Today many people practice meditation for stress relief and to improve their overall quality oflife. However, is there evidence that meditation is effective? If its effects can be proven, how can meditation be practiced by...
Read MoreLongtime Yukon teacher Mary Sloan and rapper Eminem have something in common. Theyboth got their careers started in Detroit’s notorious 8-Mile district.However, Sloan’s teaching environment from the beginning to the end could...
Read MoreWhat’s an English teacher to do once she retires: take a trip through the Northwest Passage?Ruth Armson did that, and wrote about it.Compile an autobiography, perhaps? She did that, too. “I’d been away from home since I was 15,...
Read MoreWhen Kaska master carver Dennis Shorty talks about his art, the conversation is more likely to focus on his respect for the materials he uses than on his finished products. “When I pick up that piece of wood, that piece of wood...
Read MoreWith the start of the school year, my neighbourhood bus stop is abuzz with talk of who has Mrs. So-and-So and what kind of teacher Mr. Such-and-Such is.In a town where politicians aren’t even called by their last names,...
Read MoreA man who has helped Yukon musicians for years — as a key organizer of the Alsek Music Festival and as a music teacher at St. Elias Community School – is now being offered help.While Haines Junction’s Richard Godson...
Read MoreSometimes people stumble upon their passions accidentally; such is the case with Sophia Marnik.After studying to become a teacher at McGill University, she came North to the Yukon, in 1996, with an open-ended future in front of...
Read MoreAs a young girl, growing up in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Ruth Armson was an avid reader. She read whatever she could, but the selection was limited by her rural circumstances.”I read all the Jack London books,”...
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