Vuntut National Park of Canada

Learning Experiences

Experience Caribou Fences

Immerse yourself in the world of the Vuntut Gwitchin and see for yourself how caribou fences were used -- try a 3D fly through, listen to elders’ stories, learn Gwich'in words for caribou, and see photos of the remains of caribou fences today. Visit the interactive website.

On-line school programming

Parks Canada’s online school program “National Park Challenges”, an approximately five-hour Grade 10 Life Science unit plan features a Vuntut National Park case study:

• Transboundary Caribou Travels: the Decline of the Porcupine Caribou Herd in and around Vuntut and Ivvavik National Parks

Guest speaker school program – available in Yukon!

• Have a Parks Canada interpreter visit your class
• Curriculum linked
• Available only to Yukon classes at the specified grade level and within a two hour drive of Whitehorse (and in Old Crow and Dawson City
• Free of charge
• To book, or for more information: whitehorse.info@pc.gc.ca

  Environmental Stewardship Certificate Program (Gr. 4) – Five hour-long lessons; the first and last are taught by the Parks Canada interpreter; a kit contains everything needed for the others.