WHITEHORSE—Yukon College has promoted Tosh Southwick from executive director of First Nations Initiatives and Community, Innovation and Development to the newly-created position of associate vice president Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation. 

WHITEHORSE—Dr. Janet Welch has joined Yukon College as vice president Academic and Student Services.  

Dr. Welch was most recently associate vice president Academic at Lethbridge College and was previously an assistant dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. 

WHITEHORSE—Yukon College has adopted a new sexualized violence prevention and response policy.

WHITEHORSE—23-year-old Abdullah Alaboud (or “Abed” as he prefers to be known) is settling into campus life and learning to cope with the cooler temperature of his new home. 

WHITEHORSE—Yukon College will be welcoming over 660 new and returning credit students this term for orientation activities—a 14 per cent increase in registrations over this time last year. 

This includes 145 international students hailing from countries such as Japan, India, Brazil, Bosnia, Spain, Columbia, South Korea and China, and 13 students entering the first made-in-Yukon degree program, the Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Governance. 

WHITEHORSE—Technology Accreditation Canada has awarded national program accreditation status to the Geological Technology diploma program at Yukon College.

This means the two-year program meets nationally-recognized benchmarks and graduates can fast-track their pathway towards a professional designation as an applied science technologist (AScT) as they embark on their career.