVID-19 situation. It was hard not to be able to see her students in person. “As an art teacher I am supposed to be creative. What happens if I put that creativity into how I teach my art, make PHOTO: submitted by Leslie Leong it into something we could not have done Artist Leslie Leong with one of her before,” she says. clever milk jug swan creations For the new version of Artist in the School, Rosenberg has to homes before the pandemic con- work with the materials students have at home. Some students have straints. This offers a way for students markers, other pencil crayons. to advance rapidly. The students “Kids are so creative, if you make she teaches in their homes also flexibility and adaptation a goal.” learn how to set up and clean up. Rosenberg strives to help students Consequently, they are much more bring out what they have inside likely to practice between sessions them with whatever medium they have on hand. with Rosenberg. At time of writing, Leslie Leong With Artist in the School Rosenberg works with teacher requests, had not yet taught art online. Environmental issues loom large tailoring her programming to the

in Leong’s practice. In her own work, she likes to use recycled materials as the most substantial part of her pieces. The idea to make the milk jug swans came from a previous workshop Leong offered at a Whitehorse school. The teacher wanted to connect the artmaking to Swan Haven. Leong looked at a milk jug, and said to herself, “We could probably make swans out of that.” Her swan pattern keeps developing. Now they have legs, and their feathers have become more realistic. It uses the whole milk jug except for the lid. The handle becomes the head, the spout the body’s structure, the round sides the wingspan. This got Leong going with milk jugs. Her favourite piece is a wearable (though uncomfortable) dress, made entirely of milk jugs and pop rivets. Leong also dreamed up a workshop inviting students to make “charms” for their shoelaces out of the recycling building up at home. Creativity will find a way. On her own initiative, Rosenberg has also begun small Zoom-based group painting classes for children aged eight to twelve. You can find out more about that here: https:// www.mayaart.ca/events. Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse.

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Muddling our way through May

n March, I challenged myself to publish a cocktail recipe every day, for 14 days, on social media – the challenge was that I had to use spirits I already had at home, and that I could not make any extra/unnecessary trips to the grocery store for mixer, etc. This challenge became Free Pour Jenny’s “Recesses of the Liquor Cabinet” series. In last month’s issue of What’s Up Yukon, I brought you the second instalment of the series, and now, as we continue to physically distance ourselves during this unprecedented time, I give you the third instalment. As the days get longer, we yearn for fresh cocktails that may be sipped al fresco. There are a couple of recipes here that are, quite literally, muddled. What is muddling, anyways? A muddler is essentially a bartender’s pestle – it looks like a tiny baseball bat – that is usually made of wood, but it may also be made of metal or plastic. To muddle is to press the ingredients against the side of the mixing glass, in order to break them down somewhat, and to release their flavours. The flavours will then infuse the alcohol and other mixers more efficiently.

(if you don’t have a muddler, you can use a small wooden spoon). Add rum, syrup, soda water, and bitters, stirring to blend. Add several ice cubes, and then garnish as desired. (You may substitute lowbush cranberries, or store-bought cranberries in both the syrup and garnish. In this case, substitute FPJ Cranberry Bitters. The cocktail will look and taste quite different, but it will be equally delicious!)

(fine stems and leaves) ¾ oz lemon juice ½ oz Cointreau ½ oz simple syrup (see note) 1 ½ vodka 3 oz soda water 4 drops FPJ Orange Bitters thyme sprig

Place thyme, lemon juice, Cointreau, and simple syrup in a mixing glass with no ice (if you don’t have a mixing glass, you can use the bottom of a cocktail shaker, a 500ml mason jar, or other large cup). Muddle the ingredients together, and then add the

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Highbush Cranberry Mojito Here is a lovely Yukon take on a classic muddled cocktail, the mojito. - 2 oz white rum - 5-6 large mint leaves - ¾ oz lime juice

- ½ oz highbush cranberry syrup* - 3-4 oz soda water - 5 drops FPJ Highbush Cranberry & Grapefruit Bitters - Lime wheel, mint sprig, and / or several highbush cranberries Chill all ingredients. Muddle the mint leaves and lime juice together in a tall glass with no ice

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Muddling our way through May ... cont’d - ½ oz berry liqueur (try blackcurrant, raspberry or blackberry) - 6 drops FPJ Limited-Edition Haskap Bitters - more berries for garnishing Place basil, berries, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with no ice. Muddle the ingredients together, and then add the gin, liqueur, bitters, and several ice cubes to the shaker. Shake until well chilled, and then strain into an Old Fashioned glass with some fresh ice. Garnish with several fresh berries.

Birch New York Sour Adapted from the circa 1880s classic New York Sour – the cocktail was also known at that time as a Claret Snap. This sour is the only cocktail in this series that is not muddled!

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Birch New York Sour remaining ingredients to the mixing glass. Add several ice cubes, and stir until chilled. Strain into a tall glass or a double Old Fashioned with some fresh ice. Garnish with a thyme sprig or two. You can serve the cocktail with a metal or paper straw if you like! Note: To make simple syrup, follow the Highbush Cranberry Syrup recipe above, but leave out the berries (ie. just add sugar and water).

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2 oz rye or bourbon 1 oz lemon juice 1 Tbsp birch syrup 6 drops FPJ Limited-Edition Haskap Bitters - ½ oz fruity red wine Place all ingredients except the wine in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake hard for 30 seconds, and strain into a double Old Fashioned glass containing a large/oversized ice cube. Slowly pour the wine over the back of a spoon held just over the drink’s surface, to create a “float.” *A few notes on alcohol consumption: these cocktails are strong, and they should be consumed in moderation; one serving of spirits is 1 ½ oz. A good rule of thumb is to have a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage. Cheers! Jennifer Tydesley is the cocktail wizard behind yukon-made Free Pour Jenny’s bitters.

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1. Start small

Don’t get carried away and try to work with too big a space, especially if you’re gardening for the first time, says Wilcox. Gardeners should be realistic about how much they actually can (and want) to take care of. “A good small garden is better than a huge garden overrun by weeds you can’t manage,” Wilcox notes.

2. Adjust your expectations

New gardners and gardeners new to the Yukon should remember that even when a gardening book says it’s about “Northern” gardening, it’s probably not directed at gardening in the North, and is probably geared towards places like Northern Ontario or Edmonton. Like everything else, gardening here is different than it is down South, and with a few exceptions to particularly sunny or specialized breeds, heat-loving plants like tomatoes, cucumbers and squashes really need a greenhouse to be really successful, Wilcox says. While it’s possible to make them produce for you if you have the right tools and know-how, expecting to be a “master gardener” right away is just going to lead to disappointment, she notes.

The best plants for newbies to start with are greens, such as kale, salad fixings and swiss chard. Broccoli, cabbages and cauliflower also does well up here, although Wilcox suggests buying those as starter plants, instead of trying to start them indoors, as it’s a bit late for that at this point.

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when plants are really busy growing, Wilcox says it’s a good idea to apply it a second time.

5. Plant things you actually want to eat

4. Keep your plants warm and happy

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Wilcox surrounded by her green bounty 

Expert Yukon Gardener Ingrid Wilcox in her greenhouse

“If you and your family don’t like broccoli, why plant a whole bed of it?” says Wilcox.

“If your feet are cold, you’re miserable,” says Wilcox, “well, it’s the same thing for a plant’s roots.” Most plants will start growing when the soil is around 5 degrees C, but do best when soil -- not the air, the actual earth itself -- is around 10 degrees C, she says. To help get her beds ready to plant, Wilcox lays clear plastic sheeting over top and pulls it tight, which helps naturally heat up the soil. Wilcox also recommends leaving your garden hose in the sun, or pouring water into a rain barrel (especially if you’re on well water, which tends to be very cold) so the sun heats it up. Nobody, not even arugula, likes a cold shower.

Make sure you not only plant foods you and your family enjoy, but that you have a plan for them come harvest time, so that you can process or freeze the extras and all your hard work doesn’t go to waste.

Lori Fox is the editor of What’s Up Yukon. When they are not hard at work on the paper, they can be found ﬁshing with their trusty dog, Herman.

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Starting with fresh, clean soil, including peat and compost, is a good start for healthy plants, says Wilcox, but it takes a lot of energy to make a tasty vegetable, and so to really get good results you need to give them a little extra fertilizer. Whether you go organic or not is up to you, but Wilcox says a good natural fertilizer you can whip up at home is: • 4 parts blood meal • 2 parts bone meal • 1 part kelp or rock phosphate Mix together in a bucket, apply a thin layer to the surface of the soil and then work it in before planting. In about July,

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As the Yukon business community continues to make progress through the current pandemic emergency, the Yukon Chamber of Commerce (YCC) is focused on short, medium and long-term needs of Yukon Businesses. We continue to work with the six community Chambers of Commerce across the territory, as well as the Provincial Chambers of Commerce and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. As noted in our last ‘What’s Up Yukon’ letter, the Yukon Chamber of Commerce is waving annual membership dues for existing members until July 1. As well, we are offering a free, 90-day membership for any Yukon business that wishes to be engaged in, and provide input into, Yukon Chamber efforts to navigate us towards the reopening of the Territorial economy. The broader our membership base, the better the input will be that we receive and can provide to the Territorial and Federal Governments. New members can enroll for a free 90-day membership at: yukonchamber.com/become-a-member. YCC is an active representative on the Business Advisory Council, meeting weekly with the Yukon government to provide input on all aspects related to the business community, and working to plan for the reopening of the territorial economy. In parallel, we are also working directly with our sister Provincial Chamber of Commerce organizations as well as the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, to identify best practices being adopted across the country to support businesses in reopening plans. One critical issue being identified across the country is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) available to businesses to provide to their employees; without cannibalizing critical, medical grade PPE required by frontline medical workers. This is a particular challenge in the Yukon because, as far as we can determine, all such supplies are brought in from outside the territory. With this in mind, the Yukon Chamber of Commerce has partnered to bring in an initial supply of 5000 masks, and pairs of gloves; and we will be working with the community Chambers of Commerce to help make them available to Yukon businesses, at cost. As well, we have had preliminary discussions with a potential local provider of hand sanitizer, and will explore pursuing a similar arrangement for that. Please note, if there are local Yukon providers of PPE that we are unaware of, please reach out to us. YCC in no way wants to be in this business long-term, or compete with any Yukon PPE providers. Please spread the word about the information shared here, as well as the free, 90-day membership opportunity; and if you have any ideas questions or information that you wish to share related to Yukon business community, please reach out to us at office@yukonchamber. com.

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Gardening on the cheap you need fancy store-bought planters. Egg cartons and takeaway coffee cups make great temporary pots for starting plants (as well as reusing things that would often end up in the trash, or have to be trucked down as recycling). Simply put the dirt in, plant the seed and, when you’re ready to transplant, peel off the cardboard. You can even leave one side attached and put the cardboard right into the ground, to avoid disturbing those tender baby roots. The clear, plastic containers baked goods often come in make amazing mini-greenhouses for seedlings, especially for starting slowgrowing herbs. Here in the Yukon, raised beds are pretty much essential; we have a short growing season, the ground stays cold a long time, and we can get frost pretty much whenever nature feels like giving it to us, all of which a solid raised bed helps alleviate. Fancy new lumber, however, can be pricey — and difficult to go pick up, if you don’t have a car — and building things requires that you have tools. Some people use large plastic tote bins, but I find those quite expensive. If you have some already around, they might be a

railroad ties or telephone poles, for example — as the chemicals in these products can leach into soil and are quite toxic. Treated wood has a green hue to it, so it’s quite easy to spot. Old tires make great raised planters, as they are stackable, hold-in heat (which means they increase the ambient temperature of soil, something heat-loving plants, like potatoes, adore). They are also a huge environmental problem, as they take a very long time to break down, causing them to pile up in landfills, and disposing of them by burning causes them to release toxic chemicals, and you can often just get them for free. There are people who won’t use old tires, on the argument that tires contain chemicals, but how quickly tires degrade (not very) and leach, and whether or not they are a health risk to people has been debated widely. Growing tasty green things (like this bok If it worries you, choi) doesn’t have to be expensive you can line them with plastic together with cheap nails and a sheeting — available cheaply by dollar-store hammer. They aren’t the roll from any hardware store. beautiful, but it does the job re- For me, using tires is a cheap quired of it, which is that it holds and effective method of creating dirt. It is imperative, however, growing space, as well as an enthat you never use treated wood vironmentally conscious one, so I — such as that recovered from do it. suitable alternative — if you go this route, remember to drill some holes in the bottom of the bin (or, alternatively, punch them with a nail and hammer) to facilitate proper drainage (which makes for happy plants). For my garden, I have several raised beds, all repurposed from found scrap, including using old fence posts which had already been sized accordingly, and put

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ardening is, at its core, about growing food (and creating pleasure) for your own consumption, outside of the modern food chain of large-scale industrial farming, shipping and consumption. There are lots of reason people might want to do this — growing organic, fresh produce that’s available direct to you when you want it, control over what you eat, the emotional rewards of taking care of something, or improving your personal food security — but regardless of your reasons, one thing every gardener can agree on is that it can be very expensive. It doesn’t have to be, though, if you’re clever (and willing to sacrifice form for function, which is something I’m always willing to do). This series, The Radical Gardener, will look at ways in which working class people (or people who just want to save some scratch) can approach creating, caring for and maintaining a food garden — something which, given the uncertainty of these times, seems like a pretty good idea. The information herein and moving forward is the result of my own work as an organic farm hand in Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec, as well as my personal experimentation with gardening for food security here in the Yukon. I will be focusing on food-producing plants only, as ornamental gardening — while a source of joy for many — does not facilitate the highly productive outcome we are discussing here, namely, putting healthy food on your plate. In this installment, we’ll be looking at one of the most expensive aspects of gardening; the set up. Starting seeds doesn’t mean

Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive, if you’re clever Soil need not be expensive — yes, you can get super expensive fancy bags, but I use simple blackearth and manure, supplemented with peat for improved drainage. I also use lots of City of Whitehorse compost, available at the waste management facility, which is inexpensive and local, derived entirely from the contents of Yukoner’s green bins. Can you guarantee it’s 100 per cent certified organic? Nope. If that matters to you, spring for the fancy stuff. When building beds, take a shovel or edger and carefully break up the soil, flipping sod root-side up and leaving it exposed (for the grass to die) and removing any weeds, such as a foxtail, as they are rather good at surviving such treatment. Level out the bed (your boots will do) and then take cardboard and cover the bed area with at least two layers before pouring in the soil. This helps your garden bed stay weed-free, and the cardboard will eventually break down. However you choose to set up your garden, remember that increased cost does not always mean increased output; there’s a balance to be had between “quality” and “price” and more expensive — isn’t always better. Virtually anyone with access to an outdoor space — even just a small balcony can have a perfectly acceptable vegetable garden with a small price tag and a medium amount of effort.

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was only six in 1949 when South Paciﬁc, the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (with help from Joshua Logan), was the hottest ticket on Broadway. My life partner, Herself, was a mere negative-12. But she is genuine show-folk, so it’s no surprise that she’s familiar with Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque, not to mention Bloody Mary’s habit of chewing betel nuts without deploying Pepsodent to offset tooth decay. She’s also a piano player of sorts, although - by her own admission (and that of anyone who’s ever heard her) - at least a few months away from her Carnegie Hall debut. Be that as it may. Practising gives her pleasure and relaxation. For me, having music in the house rekindles warm childhood memories of a musical family. Among the many books that sit on the studio piano she recently bought for $0 (plus $300 for transportation and $125 for tuning) one containing half a hundred

classic Broadway showtunes. Alas, the piano recently stood silent for eight weeks, while Herself recovered from a broken wrist. It is hard to play scales, chords and arpeggios, let alone basic melodies, while one’s dominant hand and forearm are swathed in plaster of Paris. Every day for eight weeks, I observed that Broadway songbook, permanently opened to “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair.” While Herself was at work, I secretly taught myself to plunk out the first nine bars with my right hand. Please don’t breathe a word. I’m many years farther from a Carnegie debut than Herself will ever be. The point is that, seeing her songbook permanently opened to page 75 caused a considerable amount of existential angst. Was this a passive-aggressive signal of trouble in marital paradise? Couldn’t she have chosen “Some Enchanted Evening,” or “Bali Ha’i” instead?

Why – given how short she wears her hair – would she pick a tune guaranteed to stoke a Geezer’s insecurity that he’s about to be rinsed down the drain? “Don’t try to patch it up, tear it up, tear it up! Wash him out, dry him out, push him out, ﬂy him out, cancel him and let him go!” With characteristic cowardice, I said nothing. I asked nothing. But all came clear on the weekend, when Herself – unprompted and out the blue – said, “I want to learn all the lyrics of ‘I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair.’” My inside voice said, “If you want a divorce, just say so.” My outside voice timidly asked, “Oh, why’s that?” “It’s a great tune to hum while I’m disinfecting the kitchen counters,” she replied. Works for both COVID-19 and ant infestations, it seems. Bullet dodged. Marriage intact. Our resident Geezer deliberately shuns shampoo southeast of Whitehorse.

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Teaching kids at home requires a few adjustments by Amoree Briggs

ver have dreams about homeschooling your kids, but never got the opportunity to? Now that you have no choice because of school closures, are you constantly fighting with your kids to get their work done? This is my sixth year homeschooling

and I still butt heads with my kids sometimes. But our challenging days are few and far between now, and my kids (age 10 and 7) are starting to take charge of their own learning. There are countless online resources that are available now

for children’s education that you can browse and you can likely get some great tips from your child’s public school teacher. But if you just can’t seem to get the hang of homeschool, you may need to revamp your routine. Schooling at home is way different than the brick-andmortar option and we can’t expect it will work the same. First of all, you are their parent(s)! Your intimate connection with each other is fantastic but can cause some issues in this new situation. Homeschooling involves a finely tuned relationship that takes time to develop. The lack of other students your child’s age in your new ‘classroom’ can also be an issue. In a public school setting, other students tend to add encouragement, friendly competition, and energy to your child’s learning. My oldest son tried public school for a while and we found these all to be accurate. At home, the only other kids are their siblings, if any. Siblings are not only at a different grade level, but can also add more intense competition and strife. All this, added into the potentially unsettled feelings you and your child are experiencing as a result of COVID-19, and you have a sticky setting for your new homeschool relationship! Getting off on the right foot is extremely important. You need to set up a comfortable, supportive and fun atmosphere, a place where your child can be in

a relaxed state to learn. If your child is feeling uptight, and forced into a whole different routine in their already sensitive state (and yours!), you could have problems that become hard to undo. So what does this atmosphere look like? Well, it starts off with tuning into what your kids really like, what they are interested in. Leave your own ideas behind for now - sitting them down and making them do worksheets on Day 1 is a bad idea. I know because I tried it. At first, your homeschool routine could simply be playing games together, reading out loud, painting a large mural together, using sticks and internet videos to learn how to sword fight, learning how to finger knit, or acting out your favorite story with homemade finger puppets. Hockey interests? Great, try designing a new NHL team together. Loves horses? OK, research what a quaint little backyard stable might look like. Maybe listen to some of their favorite music while ‘working’ (my kids love to mix math and rock and roll). Find the right time of day that works for you both, not when you are tired or hungry. Try something other than sitting down at a formal desk or table. Find a relaxing place to hang out together that you both enjoy. Better yet, get the kids to make a special space! Be in the moment and have fun. Turn off your phone. Have a great time

together, NO interruptions. Try for a half hour at first and see how it progresses! You can add in more curriculumbased projects later on once you have a better feel for your new relationship together. Everyone in Canada, North America, the world, is in the same situation with schools being closed. Your child will not fall behind with grade expectations if you take this precious quality time that we have been given and focus on this new exciting part of your relationship. When I went to a more childbased learning process, our school time progressively got better. Now, my children are mostly doing what they are interested in (we are the sword-fighting-samurai family right now from Ancient Japan), mixed in with some curricular expectations. And it’s working. Just today my 10 year old asked me to print out extra practice sheets for long-division, because he felt he didn’t totally get the process yet. I told him he had to stop being so responsible, but I printed some off for him anyways. You can develop your family’s own school routine that’s fun, rewarding and memorable, one that you can all enjoy together. And heads up, you are doing a great job already! Amoree Briggs lives in the Yukon countryside with her family.

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Sat May 23 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat May 23 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Sat May 23 DIY Hair Spa! DM on Elements Facebook page, call or email for package details. info@elementsesthetics.ca 668-2430 Sat May 23 Community Pilates A breath-focused warm up, a Pilates-style workout, and some stretching. All proceeds will go to the Whitehorse Food Bank and Food Banks BC. Email root-and-reach@outlook.com for more info. Sat May 23 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sat May 23 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sun May 24 Online Live Stream: Sunday Worship Service Vision 2020 Family of Families, live stream via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sun May 24 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sun May 24 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Mon May 25 Online - Seniors Winter Wellness Cafe Email Imcaexdir@gmail.com and download the zoom app to join our online chat during the covid-19 self isolation. Mon May 25 Online Member Meet Up Connect and create an ongoing dialogue to help the organization better serve its membership, as well as the Yukon music industry and community. Email staff@musicyukon.com for more info. Register online in advance for this meeting. https://zoom.us/meeting/register Mon May 25 (Virtual) Grief Walking Group Participants will ‘gather’ with Hospice Volunteers for an opening circle via online platform where resources and readings will be shared. For more info call 667-7429 or email info@hospiceyukon.net. Mon May 25 Live & Online: Yin Yoga Restorative Get moving and breathing easy with special consideration for those who are stiff, inflexible, and new to yoga. Open to all levels. Register online or email for more info. http://rootedtreemassageyoga. gettimely.com rootedtreemassage@gmail.com 334-8599 Tue May 26 Live & Online: Kundalini to Awaken Your Potential Weekly explore your body, mind, and heart’s balance. Register online. https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/classes Tue May 26 Online: Parent-Child Mother Goose Discover the power and pleasure of rhymes, songs and stories. Email familyprogs@partnersforchildren.info or call 3325990 to join up via Zoom. Tue May 26 Tuesdays with You(th) For youth 12-18 years old, email manager@ yukonyouth.com for the zoom link to join. Wed May 27 Online: Breathing & Meditation Group Class This class will include micro somatic movements, breathing practices and meditation. Everyone is welcome. Register online. http://www.resolvepainguru.com/events Wed May 27 Online: Prayer Meeting Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Thu May 28 Online: Parent-Child Mother Goose Discover the power and pleasure of rhymes, songs and stories. Email familyprogs@partnersforchildren.info or call 3325990 to join up via Zoom. Thu May 28 Online: Hatha Live with Kait Move mindfully through a balance of standing and seated postures, closing our practice with a short meditation. Classes are held through Zoom, email breathoflifeyukon@gmail.com for more info. Thu May 28 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info.

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Thu May 28 Essential Oils 101 Workshop Basics of using dōTERRA essential oils for emotional wellbeing, immune support, pain relief and toxic free cleaning. Make 2 roller bottles, register online. Fri May 29 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Fri May 29 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat May 30 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat May 30 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Sat May 30 DIY Facial - Yukon Flora Facial and Relaxation Box DM on Elements Facebook page, call or email for package details. info@elementsesthetics.ca 668-2430 Sat May 30 Community Pilates A breath-focused warm up, a Pilates-style workout, and some stretching. All proceeds will go to the Whitehorse Food Bank and Food Banks BC. Email root-and-reach@outlook.com for more info. Sat May 30 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sat May 30 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sun May 31 Online Live Stream: Sunday Worship Service Vision 2020 Family of Families, live stream via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Sun May 31 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sun May 31 Online: Bible Study Vision 2020 Family of Families, meeting via Zoom. PM the facebook page for ID join-in. https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsefilipino/ posts/2552729481499893 Mon Jun 1 (Virtual) Grief Walking Group Participants will ‘gather’ with Hospice Volunteers for an opening circle via an online platform where resources and readings will be shared. For more info call 667-7429 or email info@hospiceyukon.net. Tue Jun 2 Live & Online: Kundalini to Awaken Your Potential Weekly explore your body, mind, and heart’s balance. Register online. https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/classes Thu Jun 4 Online: Hatha Live with Kait Move mindfully through a balance of standing and seated postures, closing our practice with a short meditation. Classes are held through Zoom, email breathoflifeyukon@gmail.com for more info. Thu Jun 4 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Fri Jun 5 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat Jun 6 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat Jun 6 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Sun Jun 7 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Tue Jun 9 Live & Online: Kundalini to Awaken Your Potential Weekly explore your body, mind, and heart’s balance. Register online. https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/classes Thu Jun 11 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Fri Jun 12 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat Jun 13 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Sat Jun 13 Virtual Zumba Zoom Classes Email rosanazumba18@gmail.com for the Zoom invite or for more info. Sun Jun 14 Online: Bhangra Fitness with Gurdeep Pandher Donation-based online bhangra dance-fitness classes. Sign up online. http://g-k.ca/ Tue Jun 16 Live & Online: Kundalini to Awaken Your Potential Weekly explore your body, mind, and heart’s balance. Register online. https://www.rootedtreemassage. com/classes

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citizen science Will you join the Yukon Spring Nature Challenge?

An apparently very sleepy red fox PHOTOS: Malcolm Boothroyd

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pring is in the air, and it’s usually a time of high spirits and exciting adventures through the Yukon’s wilderness. Things don’t look as promising as we had hoped when the winter began, though. The COVID-19 pan-

demic has many of us relegated to the backyard trails and hikes closer to home. But along these trails lies many signs of regrowth and symbols of resilience against a harsh winter. Buds beginning to grow, imprints of fox footprints squished into the mud, and the gentle hum of insects

meandering through gardens. The signs of spring in the Yukon are all around us and that’s why we launched the Yukon Spring Nature Challenge. It’s a friendly competition to highlight the beauty of the Yukon’s spring and provide Yukoners the opportunity to participate in community science. Until June

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20, you can upload your photos of plants and animals to the Yukon Spring Nature Challenge on the iNaturalist website. iNaturalist is an online platform for people to add observations of the biodiversity around them. If you are unsure of the name of a particular organism that’s okay too (you can just

say “bird” or “plant”). Scientists and community members will add their input and confirm the identity of the species you found. After enough scientists confirm the identity of the organism, it can receive a “Research Grade” and ecologists can use this cont’d on page 25 ...

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Citizen Science ... cont’d information for their work. In a territory with vast landscapes that are sometimes difficult to access for researchers, this can provide a valuable service and help create a good foundation of information. We’ve also set up the signsofspring@cpawsyukon.org email address if that’s easier for you to submit your photos, and we will upload them to iNaturalist. CPAWS Yukon’s Conservation Science Coordinator, Kate Nowak, got a firsthand look at how helpful input from community scientists can be. In 2018, Kate embarked on a research project examining the timing and patterns of coat shedding in mountain goats. Using iNaturalist and CitiSci (another community science platform) Kate and her colleagues crowdsourced photos of mountain goats

from across their range. With the help of camera traps set up in locations in the southern Yukon and community input consisting of photos, anecdotes, and other helpful information, the team found some interesting trends. They showed that mountain goats shed their winter coats later at higher elevations and at northern latitudes, and that males (or billies) shed first, females (or nannies) shed after males, and last to shed are nannies with kids. The community’s inputs, from Yukon to Colorado, helped them understand how mountain goats may be responding to a warming climate. Community science is transforming the way we do science. While our Spring Nature Challenge doesn’t (yet) have any researchers requesting specific in-

A yellow-rumped warbler

formation, creating this foundation is instrumental. And on top of that, you can win some prizes! At the end of the spring, CPAWS Yukon will have a panel of judges choose four winners, one for best photo, most unusual sighting, most observations recorded, and best kids sighting for kids 12 and under. People have already recorded hundreds of species for the Yukon Spring Nature Challenge, from crocuses and kingfishers to wood frogs and lichens. Each species has its own story of how it thrives in the Yukon, and some are especially fascinating. The snow was barely off the ground before people started noticing butterflies fluttering about. Butterflies appear fragile, but species like mourning cloaks and tortoiseshells can live through

The emergence of crocus flowers are among the first signs of spring many Yukoners look for the Yukon winter. They find shelter in tree cavities and other sheltered nooks, while antifreeze-like molecules in their blood prevent them from freezing solid. Wood frogs use a similar strategy to survive the winter, and as a result are the only amphibians on the continent that can live north of the Arctic Circle. People are reporting dozens of bird species, with new arrivals appearing daily. Some species undertake marathon migrations, like American Golden-Plovers which winter as far away as Argentina, and Arctic terns which fly from Antarctica and have the longest migration of any animal on the planet. The birds that tough it through the Yukon winters are equally impressive. The brains of black-capped chickadees expand in the fall to help them remem-

ber where they’ve hidden seeds, while little songbirds called dippers plunge into the frigid waters of the Yukon River in search of aquatic bugs. And keep your eyes peeled for unusual birds too. Hummingbirds, European barn swallows and even an oriole have been sighted in the Yukon. As the world around us seems uncertain, we’re hoping that an activity like this can bring a little reprieve. Get outside, enjoy the natural world around us, practice safe physical distancing measures and ensure you’re following the rules of entry in your local area, and keep your camera nearby! The signs of spring are all around us, what will you find? Adil Darvesh is the communications coordinator for CPAWS Yukon.

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Bringing the community together through fitness

Long Lean & Mean Fitness offers virtual programming by Amber Church

PHOTO: submitted by Juanita Wyatt

Happy faces from Wyatt’s online classes

OVID-19 has meant changes in everyone’s lives, including how we interact with each other, how we work, how we shop and how we work out. For those out there who have been missing the structure of exercising with the expert support of an instructor, Long Lean & Mean Fitness has a solution – a full slate of online programming to help you get your sweat on. “When this all started it kicked us in the stomach a bit,” said Juanita Wyatt, owner of Long Lean & Mean Fitness, “we were one of the first businesses in town who chose to close based on what we were already seeing happen in southern Canada. We felt really strongly that it wasn’t about the business at a time like this, but about the community and their well-being.” Luckily for Wyatt she soon found that the community she was trying to protect and support wanted to do the same for her. She explained, “A bunch of our clients

started reaching out and asking us to offer online courses. It felt like a very large obstacle and seemed really unattainable to me, but with so much support from our community I felt like I had to try.” She started by re-drafting Long Lean & Mean Fitness’ waivers. That done, she tackled teaching herself a new software system. “I really only had a couple of days to pivot and get it done,” she said, “I was able to push myself because people were really looking for the mental well-being support that our programming could offer.” Moving Long Lean & Mean Fitness’ programming online to a video format has required Wyatt to make some adjustments to her teaching style. “I have to verbally cue participants a lot more as they can’t see my body language as clearly as they could in-person,” she explained, “it means that your voice gets so dry – you feel like you’re made of dust by the end of a class.” She added, “And I had to adjust

to being on camera all the time. It isn’t as bad as I thought it would be – it’s a unique perspective of seeing yourself throughout most of your class and seeing your participants through a bit of a filter.” Wyatt keeps the chat class’ chat window open at the end of each workout so the students can interact with her and each other, recognizing that exercise classes normally help participants fill a need for social interaction as well as health benefits. “I wanted to continue to be myself through all of this,” she said, “I wanted to see people laugh and smile, and swear when things get hard.” The virtual nature of the programming has allowed the diversity of those smiles to expand. “We have people from Alberta and the NWT joining the classes now,” said Wyatt, “some are people who have moved away and it’s really nice to see those faces from the past, and some are new faces who are finding our classes because of the unique situation COVID puts us all in.” Currently Long Lean & Mean Fitness are running one to two classes a day on weekdays, taught by Wyatt. The programming has a strong focus on pilates and barre. “When I opened the doors of Long Lean & Mean Fitness three years ago I didn’t really know what to expect or who exactly we were yet,” said Wyatt, “in the intervening period I’ve come to realize that we are whoever you need – there are people on both extreme ends of the fitness ruler, but most of us are somewhere in

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the middle and the community needed somewhere for those people in the middle to go. I like to think of it now as if we are the bicep, creating space for everyone in that middle ground to come together.” Wyatt stresses how that community that Long Lean & Mean Fitness has built has really humbled her during the current crisis. “I am so grateful and feel so blessed,” she said. If you aren’t yet convinced that virtual exercise is the way to go, Wyatt has a parting piece of advice: “If you don’t choose to

use this time at home to work out you’ll likely learn what TikTok is, and no one should be doing that.” You can learn more about Long Lean & Mean Fitness’ programming and sign up for virtual classes at their website: www.llmf.ca

Amber Church is generally enthusiastic about everything but she spends most of her time creating in an art studio and chasing a child and dog through the wilderness.

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Travelling Light with Aimée Dawn Robinson

This week — Pace Yourself, You Animal

elcome to the first edition of “Traveling Light,” my new column for What’s Up Yukon. I have much to share with you – tough to know where to start. To begin, I’d like to launch the column by drawing one Tarot card for the human community of the Yukon, and beyond, at this moment.

Deck:

Rider-Waite Coleman-Smith, first published in 1910.

Question:

“What card do I need to share right now, to help us collectively and individually through our current situation?”

Astrological Circumstances:

I cast the reading during the Full Moon in Scorpio, Full Flower Moon, in a cloud of smudge, with healing intentions. May it harm none.

The Card:

Strength. Tarot Card Eight (VIII, 8, rulership Leo) of the Major Arcana.

In this deck, the Strength card has a brilliant gold background. The colour gold in this case is potent and uplifting, a hit of positivity. The card shows a figure gently interacting with the jaws of a lion. The lion and the person make direct eye-contact. Above the figure’s head floats the symbol for infinity, falling from their waist is a garland of abundant blossoms. They are wearing a mutton-sleeved, white gown. Lively flowers erupt from a crown upon the figure’s head as they stand with the lion in a rich green landscape near a vista of mountains. In some Tarot decks, the human depicted has their hand deep inside the lion’s mouth. In most decks, the person has grace and knowledge of culture. They know how to “behave,” in keeping with societal norms and requests. What does all this mean for us right now? Among many things, Card Eight reminds us to make eye contact with our passions and problems both. It’s easier to address your desires, wild sides and anger if you first get a good look at them. We’re also called upon to further develop our sense of culture; to re-define and refine what we think about “refinement”. I’d like to touch on three pri-

mary aspects of the Strength card. One, the need to seek counsel. Two, the power of courage, endurance and strength. Three, learning to balance your rage, fire, wildness, and passions with cultural expectations. Let’s combine these three aspects in a two-step action plan. Don’t worry, it will be rewarding.

Chalk sketch for Major Arcana Eight, Strength in the Tarot

Step one.

Recognize and celebrate your vigor, health, and strength. Be proud of the collective work we’ve been doing to protect human life. With courage, we can face the new and sometimes raw emotions naturally accompanying the sudden changes in our lives. We are encouraged to stay strong! Your homework: after recognizing your contribution and feeling proud, resolve to continue to be courageous, and further build endurance and resilience. A lion knows how to pace themself. Pace yourself.

Step Two.

We need to seek counsel. To ensure the health of our spirits and minds, we each need to seek counsel from our Elders, teachers, counsellors, Aunties, Uncles, Rabbis, ministers, priests, trusted psychologists, mentors and coach-

PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION: Aimee Dawn Robinson es. Homework part two: consider, then seek out someone you trust to talk with on a regular basis. Talk together about increasing your ability to balance your raw passions with the expectations of culture. When do I get to be the lion, and when do I get to be “the lady?”. Furthermore, why? Enjoy your homework everybody! May it harm none. Next time, I’ll share how Astrology shows us how Covid-19 will help introduce a much better future for us all.

Bow & Arrow Tarot and Astrology is the practice of Aimée Dawn Robinson. Specializing in nomadic arts, Aimée is dancer, writer, visual artist, and Tarot reader & astrologer. Readings with Aimée offer you fresh perspective and realistic tools for change and re-balancing. Read all about it, book readings, workshops, and gift certiﬁcates online at: www.bow and arrow tarot and astrology.com.

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How much is that artist in the window? by Nicole Bauberger

ur new COVID-19 situation has been a steep learning curve for all of us, both as individuals and as organizations. It demands we use creativity and reflection to ask ourselves what is important about what we do, and figure out ways to do it. The Yukon Artists @ Work Society (YA@W) are among those doing their best to adapt. They are the group of artists who run the gallery in the blue building at 4th and Wood St. They have come up with an innovative way to be present to their public within these new and shifting constraints. The group has been active since 2003, beginning in a gallery out at MacRae, moving to Industrial Road, and then downtown to the Wood Street location. In addition to the gallery, the collective runs workshops and demonstrations, and collaborates with other groups to mount shared projects. YA@W co-presented Circumpolar Duet with Yukon Writers’ Collective Ink, the result of dialogues between the works of poets and artists, the last edition of which appeared last January. Artists working for artists, they make contexts to share each other’s artistic visions. The gallery meets its costs by commissions from art sales and the dues paid by member artists. It runs by the volunteer efforts of the group. Its basic function is not grant-funded. When the COVID crisis began, the group implemented sanitizing and social distancing measures, limiting visitors to the gallery to 5 at a time. But then it seemed like they should just close, and so they did, March 24. As they brainstormed how to proceed, adapting to Zoom meetings, one member suggested doing some kind of special show in the windows. Then another member misunderstood what they meant, and The Artist In the Window was born. YA@W artist Virginia Wilson kicked off The Artist in the Window April 15 with a series of mini-residencies. She made an installation of her acrylic Yukon landscapes in one of the 3-sided window pockets that frame the gallery door. In the other window, she set up her easel. Thursday to Saturday, 11 AM to 2 PM, she demonstrated her painting technique. Visitors could call and

talk to her live on the gallery phone. One woman from the Czech Republic stood and watched for over an hour. A father and son came by to see what she was doing. CBC Television worked out a way to interview her through the window. Wilson observed that it felt good to be out there doing something rather than hiding in her house. The next week, Ann Mackenzie brought her needle felting to the window. Mackenzie is one of the founding members of the YA@W. The bright colours and textures entertained passers-by. She saw friends she hadn’t seen in a long time. Lillian Loponen demonstrated wet-in-wet techniques in both acrylics and watercolours for the week of April 29. At time of writing, the group was still looking forward to residencies by Susanne Hauserman, in textile arts, the week of May 6. She planned to work in cotton and organza, using a sewing machine and soldering iron. Jeanine Baker, the week of May 13, anticipated working in glass mosaic, and this week, beginning May 20, Patrick Royle has set up his potter’s wheel right in the window. “The window allows viewers to actually get closer to an artist’s working process than they could without it,” observes group chair Nicole Bauberger. Visitors who wanted to arrange a private, carefully distanced and disinfected browse through the gallery could set up an appointment with Nicole. In light of evolving policy around COVID-19 and the lack of community spread, the group plans to reopen the gallery for shifts, bringing in another member to host visitors while their colleague works in the window. After Royle, Donald Watt will work in the windows and also staff the gallery. The artists plan to open for shorter hours to allow for disinfecting. No more than five

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guests will be welcomed to browse at once. The group hopes it will be possible to return to more normal shifts, with a summer student allowing the artist to demonstrate their craft. In collaboration with Arts in the Park, the society has applied to remount focussed sessions of The Artist in the Window sessions this summer. Watch for details of that in late June.

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Nicole Bauberger is a painter, writer and performer living in Whitehorse.

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big part of art is looking for inspiration, so let’s find it inside and outside! If you’ve had classes with me, you know I love textures and colors from nature; the next time you’re on a walk, start looking at the different colors around you. Notice all the cool shapes: sticks that are short lines, tree tops that are triangles, rocks that are round shapes, grass that is long lines. Trees of all kinds, rocks, clouds, the sky is not even the limit! Then we’ll take our ideas inside, and, using some of that recycling that’s been piling up around the house, make some colorful art!

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Maya is a visual artist and art teacher, based in Whitehorse, Yukon. She was Born and raised in Israel, and has traveled to the United States, Canada and Europe. She teaches art classes and workshops across Yukon in varied frameworks, for painting, drawing, crafts, and more. Her work reﬂects the connections of art, love and nature, through colors, and how it empowers us and our communities through colors.

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