Yukon has eight aboriginal languages but they face a common challenge. In March 2013, the Council of Yukon First Nations hosted a conference in Whitehorse with 160 delegates.

They shared ideas for revitalizing aboriginal language, in schools, communities and homes.

Many communities are focusing on daycare and the very young, raising a new generation that is exposed to language from daycare.

CBC's Philippe Morin spoke with Evelyn Skookum Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation

Whitehorse language conference 2013: Evelyn Skookum

This year I am covering the legislative assembly in Yukon. CBC's A New Day program features a a weekly update with host Sandi Coleman. Here is the conversation from this morning, April 19, 2013.

Topics include the Peel River Watershed, energy generation in Yukon, temporary foreign workers and calls for a national inquiry for missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.    

This week in the Yukon Legislative Assembly: April 19

As part of a weekly series, I join CBC's Sandi Coleman in our Whitehorse studio to provide an update on Yukon's government. 

The discussion features clips from this week's question period, recorded in Whitehorse. 

This week: Excerpts from speaker David Laxton, as well as MLAs: 
Jim Tredger
Liz Hanson
Scott Kent
Darius Elias
Environment Currie Dixon and Premier Darrell Pasloski. 

Yukon legislative assembly update: April 26

Philippe Morin gives an update on Yukon's legislative assembly and some of the debates and questions which happened this week. 

Yukon legislative assembly update: May 3

Debate has been confrontational in the Yukon Legislative Assembly this week. 

The NDP was rebuked for questioning the safety of the Whitehorse Airport while an independent MLA was criticized for saying Yukon is over-represented when it comes to cancer rates.

CBC's Philippe Morin is covering the session and spoke with Sandi Coleman. 




Yukon Legislative assembly update: May10

It's been 32 days for Yukon's question period. 
About an hour a day. 
As you can imagine that's a lot of debate.
This year, Philippe Morin has been attending the sessions and covering the legislative assembly. 
Today he brings us a recap of discussion, and a story about a Chief who "put a million-dollar cheque in his back pocket" 20 years ago.
On May 17 after the session's wrap-up he joined CBC host Roch Shannon Fraser . 

Discussion topics include:  
-the Peel River Watershed
-The government looking to reduce funding for NGOs
-The 20th anniversary of the Umbrella Final Agreement

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