Victoria Castillo
@victoriacastle.bsky.social
Associate professor of Anthropology at Yukon University, mama to a teenager, & partner to a palaeontologist. I read, do yoga, go to dance parties, & solve British crimes while sitting on the sofa. I have two dogs & strong opinions about music. 🇨🇱 🇨🇦
Check out this gorgeous cover of the upcoming issue of the Northern Review #YukonUniversity
Excited to reveal the cover of our imminent special issue on northern economic development! Many thanks to Nathalie Parenteau for permission to reproduce detail from her exquisite painting “Arctic Cotton Grass” (acrylic on canvas, 20” x 16,” 2013). www.nathalieparenteau.com
Cover design, Guin Lalena
Cover design, Guin Lalena
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Check out this gorgeous cover of the upcoming issue of the Northern Review #YukonUniversity
I’ve been following this riveting story closely. Hurray for Valerie and her family. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island
Rescuers on Kangaroo Island off South Australia say they are ‘overjoyed’ after the dog walked into one of their traps
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’ve been following this riveting story closely. Hurray for Valerie and her family. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What is happening? How can any of these documents/artifacts be sold at auction? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Auctioning Hudson's Bay artifacts with First Nations significance would be 'morally irresponsible': chief | CBC News
As Hudson's Bay heads to court seeking permission to auction off 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is requesting a halt to the sale of items that may b...
www.cbc.ca
April 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What is happening? How can any of these documents/artifacts be sold at auction? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‼️Please add your name to our Solidarity Statement to demand that the incoming federal gov’t uphold their responsibility towards reproductive rights, autonomy, and justice‼️ Both orgs and individuals can sign. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We Stand in Solidarity for Abortion Rights and Reproductive Justice
By Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
March / April 2025
To all federal Party leaders and candidates in the 2025 federal election:
We, the undersigned, ask you to affirm our positions and needs, and...
docs.google.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
‼️Please add your name to our Solidarity Statement to demand that the incoming federal gov’t uphold their responsibility towards reproductive rights, autonomy, and justice‼️ Both orgs and individuals can sign. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Spring in the Yukon means the arrival of 🦢.
April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Spring in the Yukon means the arrival of 🦢.
Beauty of a day.
March 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Beauty of a day.
Now published in the journal Ethnohistory: read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory...
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Now published in the journal Ethnohistory: read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory...
The abortion pill needs to be free throughout the Yukon. What is going on?
Shocking barriers to abortion access are coming to light in the Yukon. Physicians say that prohibitive costs, limited services, and stigma make obtaining abortion care challenging.
Yukon woman shines light on the cracks in abortion access in the territory | CBC News
A Yukon woman says she faced high costs, difficulty accessing services and frustrating interactions with health-care workers when she tried to access Mifegymiso, an abortion pill.
www.cbc.ca
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The abortion pill needs to be free throughout the Yukon. What is going on?
Feeling so happy. Just grading exams and my students are are referencing bell hooks and Kimberlé Crenshaw 🤍.
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Feeling so happy. Just grading exams and my students are are referencing bell hooks and Kimberlé Crenshaw 🤍.
💯
March 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
We are currently talking about henges in the course I’m teaching #archaeology
Archaeologists have found evidence of a 4,000-year-old wooden circular structure in Denmark that may have been linked to the UK’s iconic Stonehenge.
‘Woodhenge’ unearthed in Denmark likely linked to UK’s Stonehenge
Henge structures made of giant stone slabs or wood have been discovered in Britain, Ireland, parts of continental Europe, and even Russia
www.independent.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
We are currently talking about henges in the course I’m teaching #archaeology
Looking good, Dr. Grant Zazula 💕 #Palaeontology #ScienceIsHot
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looking good, Dr. Grant Zazula 💕 #Palaeontology #ScienceIsHot
Do better!
The Opal Clinic in Whitehorse may have to move from the general hospital but don't want to because they would lose access to ultrasound care and security. The hospital has now offered some space inside the hospital but it's not big enough.
Yukon's only dedicated abortion clinic to lose current space
The Opal Clinic is currently embedded with the obstetrics, gynecology and sexual health clinics at the Whitehorse General Hospital. Now, both of those clinics are moving to a new location downtown. Op...
www.cbc.ca
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Do better!
So proud of this amazing comment from @jstewgie.bsky.social - I too am sickened to think that Canadian media is fanning these flames.
February 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So proud of this amazing comment from @jstewgie.bsky.social - I too am sickened to think that Canadian media is fanning these flames.
I’ve published a paper on Northern Tutchone use of scapulimancy to call moose. #Yukon #Ethnohistory #MooseCalling #Scapulimancy can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Calling Moose: A Mid-Nineteenth-Century Example of Northern Tutchone Scapulimancy from Fort Selkirk, Yukon
Abstract. Fort Selkirk, Yukon, was a site of contact between Northern Tutchone people and Hudson’s Bay Company fur traders in the mid-nineteenth century. During archaeological excavations in 2006, thi...
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February 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve published a paper on Northern Tutchone use of scapulimancy to call moose. #Yukon #Ethnohistory #MooseCalling #Scapulimancy can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Coolest palaeontologist on the planet. 🫶
Have you ever seen a puppet interview a palaeontologist?
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
February 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Coolest palaeontologist on the planet. 🫶
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Have you ever seen a puppet interview a palaeontologist?
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
February 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Have you ever seen a puppet interview a palaeontologist?
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
Last year, the team from Shot in the Dark visited to film an interview with Yukon Palaeontologist Dr. Grant Zazula for their new show, Northern Tails. Now, that episode is finally out! Watch it here: youtu.be/besHjXA_WdI
Wow, what a piece of sh&t.
Trump ‘wants 50% cut’ of Ukraine’s mineral riches in return for peace
Trump ‘wants 50% cut’ of Ukraine’s mineral riches in return for peace
Trump previously said he wants Ukraine to pay for US support by affording Washington access to the country’s vast but untapped rare earth minerals
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Wow, what a piece of sh&t.
One of the coolest places in the Yukon!
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
One of the coolest places in the Yukon!
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Indo-European languages spoken by nearly half of the world today originated from an ancient population that lived in the North Caucasus mountains and the Lower Volga, according to a new DNA study.
DNA study cracks mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world
Indo-European languages traced to population living in steppe grasslands 6,500 years ago
www.independent.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Indo-European languages spoken by nearly half of the world today originated from an ancient population that lived in the North Caucasus mountains and the Lower Volga, according to a new DNA study.
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Dear grocery stores, this is the way.
February 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Dear grocery stores, this is the way.
Come live and work in Canada’s North. Whitehorse is a beautiful wilderness city with a strong arts and culture scene. And, a great place to raise a family. www.yukonu.ca/about-us/emp...
Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies | Yukon University
www.yukonu.ca
February 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Come live and work in Canada’s North. Whitehorse is a beautiful wilderness city with a strong arts and culture scene. And, a great place to raise a family. www.yukonu.ca/about-us/emp...
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Favorite sign so far
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Favorite sign so far