Startup Canada’s 2020 Canadian Export Challenge
Read More: Startup Canada’s 2020 Canadian Export ChallengeStartup Canada’s 2020 Canadian Export Challenge (CXC) is fast approaching, with regional pitch competitions running from September 14th to 21st. Despite pivoting to a fully digital event series due to COVID-19, our team has been working hard to make #CXC2020 the best Canadian Export Challenge yet. With an exciting program agenda including presentations by leading…
Welcoming new members to the Yukonstruct board
Read More: Welcoming new members to the Yukonstruct boardOn July 22, many Yukonstruct members joined the board for the organization’s annual general meeting. The AGM was a success, and we’d like to take a moment to thank and acknowledge our outgoing board members, and welcome a few new members!
Grandma Treesaw’s Yukon Bannock is getting prepared for the U.S. North West market!
Read More: Grandma Treesaw’s Yukon Bannock is getting prepared for the U.S. North West market!Teresa Ward, owner of Grandma Treesaw’s Yukon Bannock and recent graduate of Yukonstruct Startup Bootcamp, has been invited by the Trade Commissioner Service’s British Columbia-Yukon office and Seattle office to participate in a pilot project.
NorthLight Success Story: Michel Duteau x YukonGrow
Read More: NorthLight Success Story: Michel Duteau x YukonGrowListen to Michel Duteau, Yukon entrepreneur and Cospace member, speaking about his entrepreneurial journey at NorthLight Innovation.
Meet the Makers: Josephine
Read More: Meet the Makers: JosephineMeet the Makers is a series of interviews to help you get to know the people who are building our community. Josephine is our new Events Coordinator.
Meet the Makers: William
Read More: Meet the Makers: WilliamMeet the Makers is a series of interviews to help you get to know the people who are building our community. William is our new Launchspace Director. Why did you join Yukonstruct I have been an entrepreneur for the past 6 years and I was looking for an organization and a role where I…
Meet the Makers: Amy
Read More: Meet the Makers: AmyMeet the Makers is a series of interviews to help you get to know the people who are building our community. Amy is a freelance journalist, a writer, a jewelry designer and our newest Operations Assistant! Amy, why did you join YuKonstruct? I got a tour from a friend because I was interested in becoming…
Meet our Members: Jocelyn Joe-Strack
Read More: Meet our Members: Jocelyn Joe-StrackOver the last four weeks, Yukonstruct Cospace member Jocelyn Joe-Strack, embarked on a speaking tour of Canadian embassies in Europe to share her Indigenous perspective on Climate Change with senior diplomats, academics, youth and the public. Jocelyn Joe-Strack is an academic with multiple advanced degrees in microbiology and geography and is currently working towards a…
Meet the Makers: Rick
Read More: Meet the Makers: RickMeet the Makers is a series of interviews to help you get to know the people who are building our community. Rick spent ten years as a programmer, designer, and project manager at an indie game studio, working with a small team of artists and programmers on an engine built from scratch using nothing but…
ROLF & MARG HOUGEN Entrepreneur Speakers Series: Lu Baker-Johnson of Lumel Studios
Read More: ROLF & MARG HOUGEN Entrepreneur Speakers Series: Lu Baker-Johnson of Lumel StudiosEvery 1st Thursday of the month, join us as local entrepreneurs share their hard-won start up successes & laugh out loud blunders. A useful conversation while enjoying a drink and appetizer at NorthLight Innovation. Powered by Marg & Rolf Hougen. Last November, our monthly event featured the story of Lu Baker-Johnson of Lumel Studios! Listen…