Science education in the Yukon: signalling a time of change for Canada
The Yukon is the most westerly of Canada's 3 territories, located north of British Columbia and bordering Alaska in the United States. The territory is sparsely populated with the majority of its population residing in the capital city of Whitehorse. The remainder of the population is distribut...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:56019 2023-09-05T13:23:58+02:00 Science education in the Yukon: signalling a time of change for Canada Lewthwaite, Brian Tippett, Christine Milford, Todd Tippett, Christine Milford, Todd 2019 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/56019/1/56019_Science%20education%20in%20the%20Yukon.pdf unknown Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06191-3_12 https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/56019/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/56019/1/56019_Science%20education%20in%20the%20Yukon.pdf Lewthwaite, Brian, Tippett, Christine, and Milford, Todd (2019) Science education in the Yukon: signalling a time of change for Canada. In: Tippett, Christine, and Milford, Todd, (eds.) Science Education in Canada: consistencies, commonalities, and distinctions. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 245-264. open Book Chapter PeerReviewed 2019 ftjamescook https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06191-3_12 2023-08-22T20:25:43Z The Yukon is the most westerly of Canada's 3 territories, located north of British Columbia and bordering Alaska in the United States. The territory is sparsely populated with the majority of its population residing in the capital city of Whitehorse. The remainder of the population is distributed across 14 communities, most of which are represented by a different language-based and, more recently, politically defined self-governing First Nation. These geo-graphic, demographic, and political elements have historically impacted edu-cation in the Yukon, both negatively and positively. The continuing implica-tions of these influences on science education in the Yukon are important considerations addressed in this chapter. Book Part Whitehorse Alaska Yukon James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Yukon 245 264 Cham |
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The Yukon is the most westerly of Canada's 3 territories, located north of British Columbia and bordering Alaska in the United States. The territory is sparsely populated with the majority of its population residing in the capital city of Whitehorse. The remainder of the population is distributed across 14 communities, most of which are represented by a different language-based and, more recently, politically defined self-governing First Nation. These geo-graphic, demographic, and political elements have historically impacted edu-cation in the Yukon, both negatively and positively. The continuing implica-tions of these influences on science education in the Yukon are important considerations addressed in this chapter. |
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