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Canadian culture and heritage minister meetings wrap up
Minister of Tourism and Culture Ranj Pillai shared the Yukon’s plan for pandemic recovery with federal, provincial, and territorial Canadian culture and heritage Ministers’.
New collaborative heritage awareness campaign underway
Yukon’s Living Heritage campaign aims to educate Yukoners about heritage resources, their value and what to do with chance finds.
Express Micro-grant for creative and cultural industries to improve funding accessibility
Express Micro-grant offers quick and simple access to funding for short-term, emergent economic and growth opportunities in the creative and cultural industries.
Statement from Minister Pillai on the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit
Minister of Tourism and Culture Ranj Pillai has issued the following statement:
New partnership initiative to support Yukon's emerging Indigenous artists
Today the Government of Yukon and the Canada Council for the Arts announced a new partnership initiative to support Yukon's emerging Indigenous artists and cultural carriers.
Public events for Arctic Arts Summit begin this weekend
Public programming for the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit begins this weekend.
Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Klondike
A remarkable and rare find of a mummified baby woolly mammoth was discovered in the Klondike goldfields. This marks the best-preserved mammoth found in North America.
New banners unveiled for National Tourism Week
Six new tourism banners unveiled to cap off National Tourism Week
The Yukon designated an official sustainable tourism observatory by United Nations World Tourism Organization
The Yukon’s new sustainable tourism framework recognized by United Nation’s World Tourism Organization as a member of International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories
New works added to the Yukon Permanent Art Collection
Yukon Permanent Art Collection welcomes 16 new works.
Date modified: 2026-05-27