CPAWS Yukon Events Calendar Archives

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Past Events

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

CPAWS-Yukon Christmas Open House
and Advisory Council Meeting
Thursday, December 16, 2004
CPAWS office – 211 Main St., Whitehorse

Please join us! The open house will be from 3 – 5:30p.m. Drop by for a visit and some Christmas goodies. Pizza will be served at 5:30p.m

The Advisory Council meeting starts at 6 p.m. The following is the agenda:

“Postmodernism, Ecology, and Protected Areas” - talk by Executive Director Jim Pojar
Improving our communications – What do you want to read in our newsletter? What do you think of an electronic newsletter? What makes you read a letter to the editor? What about radio coverage? Are our events effective? How about our displays? Web site?
Planning for the lead-in to the next territorial election.

Sustainable Community Economic Development Seminar Series - 3
Planning CED Projects, presented by Simon Fraser University Ron Trepanier
Tuesday November 23, 2004 (2 - 6 pm)
Gold Rush Inn, Town Hall
Cost: $20

What you will learn:

identify critical success factors
assess organizational capacity
identify values
establish priorities and goals
undertake operational planning including timelines and budgets.

CPAWS-Yukon Advisory Council Meeting
Thursday, November 18, 2004
CPAWS office – 211 Main St., Whitehorse

These informal meetings provide an opportunity to find out what CPAWS is doing on conservation and other fronts, and to provide input on issues and strategy. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate.

True North Wild and Free
November 8, 2004
Beringia Centre, Whitehorse
Event starts at 7:30 pm
Free admission

James Raffan

CPAWS presents True North Wild and Free - A National Celebration of our Boreal Forest, an evening of breathtaking photographs, stories and music inspired by the 2003 Boreal Rendezvous river journeys. Join wilderness storyteller and host James Raffan with special guests including writers, artists and musicians. Local musician Sonja Anderson will be taking part in the Whitehorse show, and other participants will be announced. Support the conservation of one of the last intact forests left on Earth.

All proceeds from book sales will go to CPAWS to support our continued work to protect Canada’s boreal forests. True North Wild and Free is a component of the CPAWS National Boreal Forest Program – and follows on the enormous success of the Boreal Rendezvous of summer, 2003.

Contact Theresa Gulliver at cpaws@cpawsyukon.org for more information on the Whitehorse event.

Your contribution to the Boreal Program can go a long way to helping us protect Canadian wilderness. One person can make a difference, in more ways than you think! For more ways that you can get involved in this campaign, check our Volunteer Opportunities page or go to the Boreal Campaign Get Involved page on the CPAWS National Web site.

For more information about True North Wild and Free events across Canada, visit www.cpaws.org/boreal.

Three Rivers Project Youth Art Competition
Submissions due November 12, 2004

This art competition is for Yukon youth aged 5 to 19 years, and it is associated with the Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Sacred Places Art Exhibition.

Sustainable Community Economic Development Seminar Series - 2
Resource Communities in Transition, presented by Simon Fraser University and Regional Economist Victor Cumming
Tuesday October 26, 2004 (2 - 6 pm)
Gold Rush Inn, Town Hall
Cost: $20

What you will learn:

community participation
assessing expected impacts
establishing an intervention process
gathering background information for potential strategies
preparing a strategic plan that addresses both short term and long term issues
preparing action plans and gathering the resources to implement these plans
working with the community to maintain or establish enterprises.

CPAWS-Yukon Advisory Council Meeting
Thursday, October 21, 2004
CPAWS office – 211 Main St., Whitehorse

Night sky over the Bonnet Plume
Photo by Courtney Milne
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Three Rivers Photography
October, 2004
Chocolate Claim
Whitehorse, Yukon

Stunning large-format, colour and black and white photography by Fritz Mueller, Marten Berkman and famous Canadian photographer Courtney Milne grace the walls of the Chocolate Claim. Grab a latte, settle back and disappear into the spectacular landscapes and details of the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume Rivers – the kind of large-scale pristine wilderness that inspires, and is getting harder and harder to find. Don’t forget to take that coffee buzz up to the Yukon Public Art Gallery to experience the diverse and powerful art inspired by those same rivers.

The Art and Nature of Yukon's Wild Rivers - Public and Artist Workshops
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Yukon Arts Centre and Yukon College

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Artists Talks, Slide Shows amd Luncheon
Featuring artists Michael Belmore, Ron Bolt, Marlene Creates, Gwen Curry, Jane Isakson, Joyce Majiski, Jose Mansilla Manard, and Haruko Okano. $15.00. Yukon Arts Centre

1:00-5:00 p.m.
Public Workshop On Nature Writing, Literature and Conservation
Featuring guest writers Brian Brett of British Columbia and Richard Nelson of Sitka, Alaska. $5.00. The Pit. Yukon College. Followed by a casual Literary Dinner for participants at a local restaurant.

Artist Workshops
Friday, October 15, 2004
Yukon Arts Centre

11:00 a.m.
The Northern Romantic Tradition of Landscape Painting with Ron Bolt

1:00 p.m.
The World of Art Installations: Bringing the Outside In, with Haruko Okano, Gwen Curry, Michael Belmore and Marlene Creates

Public Forum
Friday, October 15, 2004 at 8 p.m.
Yukon Arts Centre

Join a diverse and lively panel in exploring the relationship of Art, Nature and Conservation in an evening of intellectual entertainment, poetry and literature readings. Audience participation encouraged. Tickets on sale at Hougen's and the Arts Centre Box Office: $6. Draw Prizes.

The Art of the Three Rivers Journey - Art Exhibition Opening and Gala

Jane Isakson's vivid painting of the Bonnet Plume landscape is a sample of the engaging and diverse art works created by the eight artists on the Three Rivers Journey
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Three Rivers Journey – wild waters … sacred places
Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 7 p.m.
Yukon Arts Centre

Dress up and celebrate the art and eight visual artists of the Three Rivers Journey! A night of fabulous art, stories, Gwitch'in fiddling, music by Joe Bishop and Kim Barlow, an auction of lamps inspired by images of the journeys and northern delicacies. Tickets on sale now at Hougen's and the Arts Centre Box Office: $20 includes one drink.

Download your own copy of the Three Rivers: Wild Waters Sacred Places poster:
threerivers-exhibit-poster.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~2.5 Mb)

See also:

The Art of the Three Rivers Journey - Coffee Shop Photography Exhibit
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters, Mainstreet Backerei in Whitehorse, Yukon

The work of some of Canada’s and the Yukon’s best photographers – including Marten Berkman and Courtney Milne – will profile the wild mountain rivers of the Yukon, focussing on the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume Rivers of the Peel watershed.

Enjoy a mug of coffee surrounded by the artistic interpretation, large-format works, breathtaking nature and fine photographic talent from the Three Rivers Journey. The photographic works will be available for purchase.

Learn more about the Three Rivers Project here.

“Being Caribou” documentary
Vancouver International Film Festival
Wednesday, October 6 and Friday, October 8, 2004
Vancouver, British Columbia

Newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison follow, on foot, the annual migration of the caribou from their wintering range in central Yukon to the spring calving grounds on Alaska's coastal plain. This stunning documentary reveals the threat posed by American oil and gas drilling to these northern creatures. Learn more at www.viff.org and www.nfb.ca/beingcaribou.