What's Happening at the Centre?
Please visit for the "Events" page for upcoming Yukon Science Institute Presentations and much more!
The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre opens for the 2011 summer season on Monday May 16! We will be open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. until September 27. We hope to see you here!
Part 2 of the Planet in Focus Film Festival has been postponed until later in the summer. Sorry for any incovenience this has caused. We will be announcing the new date here shortly, so please stay tuned.
March 21/22 - Best of Planet in Focus Film Festival
presented by Planet in Focus and the Alliance of Natural History Museums
The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre is proud to join five other members of the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada in presenting some of the best timely and topical environmental documentaries.
Don't miss these thought-provoking productions, which were showcased at the renowned Planet in Focus Film Festival in Toronto.
Part One of this festival takes place on March 21 & 22 as YBIC partners with the Department of Environment during Water Week.
Look for lively discussions each night with special guest speakers.
Monday March 21, 7:00 pm
Belly Up: Salmon in Peril
Director: Andrew Deiters
Canada / 2009 / 21 min / Documentary
The First Nations people on the west coast of Canada have relied on salmon for income, sustenance and ceremonial purposes for thousands of years. Logging and salmon farming are threatening the wild salmon population and the coastal ecosystem. Belly Up reflects on the possibility of salmon extinction and what that means in terms of the environment and the food at our dinner table.
Water on the Table - 79 min
Director: Liz Marshall
Canada / 2010 / 79 min / Documentary
Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2011 Planet in Focus International Film & Video Festival.
Nicknamed the international “Water Warrior,” Maude Barlow, National Chairperson for the Council of Canadians and former Senior Advisor on Water at the United Nations General Assembly, cares about the environment. She won’t back down from a fight with corporations who threaten the access to clean and free water. Water sustains life, but in many countries water has also become a commodity. Barlow wants to put a stop to considering water a profit-generating good and have it declared a human right. Marshall takes us on the road with Barlow as she works to preserve Canada’s freshwater systems. We travel with them to Canadian and international speaking engagements and get to watch as they crash political meetings. Barlow works steadily and with a calm spirit to create a revolution around the issue of water. Marshall has constructed a character-driven social commentary and a visually stunning meditation on the beauty and all-encompassing need for clean water.
Tuesday March 22, 7:00 pm
We live by the River
Director: Karin Williams
USA / 2010 / 52 min /Documentary
Shot over a period spanning 1997 to 2009, We Live By the River, made by
Multinesia Productions, (a company whose mandate is to tell authentic stories from indigenous perspectives), tells the awe-inspiring story of the Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—an amalgamation of all the indigenous nations and communities of the Yukon River across national borders—who combine forces to heal the river. Working with traditional and modern ecological sciences and grassroots communities, the ITWC proves their effectiveness against the ravages of military, municipal and mining waste. Signing one of the largest treaties between sovereign nations, and creating peaceful, respectful relationships with no interest in proprietorship, but rather in stewardship and caretaking, the communities of the Yukon River set an inspiring example for global ecosystem protection.
Héen Tàak
Director: Nathalie Lasselin
Canada, 55 min.
Centre Hours
May - September
9:00am - 6:00pm
Winter hours
Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Monday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Did you know?
The Beringia Centre family pass grants you and your family free admission to the Centre for one full year - for only $25!
Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon
phone: (867) 667-8855
fax: (867) 667-8854
email: beringia@gov.yk.ca