"Live and Learn" Columnist Stephanie Hammond is the executive director of LDAY. Questions about her stories can be sent to editor@whatsupyukon.com
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Stephanie J. Hammond
Issue: 2018-06-13, PHOTO: Erik Pinkerton
Pride and joy … 24 Hours of Gaylight
This month, Yukon Pride: 24 Hours of Gaylight is happening for the sixth year in a row—and it just gets bigger every year. With more people involved and more events happening, 2018’s edition of 24 Hours of Gaylight is a hotly anticipated weekend... Read more
Issue: 2017-06-07, PHOTO: Courtesy of Yukon Pride
Come as You Are
Don’t wait for your invitation in the mail – Yukon Pride isn’t an exclusive event. “I think sometimes that some of our straight allies, they feel like they need to be invited to an event, which I totally understand,” says Rian Turner who, along... Read more
Issue: 2016-10-12, PHOTO: courtesy of understood.org
The ABCs of Planning for Student Success
The school year is well and truly underway by now. There is a lot of enthusiastic, energetic and creative learning happening all over the territory. School learning can present large or small hurdles for some, though. When students are struggling... Read more
Issue: 2016-06-02, PHOTO: kozzi.com
Inclusion Expo Gets Jazzy
He’s only 24 years old, but American pianist Matt Savage has had a 15-year professional career as a jazz musician, playing with some of the biggest names in jazz including Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis and Chaka Khan. People Magazine described... Read more
What's Up Yukon May 12, 2016 Issue
It’s About You’re Grammar: Messages from a Dessert Island
Weird Al Yankovic, in his parody song “Word Crimes” goes further to dismiss those with grammar challenges. Singing to the tune of “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, Yankovic says, “ I hate these word crimes/Your prose is dopey/Think you should only/ Read more
Issue: 2016-03-17, PHOTO: kozzi.com
Taking the Stress out of Learning
My Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon colleague’s daughter will be heading to Greenland next month for the Arctic Winter Games. She is competing in snowshoe biathlon, an event that requires athletes to snowshoe as fast as they can, then... Read more