Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

voT-,. )ov I\b. 3TTiE AR TIC CIRCIIIAR67charge lcnr with thre help of a $516@ grant. Dawson City's Dianurnd Jubileehas made L977 a tjrne of activity and refr:rbishing for the Dawson Itfusetun,wh-ich has been awarded $4 ,2@ for new displays and exLribits. Tourisnoperatj-ng grants are offered anrn:al.Iy tcr non-profit organizations involvedin Yukon's tor:risn indr:str1z. The Yukon Tburisn Adr,risory Board recsnrendstlreir allotment. Alttrough the ntrnbers of tor:rists cuning to ttre territorydecreased last year for ttre first time in 10 years, signs of increasedbr:siness so far ttris swrrer prcrnise an irrprovenent for L977 .}ilCRIIIERN RESOT.'RCES SCHOIARSHIPJuly 15, L977A Yukon student en:olled in a natr:ral resources qcurse will be eligjblefor a $5OO scholarstr-ip offered by a ccn'{Ritt€e of Yukon residents " A groupof ll0hitehrorse citizens forrning the lbrthern Resources Conference Ccnrnltt€e Iis making ttris award available for tlre seocnd tine. First award was r,vrcn inL975 by C'rant Iowey, a Whitehorse student studlzing at ttre College of Ea.rthSciences and Mineral Industrlr at the University of Alaska. Student-seligiJcle to apply for tlre scholarship are those er:tering tlre seconcl, orhigher, year of studies related to natr:ral resources at a unj-versit-y or:other 5rcst-secrcndarlz institution, and whro are Yukon s*,r-rdents a.s defirred bythe Department of Education. lbmbers of tLre @nference Cqnrdttee arepeople inrrclved in goverrrnent or private industqz coirnecteci witfi tlredeveloprent of Yukon resources. Ttre group organizes a northern resourceconferene in V{tritehorse every three years. Tkre noct conferenoe isscheduled for 1978. Candidates for ttre award will be crensidered on thebasis of scholasLic attainnent; ttreir program of studies nor^r beirq pr:rsutNl;involvsnent in the field of natr:ral resouroes during sunrnar vacation; andtlreir denrcnstrated need.YIJKON CO\ERNMNVI GETS SUPPORT FROI4 FEDffiAL MANPOV^]M MINISTM. - JUIY 15, I.977Ttre l[inister of l4anporruer and Inrnigration, t]re Hon. Bud Crrllen, has askedhis departrnental officials to collaborate witLr ttre Yukon TerritorialGorrenunent in iLs plans to s@n arry future flow of job-seekers to Yr:kon.Dan Lang, whose portfolio duties include ltlarrpouer for ]IIG, has receivedassurances frcrn 1"1r. Cullen that his director-general for B.C. and Yukon,Ian Thcmson, will r^,ork wittr tLre Yukon C;overffnent to make all necessarlrarrangqnents on ttre Itdanpcruer side. ttre concerns of ttre Yukon C'overntrentregarding a 1rcssible infhx of job-seekers follcxring tlre National BrerEgBoard's recent announcsnent supporting a Yukon route for a northern gaspipeline, r,{ere e)q)ressed to lvlr. Cullen last weel< by }4r. Lang. Steps willncn^r be taken to ensure ttrat l{anpor,er offices across Carrada will not encouragejob-seekers to head north. Ifiey will be told that only qualified Yukon