We advocate for the territory’s most valuable resource: our abundant wild spaces. We recognize that nature is deeply connected to us and anything that impacts the environment directly affect us as people. We also recognize our responsibility as an environmental organization to advocate for wildlife and their habitats, and that those lands and waters are also the Traditional Territories of Yukon First Nations, the Inuvialuit, and transboundary First Nations in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Alaska. We are based on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council in Whitehorse.
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Our Stories
Panel Discussion: Future of Mining in the Yukon
Explore how Indigenous Nations can direct how mining happens on their traditional territories and how mining fits within other land-use and land-relationship priorities. Panelists include Jamie Kneen (Co-Manager, MiningWatch Canada), Gùdia MJ Johnson, (Lhù’ààn Mân Ku Dan Elder), and Keyshawn Sawyer (Youth Counsellor, Selkirk First Nation). [Learn more]
Cyanide in the Environment: A webinar on the Eagle Mine disaster
In the wake of the Eagle Mine disaster, Yukon Seed & Restoration hosted a webinar with updates on the disaster response and ongoing risks from the toxic cyanide solution. Speakers included Mark O’Donoghue with the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun and Dr. Laurie Chan with the University of Ottawa. [Learn more]
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