Category: Projects

What happened to the bee houses constructed during the “Work Bees” in May?

The “Work Bees” contributed to the 80+ solitary bee houses monitored in Yukon this past growing season.  Forty were equally divided among five local farms.  Citizen scientists and I installed the remaining ones around the territory, with the greatest concentration close to Whitehorse, and the northernmost sites along the Dempster Highway. To collect data on

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Renovations to the Makerspace!

YuKonstruct’s Makerspace has undergone and survived some spring renovations and facilities upgrades! The laser room (re-named fabrication lab), hacker space, sewing room, wood shop and metal shop have all received some fresh paint and tool organization to both improve aesthetic appeal and overall functionality. Portions of our bathrooms have also been painted bright yellow to

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Solar Panels at YuKonstruct

Polarcom was here at YuKonstruct last week setting up solar panels as part of a research project. This project is being run by Polarcom, ML and Associates, and Cold Climate Innovation at Yukon College. The goal of this project is to compare how different solar photovoltaic technologies perform in the Yukon. The project will be

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Little Free Library for DUGS

In the heart of downtown Whitehorse there is a community garden which was planted in 1998. The people who founded it? The Downtown Urban Gardeners Society (DUGS). With almost 20 seasons of growing food and flowers, these gardens are flourishing. But gardening in the Yukon isn’t always the bees knees. With the long season comes

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