Yukon 125 Fund
The Yukon 125 Fund is now closed for applications. We thank everyone who applied, and are pleased to be supporting over 60 projects, representing all eligible project types, from across the territory.
More information on Yukon 125 can be found at https://yukon.ca/125.
Applicant | Project Title | Project Description | Funding |
ArtsNet Society | Jenni House Interpretive Materials Project | Create a brochure and four interpretive panels about the history of Jenni House, one of the oldest buildings in Whitehorse, currently used for the Jenni House Artist Residency. | $7,500.00 |
Association franco-yukonnaise | The Association franco-yukonnaise celebrates the Yukon 125 in French! | AFY celebrates the 125th anniversary and franco-Yukon history and culture through summer and fall programming with the Solstice Saint-Jean event at the SS Klondike, and two Café-rencontre events featuring traditional foods and recognition of l’AFY’s history since 1982. | $7,500.00 |
Blood Ties Four Directions Society | Blood Ties Four Directions Mural | A mural created by a Yukon First Nations artist for the workshop space at Blood Ties Four Directions Centre. | $6,000.00 |
BYTE – Empowering Youth Society | Leaders in Training Gathering 2023 | Workshops for youth in traditional skills, leadership and culture – storytelling, trapping, advocacy, medicine bag making, grief management, land connection and Indigenous movement. | $5,000.00 |
Carcross/Tagish First Nation | C/TFN Trapping Exhibition at Haa Shagóon Hídi | Curation, creation and opening of a multi media exhibition reflecting the history of trapping at Haa Shagóon Hídi in Carcross. | $7,500.00 |
City of Dawson | Commemoration of 25 years of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in self-government | Hand-painted street banner for Waterfront Park and an art installation for Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in offices to commemorate 25 years of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in self-government. | $7,500.00 |
City of Whitehorse | Main Street Town Square street artwork | Artist Lawrence Smith and other Northern Cultural Expressions Society artists paint a large artwork on the pedestrian Main Street Town Square for the summer 2023, inspired by the impacts of the Yukon territory’s creation on First Nations. | $7,500.00 |
Cycling Association of Yukon | Canadian XCM MTB Championships and Yukon Bike Fest | A week-long celebration of bikes with events to promote enjoyment of an active lifestyle in our unique natural landscape. | $7,500.00 |
Dawson City Arts Society | Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Festival | The Print & Publishing Festival in Dawson City presents an inclusive, innovative and community minded multi-day celebration of visual printmaking, literature, publishing and heritage. | $7,500.00 |
Dawson City Community Radio Association CFYT | Yukon 125 Radio Birthday Party in Dawson City | CFYT-FM Dawson City Community Radio radio show celebrating Yukon 125 showcasing local and Yukon musicians, Yukon trivia (facts and legends), and broadcast from a square dance. | $1,000.00 |