Category: Update

Eureka!

Everyone knows the light bulb is the universal symbol for an idea, but no one thinks about the millions of tiny connections that need to occur for that idea to be realized. Well … almost no one. Yukon artists Michel Gignac and Gorellaume have thought about it quite a bit. So much so that they’ve

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New mural at NorthLight

They say many hands make light work, but the new mural recently installed at NorthLight Innovation was a massive undertaking for the dozens of community members who helped create it. The horizontal piece stretches across an upper wall at Cospace. It depicts two seasons (summer and winter), and day and night, along with the Yukon River and the Northern

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How To Hack The Government (And Why That’s A Good Thing)

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.16″ background_color=”#545454″ custom_margin=”3%||0px|” custom_padding=”3%|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.16″ make_fullwidth=”on” make_equal=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.16″] Hacker: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular. —RFC1392, Internet Users’ Glossary What a weekend!   Four years ago we ran our first hackathon, and now we’re proud to

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Celebrating Logan!

Congratulations to our beloved Logan on his big decision to follow his own dream! While it is sad to see him go, YuKonstruct Makerspace Society is grateful for the many incredible jobs he accomplished for the organization over the last four years. Logan leaves big shoes to fill and has been, since day 1, a

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Startup Canada Award Win

Startup Canada, the national rallying community for Canadian entrepreneurs, recently celebrated outstanding entrepreneurs, businesses and support organizations from all over Canada. The winners were announced at the red carpet Grand Finale in Ottawa, attended by leading Canadian investors, innovators and anchor company executives. Jaret Slipp and Lauren Manekin-Beille, respectively YuKonstruct Executive Director and (co)space Director,

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Results of the 2017 Instructables Makerspace Contest

The official results of the 2017 Instructables Makerspace Contest were announced this week. The website hosting the contest, Instructables.com, is a place where makers can document their projects and share instructions on how to make everything from simple recipes to complicated technology. The goal of the makerspace contest was to document as many projects as possible with step-by-step

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