Students in Yukon head back to class in just over a week some even sooner and the department of Education is still desperately hoping to fill more than two dozen vacant teaching positions.
Yukon reports 10 new COVID-19 cases
The active COVID-19 case count for Yukon is now 147, with the surge in infections continuing mainly in Whitehorse.
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Posted: Jul 06, 2021 6:13 PM CT | Last Updated: July 7
Yukon s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Brendan Hanley announced 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the territory on Tuesday. (Government of Yukon/Alistair Maitland) comments
There are 10 new COVID-19 cases in Yukon, said the territory s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Brendan Hanley in a news release Tuesday.
The new cases were confirmed between noon Monday and noon Tuesday and bring the active case count to 147, the release says.
A vaccination success story in the far North
A team of immunizers faced hours of delays as they headed north to Old Crow, Yukon. They were treated to caribou stew, an overwhelming turnout and a jubilant celebration.
March 12, 2021 People celebrate with fireworks in Old Crow, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, after a day of vaccinations. (Charyl Charlie)
Dana Tizya-Tramm’s advice to anybody who visits Old Crow, a fly-in community on the banks of the Porcupine River in Yukon, is to take off their wristwatch. “You don’t need it anymore,” says Tizya-Tramm, the chief of Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. The closest town is hundreds of kilometres away, and Whitehorse is a two-day trip by snowmobile. Old Crow’s remoteness is deeply calming, he says. “You can almost see the last waves of modernity crash on the rocks of our community.”
It’s just past 8:30 am and the kids of Nelnah Bessie John School in Beaver Creek, Yukon are easing into the day. Principal and kindergarten to Grade 4 teacher Heidi Warren likes to start each morning with half an hour of self-regulated free time. Some students play games, some chat with friends, some need a little more rest before the day s lessons can begin.
“It’s about getting you into that window of tolerance and optimal zone for learning,” says Warren. “I also have a dog that comes in and hangs out with the kids.”
The westernmost community in Canada, Beaver Creek sits just at the border to Alaska. Fewer than 100 residents live here on the lands of the White River First Nation. The seven students at Nelnah Bessie John are the only kids in the community.