The history of postsecondary education in the Yukon began in 1963 and is really the history of two institutions: Yukon Vocational and Technical Training Centre and its successor, Yukon College. Following the comprehensive community college model, Yukon College meets very broad educational and cultural needs, from community-based literacy training…

A proposed university in the circumpolar North would have undergraduate and graduate programs, be interdisciplinary, collaborate with other Northern countries and universities, and offer a circumpolar course to develop understanding of the Arctic. After many false starts, most components are already in place; all that is needed is determination,…