| Yukon Learn is a non-profit society incorporated in 1983 that works to help the development and provision of learner and community based programming. We also promote understanding of literacy issues. This organization started as a very much grass-roots group dedicated to providing literacy instruction. It has grown over the years and become involved in many aspects of literacy and community development through interesting and innovative projects, steering and planning committees. Yukon Learn is both a literacy coalition office and a learning centre. This has both its challenges and benefits. Our attention is constantly drawn to the immediate needs in the Yukon community while we also focus on the bigger literacy picture. Our learning centre welcomes everyone who wants to learn. We have more than 130 learners in Whitehorse focusing on a wide range of needs. Additionally there are projects, programs, learning centres or literacy contacts in each Yukon community:
We have a large resource library with books, videos, audio-tapes, easy-to-read manuals and workbooks, workplace education and family literacy materials, children’s books, easy to read health information, and much more. Yukon Learn has developed some of its resources including Lingo Bingo, A Safe Driving Manual and Workbook and some easy to read books. 
Family Literacy books, games and materials are available through Yukon Learn. The Greyson Books for Yukon Children Fund also donates books to organizations that help to put books into homes that have little reading material. This little girl and her puppy dropped by for a cookie and a read one afternoon, while her parents attended the GED upgrading class. Our classes and our meetings take place at 308 Hanson Street. Whenever the weather is warm you’ll see GED classes, one-to-one tutoring and meetings around our picnic table. Anything to catch a few rays of our Northern sun. (Even if it means wearing a jacket!) This past 12 months has been exhilarating and active at Yukon Learn. The time has been comprised of a some new and exciting endeavours including:
We are also involved in a number of Northern undertakings which include: a pan-northern coalition for children and families whose vision is to bring together the experience and knowledge of northern, community-based, children and family service organizations, researchers, academics and governments; interagency group planning for conferences focussed on families and children. Special Events each year include PGI, International Literacy Day, Canada Post Awards, Yukon Literacy Week. Halloween Dress-Up for Literacy, Christmas Dinner for Volunteers and Learners, Family Literacy Day, HOST and ISAP program multi-cultural events. Many of these events take place in the communities as well as in Whitehorse. In the case of Yukon Literacy Week and Family Literacy Day, special packages of materials are sent to each community. There is widespread support for the events from the general community. For more information :
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