Freelance writer Meagan Deuling has contributed many stories spanning many interests.
Meagan is a past Editor for What's Up Yukon July 2016 to December 2016. She also previously held the Assistant Editor position.
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Issue: 2018-11-21, PHOTO: Gregory McLaughlin
Not new, but still brave
What’s it like to share the heart and soul of something you’ve written? Peter Jickling, the new host of Brave New Words, said, “It’s right in the title of the event. It’s brave.” Jickling’s goal is to take what can be intimidating—the “pouring out... more
Issue: 2017-12-20, PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Film Society
Off the page and onto the screen
Get your cameras rolling and warm up your gear because the annual Yukon 48-Hour Filmmaking Challenge starts on Friday, January 12. It’s a yearly team-up between the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture in Dawson City and the Yukon Film Society... more
Issue: 2015-07-09 PHOTO: courtesy of What’s Up Yukon
Hanging Up the Red Pen
I joined the What’s Up Yukon editorial team in late September 2012 and the first edition with my name on the masthead was issue #300, dated October 4, 2012. What followed were 33 months of continual employment, bringing me up to this issue, #436. more
Issue: 2017-04-05, Photo: courtesy of Ryan MacGillivray
Wicked Fit
Ryan MacGillivray has been sheep hunting for 10 years. Three years ago, he had the idea to start a boot camp for sheep hunters. He did this because he knew the participants in the camp would push him to train harder for the sheep hunting season. more
Issue: 2017-03-22, PHOTO: courtesy of Jeff Brady and the Log Cabin Ski Society
The Last Ski Race of the Year
Volunteers are gearing up for the Buckwheat Ski Classic. The cross country ski race is on March 25, but starting in early March volunteers were driving up to Log Cabin, B.C. from Skagway, Alaska two times a week to set tracks for the course... more
Issue: 2016-11-30, PHOTO: Meagan Deuling
Everyone Matters
One of the philosophical pillars of the Learning Tree Daycare is to teach the kids there about helping other people. “Teaching kindness and all of that stuff, it all feeds into what we want the kids to be learning,” says Christine Greff, who... more
Issue: 2016-11-23, PHOTO: by Sylvie Geoffrey
Training Ground
Mount Sima is “the first mountain in North America to have a jump line in.” That’s what Graham Pollock says. He’s the head coach of the Yukon freestyle ski team. A jump line means a skier can take more than one jump in a row while going down a hill. more
Issue: 2016-11-02, PHOTOS: Christie Goodwin
Keeping the Dream Alive
When Jolie Angelina McNabb was buried 16 years ago, Kwanlin Dün elders gave her the name, Blue Feather Eagle Woman. The Bluefeather Music Festival started in 2010 as a tribute concert to Jolie, who committed suicide. She had a dream, that she... more
Issue: 2016-10-26, PHOTO: by Freddy Osson
Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
The eye of Hurricane Matthew hit the Tiburon Peninsula, the southwest tip of Haiti, on October 4th. With winds that blew 230 kilometres an hour and up to 500 millimetres of rain in two days, it was the strongest storm to hit the country in 50... more
Issue: 2016-10-12, PHOTO: by Meagan Deuling
“It Can Happen to Anybody”
“Once you hit homelessness your world crumbles. People don’t know that there’s people who care.” So says Kerry Nolan, who is speaking first hand. Now, she is the administrative coordinator at the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre in downtown... more
Issue: 2016-10-12, PHOTO: wikimediacommons.com
Get your elbows up
The ski swap happens every year. I’ve never been. I don’t know why, maybe because I always wake up too late on the Saturday of the swap, and I’ve heard that it’s not worth going unless you get there early. more
Issue: 2016-10-06, PHOTO: by Meagan Deuling
"It Will Give Them Good Dreams"
The big fat airbus hit the tarmac in Whitehorse on Tuesday evening and departed Wednesday afternoon -- William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were in the Yukon for less than 24 hours. more
Issue: 2016-10-06, PHOTO: by Sue Thomas
Creating Healthy Communities
United Way Yukon is a charity that raises money to fund Yukon organizations. Its mandate is to fund programs that enhance the “physical, mental and social well-being” of Yukoners. So says Brian Bonia, who is United Way Yukon’s campaign cabinet... more
Issue: 2016-09-29, PHOTO: by David P. Leonard
Learning how to Live Joyfully
Ever since she was a little girl, Teva Harrison drew. She studied art after high school. But, as it often goes, “needing to make a living, I digressed.” After the explanation, Harrison laughs. A joyful, full, belly laugh. To make a living, she... more
Issue: 2016-09-22, PHOTO: by Naomi Mark
Better Together
Community in the Yukon is small. For filmmakers, it’s even smaller. That sometimes causes competition between people in the territory who try to make it in the industry. But, filmmakers can’t be islands. That’s what filmmaker Naomi Mark thinks... more
Issue: 2016-09-22, IMAGES: Jonathan Rotsztain
Comics are the People’s Medium
Anyone can make comics, and they are mass produced and traded for cheap. That’s the message Jonathan Rotsztain brought to Dawson City during his art residency with KIAC. Rotsztain describes himself as a “graphic designer who makes comics. “I’m a... more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Emily Sheff sheffdp.com
Three Things
Re-creating an Era The Last Waltz will be reenacted at the Gold Pan Saloon The The Last Waltz was The Band's farewell concert. The concert was filmed by Martin Scorcese, and through his direction, turned into a documentary film of the same name... more
Issue: 2016-08-25, PHOTO: by Christian Kuntz
The legacy of the Follies
The Frantic Follies Vaudeville Revue is the longest running independent theatre company in North America. Or, at least, that's Grant Simpson's speculation. He's also got an application in to the Guiness World Book of Records to affirm that the... more
Issue: 2016-08-25, PHOTO: George Maratos
Sampling the 'challenge'
This is the second year that Northern Vision Development has challenged Whitehorse restaurants to make the best burger. This year six restaurants took the bait -- The Gold Pan Saloon, the High Country Inn, The Cut Off, Earls, the Steele Street... more
Issue: 2016-08-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Harlan Pruden
Questioning the World
Harlan Pruden and Marney Paradis are PhD program at UBC. Pruden gave a talk to a group of peers – including Marney – after class once. As Pruden describe it, upon hearing the presentation, Paradis’s mind was blown. Two-Spirit People, Then and Now... more
Issue: 2016-08-11
What’s Up in the Sky
When I was a kid my mom ran a park in the southern interior of British Columbia. Mabel Lake Provincial Park. Mabel Lake is remote and undeveloped. There was electricity in our trailer, but no phone lines. Whatever isolation this lead to during the... more
Issue: 2016-08-11, PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board
Continuing the Legacy of Alex VanBibber
The late Alex VanBibber had a favourite refrain: “An outdoor life is a healthy life.” This is according to his friend, Harvey Jessop. Jessop wrote some remarks about VanBibber’s life for the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, pertaining to... more
Issue: 2016-08-04, PHOTO: Jean-Christoph Demers
The Tagish Kwan Photo Parlour
Another new initiative has sprung up on the Carcross Commons. Near the totem pole stands an off-white canvas wall tent. Inside, it's set up as a photography studio. There are lights and high quality cameras with multiple flashes. There is a... more