Maker Faire North Of 60: Making In The Yukon

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Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory and traditional home to Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, gained notoriety (and its European name) in the infamous Klondike Gold Rush. Fast forward one hundred years and the city has grown and diversified, including the opening of the first regional makerspace and innovation hub, Yukonstruct, in September 2014. "The Yukon has a culture of dreaming and doing; a place where we embrace challenges, apply ingenuity, and thrive because of it. At Yukonstruct, we are stewards of that tradition.” An example, since opening in 2014, the organization has run Repair Café Whitehorse, helping people give broken household items a second chance through monthly drop-in repair events —