How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast

It isn’t uncommon for us to interview someone on the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast only to learn later that they have decided to move away from Yellowknife. We know lives take us in all direction and not everyone is destined to stay in Yellowknife forever. However, in the case of Stephanie Vandeputte, we […]

If Shiri MacPherson were to be nominated for an award the category would be along the lines of Most Passionate Yellowknife Volunteer. Her dedication to volunteering and supporting local events is second to none and we talk all about it in this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknife Podcast. As part of a […]

Ashley Makohoniuk has lived in Yellowknife for about 8 years and most of that time she has volunteered for Folk on the Rocks, the annual music and arts festival that takes place in July on the shores of Long Lake. As part of a Yellowknife Online and Folk on the Rocks partnership, this is the first […]

Kam Hogan is a Yellowknife Ambassador through and through but was also once one of those Yellowknifers who thought they’d only be here for a year. 6 years late she is still here. Getting her first glimpse of the Northwest Territories at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the form of the Northern House, Kam, thought moving to Yellowknife would […]

Ollie Williams has a lot going on in the community for a guy who has only been in Yellowknife for 3 years. Be it his volunteering, business building or his familiar voice on the radio, he is getting things done. Originally a sports reporter from the United Kingdom, Ollie made his way to the Vancouver […]

Jess Dunkin was lucky enough to first be exposed to Yellowknife, Whitehorse, and Iqaluit through a work contract. This was her first exposure to Northern Canada and while in Yellowknife, something just captured her. As those contracts ended she started looking for job opportunities in Yellowknife and ended up finding a position at the NWT Parks […]

Aurora College, and by extension Yellowknife, is known for its nursing program. Turns out one of the people to spearhead developing that curriculum that now so well known and regarded is Yellowknife resident, Lorie Crawford. A registered nurse, who with her husband, moved from Ontario, because of the long commutes, has now called Yellowknife home […]

Annelies Pool, a resident of Yellowknife since the early 80’s, always knew she wanted to write a novel but knew it would take some time to get there. While working towards that goal, which she recently accomplished, she became a journalist to support herself to continue to practice the trade she loves. In that pursuit, Annelies found […]

Michelle Peters, originally from South Africa but now calls Yellowknife home joins us on this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast. Michelle, her husband, Ryan, and their 3 children moved from South African to Yellowknife in 2013 for a job opportunity she couldn’t turn down. Right off the top, I talk to Michelle about […]

Shane Clark, business owner, coach, and father, joins us on this episode of the How To Be a Yellowknifer Podcast. Shane’s family has deep roots in Yellowknife even though he wasn’t born here and didn’t grow up here. His grandparents met in the early years of Yellowknife, his father was a business owner in Yellowknife by his […]