Leonard Linklater has been with CBC Yukon since 2000, as host of The Midday Café. He also the co-founder of Gwaandak Theatre.
Linklater tells the stories of a common experience of Indigenous people in response to colonization: the loss of language, culture, land, family and belonging.
Issue: 2017-06-21, PHOTO: Christine Genier
When Leonard Linklater was growing up in Inuvik, NWT, there was one radio station on the dial. The CBC. Through the airwaves, Indigenous voices carried messages and music. “Louis Goose, Les Carpentier, they were all on the air! I was used to... Read more
Issue: 2017-06-21, PHOTO: Liz Beddall
Falen Johnson doesn’t hold back when it comes to Gwaandak Theatre. “I love Gwaandak,” the Six Nations writer says straight out. “It’s a place where you know you’re immediately welcomed as an Indigenous playwright.” Johnson’s play Two Indians is... Read more
Issue: 2017-05-03, PHOTO: Marten Berkman
The first days in the creation of the play Map of the Land, Map of the Stars took place in the summer of 2015 along the banks of the Yukon River. A group of artists gathered with stories, images, objects, and songs – items that they were drawn to... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-01, PHOTO: Christian Kuntz Photography
It was the promise of bannock that first lured Melaina Sheldon into the orbit of Gwaandak Theatre in 2010. The Teslin-born actor, writer and arts administrator had just returned to the Yukon after studying and working in British Columbia. That's... Read more
Issue: 2016-06-09, PHOTO: Chris Healey
Audience members with program “maps” in hand will be guided through the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre for a unique performance adventure from Gwaandak Theatre, showcasing the spectacular riverfront and Yukon stories about who we are and where we... Read more
Issue: 2016-03-31, PHOTOS: Courtesy of Gwaandak Theare
Gwaandak Theatre is known for producing high quality, thought provoking and original productions. A large portion of its mandate is to help cultivate Aboriginal and Northern artists gain professional experience and exposure on stages close and far... Read more
Issue: 2016-02-25, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
This week shaped up to be a culturally ambitious one in Dawson City. The centerpiece of the week has been the Myth and Medium conference organized by the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in’s Heritage Department and focusing on the performing arts. It’s not too... Read more
July 31, 2014
When Patti Flather left Vancouver for the Yukon, she had no thoughts of becoming a playwright, let alone co-founder and artistic director of a busy theatre company. Read more
I am one of the lucky few who will be at Northern Scene for the entire 10 days. I'm here with the production of Leonard Linklater's play, Justice, for performances May 2to 4 at the Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa. Read more
The discovery of long-buried human remains in Dawson City two years ago shone a public spotlight on a little-known chapter in Yukon history. The four bodies unearthed at the site of a former Northwest Mounted Police palisade turned out to be ... Read more
Gwaandak Theatre is putting on a reading series this summer featuring three plays written by First Nations playwrights, borrowing the skills of some local First Nation actors — some who are brand new to the theatre stage. Read more