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# Participants build skills with tiny home construction project

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The Building Stability pilot project, initiated by the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and Yukon College, offered a skill development opportunity for five individuals from the Yukon Community Corrections program.

The project, funded by the Government of Yukon, brought participants together with an instructor at Yukon College to build a tiny home. The goal of the project was to provide participants with employable construction skills.

Over 18 months, participants learned construction skills and gained hands-on experience to help them overcome educational and employment barriers. The tiny home is now located in Haines Junction, where it will serve as transitional housing for people in need in the community.

> We are proud to support this new and innovative partnership that brought together different groups to share knowledge and create new opportunities for housing and capacity building.

> This was a great collaboration that allowed participants from the Yukon Community Corrections program the opportunity to learn valuable skills and fully contribute to Yukon communities.

> Shadhäla yè Äshèyi Kwädän (Champagne and Aishihik First Nations) is glad to have played a role in the Building Stability pilot project, which helped participants build new skills, and resulted in a new home that will meet an important need in our community. Shäw nithän – thank you and well done - to the participants and the many partners who helped with the success of this initiative.

> This project has been valuable for participants from the Yukon Community Corrections program, equipping them with employable skills as well as an income. We are happy to have been able to provide workspace and instructors for such an impactful program.

Quick facts

- The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations approached partners with an idea to increase capacity and housing in the community.

- Yukon College provided workspace, instructors and coaching, and employed the students through a wage subsidy.

- The Government of Yukon provided funding for materials through Yukon Housing Corporation, participants from the Yukon Community Corrections program and funding for an instructor through the Department of Education.

Media contact

Stewart Burnett
Cabinet Communications
867-332-0480
stewart.burnett@gov.yk.ca

Sarah Murray
Communications, Yukon Housing Corporation
867-334-9230
sarah.murray@gov.yk.ca

Fiona Azizaj
Communications, Justice
867-667-8148
fiona.azizaj@gov.yk.ca

Kat Hallett
Communications, Yukon College
867-332-2310
khallett@yukoncollege.yk.ca

Amy McKinnon
Communications, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
867-634-4200 ext 237
almckinnon@cafn.ca

News release #:
20-027
Related information:
Yukon Housing Corporation