Julien Gignac
Julien Gignac was The Narwhal’s Yukon correspondent, based in Whitehorse. Of Mohawk and French descent, he has a penchant for writing about Indigenous and environmental issues. He’s worked at several newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and, most recently, Yukon News, where he covered politics. He likes a good landscape.
Stories by Julien Gignac
Yukon First Nations say approving mineral exploration without a land use plan violates their rights
9 min. readProposed Antimony Creek quartz exploration project would be on Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and First...
Indigenous people had some of the highest rates of ER visits during 2014 Yellowknife wildfires: study
Researchers suggest lack of access to care, inadequate housing and systemic racism may have played...
Massive increase in Nunavut mine shipping traffic puts narwhals at risk: study
As Mary River Mine proposes doubling vessel traffic — which has already increased nearly sixfold...
How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations
Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...
Northwest Territories fined $10,000 for destroying nests of at-risk bank swallows
The government pleaded guilty to one charge under Canada’s species at risk act
Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining
Some of the territory’s permafrost bogs, fens and peatlands have developed over thousands of years...
Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance
With modern treaties focused on nationhood and land rights, First Nations’ evolving practice of self-governance...
Independent panel contends Yukoners, First Nations aren’t benefiting enough from mining royalties
While the underground minerals in Yukon are owned by the public, a review of the...
Panel recommends Yukon bring mining into the 21st century. Here’s what you need to know
After years of public consultation and hearings, an independent panel says modernizing mineral development rules...