Introduction: The North and the First World War

Brent Slobodin,Ken Coates

doi:10.22584/nr44.2017.001

Abstract

Northern Review 44 (2017): 3–8 Ken Coates and Brent Slobodin were co-chairs of the May 2016 conference held in Whitehorse, The North and the First World War. conference was organized by the Yukon Historical & Museums Association and the University of Saskatchewan’s International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, in partnership with Yukon College, with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Connection Grant), the Yukon Community Development Fund, and the Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture. publication was funded in part by Veterans Affairs Canada. https://doi.org/10.22584/nr44.2017.001

Highlights

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, few places in the world had more reasons to ignore the gathering storm than the Yukon and the vast expanses of the Canadian North and Alaska
Young men enlisted in large numbers to the extent that the regional economy suffered grievous harm
Women organized in large numbers to promote military enlistment and to support the troops overseas

Summary

Introduction

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, few places in the world had more reasons to ignore the gathering storm than the Yukon and the vast expanses of the Canadian North and Alaska. In May 2016, the Yukon Historical and Museums Association (YHMA) and the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development of the University of Saskatchewan, in partnership with Yukon College, combined to host a remarkable four-day conference in Whitehorse, Yukon.

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