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• Project YFN 2010 celebrates the Games and moves to Legacy

  29 Mar 2010

  After 13 months of planning, and 12 successful days of programming during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the Project Team of YFN 2010 has begun Legacy planning.  With 70 Yukon First Nations directly involved in the Project from all across the Yukon, the opportunities for Yukon First Nations in youth, culture, mentorship and tourism development are tremendous.  Sustainability will be the focus of the teams work, ensuring that the investments and the experiences for the whole team last well beyond 2010.
  “From this Project, we intentionally invested in people and product development – to not only present Yukon First Nations to the world, but also to continue the energy and inspiration from the Games for all Yukon First Nations,” said Katie Johnson, Co-Executive Producer of Project YFN 2010.  “The greatest consideration in anything we do moving forward is that it must be guided by the contingent that shared this Olympic experience”.
  The first step in Legacy Planning includes a meeting of a smaller and representative group from the full team to begin discussions, present ideas and facilitate next steps planning.  From there, this group or ‘council’ will guide all work moving forward, together with support and input from partners, funders and the larger Yukon community.
  Project YFN 2010 included the development of Yukon First Nations people and products to take to the world stage last February in Vancouver.  Over a year of preparation and planning went into the Project and highlights include:
  ·         Arriving on February 17th, members of Yukon First Nations 2010 performed in over 15 venues during 6 full days of programming from the Surrey Live Site to Grouse Mountain and the Athletes Village to West Vancouver and more – great partnerships with Yukon Culture @ 2010.
  ·         The YFN 2010 Art Gallery in the FHFN Artisan Village and Business Showcase was world class with many commenting that they’d walked into a professional gallery as opposed to a trade show retail space.
  ·         February 21, 2010 was the Yukon First Nations Day in the Aboriginal Pavilion.  Beginning at 9:30, we hosted a full house in the Jack Poole Reception Hall for a Press Conference, [...]