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Yellowknife Research Offi ce: 5007 – 50 Ave, Yellowknife, YT Phone: 867.688.2605 wlu.ca/northern-research 2 UP HERE • MARCH/APRIL 2021 CONTENTS MARCH/APRIL 2021 ››› FEATURE By Any Other Name BY RHIANNON RUSSELL FEATURE James Raffan’s 41 For millenia it was known as FEATURE Life of Learning Kóogháa Nélíní and Kwanlin. FEATURE Then, 140 years ago, someone Homegrown BY KAHLAN MIRON Tales of Glamour Alley decided to call it Miles Canyon. Education 28 BY DANA BOWEN In his latest book, acclaimed It�s about time it was changed BY LORI FOX scientist, adventurer and back. Here and around the In the early days of Yellowknife 22 storyteller James Raffan offers world, places are being renamed 48 Plans for a northern university the men came north to work the an urgent call to action to try system go back decades but to use their traditional Indig- mines, and women came north and reverse the ecological now, with the launch of enous designations. It may feel to mine the miners. Among the crisis sweeping the Arctic. YukonU and the transforma- like a “new North” to some, but shacks and tents in Old Town Having travelled these lands tion of Aurora College, they�re it�s a reclamation, not a reinven- was Yellowknife�s own red-light most of his life, he�s seen that finally becoming a reality. The tion. This is the original North. district. Its stories are grittier—and devastation firsthand. Here�s potential for the North is huge. far less celebrated—than those of why he hasn't given up hope. Whether these new institutions the infamous Klondike Days in can live up to those aspirations, the Yukon. But its place in history however, remains to be seen. is worth remembering. ON THE COVER: A SOFTWARE UPDATE ON ICE IN NAIN. UPDATE A SOFTWARE ON THE COVER: SMARTICE COURTESY MARCH/APRIL 2021 • UP HERE 3 CONTENTS 64 MARCH/APRIL 2021 features continued... 36 Teachable Moments BY JACOB BOON Educators in our tiniest communities. 56 A Changing Climate BY JACOB BOON Northern researchers, past and future. departments 08 Out There Letters from our readers. 10 Arctic Moment Happy meals for Whitehorse foxes. 13 Icebreaker Anna Lambe�s acting journey. 16 66 14 Seen & Noted A French painter, Dutch attic and Baker Lake baby. 16 The Outer Edge A roundup of notable circumpolar news stories. 64 Food & Drink Why did the chicken cross the Arctic Circle? 66 Changemakers Teenage magazine moguls in Inuvik. 70 Nature & Science 13 Siberia�s pingos are exploding. Are Tuk�s next? 76 Northern Character SmartICE blends tech with tradition. 78 Last Word Missing the Northern Lights. 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