Living and learning in the North
Yukon College is the number one choice for postsecondary education in the Yukon.It has a responsibility to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to build a sustainable and prosperous future for the North. Yukon College offers courses and programs that meet the standards of partner universities and colleges, and that are recognized nationally for their academic quality.
Yukon College offers small classes with direct personal contact and highly qualified instructors. There is a network of 13 campuses serving the Yukon, as well as an extensive menu of distance-learning courses. Yukon College's main campus is located in Whitehorse, a capital city with a commercial airport linking the school with the rest of the world.
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To live in the Yukon is to experience one of the most beautiful and untouched natural environments in Canada. Whitehorse and the rural communities of the Yukon are celebrated for their uniquely northern warmth and hospitality. The social, recreational, and cultural life of the Yukon is rich and vibrant.
One in three adults in the Yukon registers with the college every year for a training opportunity. Programming includes university transfer courses in first- and second-year arts and science, trades and technology, business and health, tourism and hospitality, adult basic education, English as a second language and two partnered undergraduate degree programs in education and social work.
Programs addressing First Nations self-government such as the executive leadership and heritage officer programs are also offered. Community campuses are vibrant, locally advised centres of learning. Originating as adult upgrading centres, the community campuses now offer a broad spectrum of training options that respond to the expressed needs of business, industry and government at the local level. More than 40 courses are delivered via video-conference links with the main campus in Whitehorse.
Yukon College is an active member in the University of the Arctic, a partnership of more than 100 universities, colleges, and indigenous peoples' organizations from eleven Arctic countries. Using advances in information technology, northern students are able to take courses offered by university and college faculty from the circumpolar world.
To live in the Yukon is to experience one of the most beautiful and untouched natural environments in Canada. Whitehorse and the rural communities of the Yukon are celebrated for their uniquely northern warmth and hospitality. The social, recreational, and cultural life of the Yukon is rich and vibrant.
One in three adults in the Yukon registers with the college every year for a training opportunity. Programming includes university transfer courses in first- and second-year arts and science, trades and technology, business and health, tourism and hospitality, adult basic education, English as a second language and two partnered undergraduate degree programs in education and social work.
Programs addressing First Nations self-government such as the executive leadership and heritage officer programs are also offered. Community campuses are vibrant, locally advised centres of learning. Originating as adult upgrading centres, the community campuses now offer a broad spectrum of training options that respond to the expressed needs of business, industry and government at the local level. More than 40 courses are delivered via video-conference links with the main campus in Whitehorse.
Yukon College is an active member in the University of the Arctic, a partnership of more than 100 universities, colleges, and indigenous peoples' organizations from eleven Arctic countries. Using advances in information technology, northern students are able to take courses offered by university and college faculty from the circumpolar world.