Code Mobile in the Yukon
Read More: Code Mobile in the YukonThe Code:Mobile is Ladies Learning Code’ s newest and biggest initiative to inspire and educate Canadians through teaching beginner-friendly computer programming and other technical skills in a social and collaborative way. Think: a computer lab on wheels. YuKonstruct, in partnership with Yukon Women in Trades and Technology (YWITT), hosted the Code:Mobile squad to run several workshops- some for kids, some…
Ice Fishing with YuKonstruct
Read More: Ice Fishing with YuKonstructRecently, Environment Yukon fisheries biologist Oliver Barker taught participants at YuKonstruct how to make an ice fishing rod and gave information on fisheries management, ethical angling practices, and why whitefish are a good catch! Steve Hahn teamed up with Oliver on this workshop to craft a whitefish specific lure for Yukon lakes. These lures were created…
Make it Wild!
Read More: Make it Wild!YuKonstruct has partnered with the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Trust to host a series of workshops called Make it Wild! When you take part in Make it Wild! you will build, craft, and create projects that give you hands-on opportunities to restore or protect fish, wildlife and their habitat. In addition to creating an awesome project, we…
Thermite Casting at YuKonstruct!
Read More: Thermite Casting at YuKonstruct!YuKonstruct has had a few Don’t Try This At Home workshops and this week’s topic was Thermite Casting! Thermite is a combination of metal powders that create an exothermic reaction at an extremely high heat. What remains after the reaction, is metal “slag” and solid iron. We attempted to make iron paperweights during the workshop using…
National Girls Learning Code Day
Read More: National Girls Learning Code DayOn November 7th YuKonstruct joined locations across the country to offer free workshops for National Girls Learning Code Day. Organized by Ladies Learning Code and sponsored by Google, this yearly event helps get girls, aged 8 to 13, started building their own websites from scratch. In the Yukon, we’re used to overcoming challenges, and this…
Getting those wheels road-ready
Read More: Getting those wheels road-readyMay 21st, 2015: what a beautiful day to learn about basic bike repair! Thanks to the efforts of all the volunteers who helped in so many ways – Anthony, Sabine, Michelle, Amy, Dan, Pippa, Seann, Sam and Logan (bike stand builder extraordinaire) – YuKonstruct became the site of the most generous, chilled-out, happy bike education…
Christmas Cards and Chibitronics Build Night
Read More: Christmas Cards and Chibitronics Build NightInstructables sent us a package of Chibitronics circuit stickers and we were excited for our members to get to play with them at our drop-in Christmas card workshop last week. We put together two project kits with the Chibitronics stickers: Twinkling Christmas Tree Card Glowing Snowman Card We also had 3 other craft kits for…
YuKonstruct’s First Build Night – LEDs
Read More: YuKonstruct’s First Build Night – LEDsThank you to everyone who made YuKonstruct’s first build night a huge success! We don’t officially open our doors for memberships until September but we’re excited to have already hosted some great events. This week we had over 60 people, of all ages, in our makerspace for the Instructables LED Build Night. We had 3…
Make it Late! YuKonstruct open all night for Nuit Blanche
Read More: Make it Late! YuKonstruct open all night for Nuit BlancheJoin us for Breakdancing, graffiti and films at YuKonstruct on July 5 from 7 PM to 7 AM on July 6 at 135 Industrial Road. Whitehorse Nuit Blanche is an exciting all night contemporary art show that will include art installations, performances and feasts across the city of Whitehorse on July 5 from 7pm – 7am. In a…