SKOOKUMbrand® is upgrading its website and online presence to include social media functions and interactive content. In preparation, we’ve started a Facebook page. To celebrate, we’re having a photo contest (prize $995.00CAD) for those who post their SKOOKUM winter photos on our Wall. 3 photos will be selected on November 30^th and fans will vote for the best one! Good luck!

http://www.facebook.com/northerngarments

JULY 1 – OCTOBER 10, 2011
Exhibition Hall: Adult $10, Student/Senior $8, DX Member free admission

Curated by Anne Marie Minardi, Noa Bronstein, Katie Weber and Mark Scheibmayr

As the second largest country with one of the worldʼs lowest population densities, Canada is known for vast open spaces and varied geography. The importance of the great outdoors is such a significant part of our nationhood that Canadian iconography – the beaver, the maple leaf, Group of Seven, hiking in the Rockies, playing hockey on frozen ponds – is indelibly linked to the natural environment. Play > Nation will explore the ways in which our unique landmass has contributed to a national love of the outdoors and shaped our collective interest in outdoor sport and exploration. The exhibition sections will focus on Water, Winter, Forest, and Urban environments. Each section will present contemporary Canadian outdoor and sporting equipment, contextualized by historical examples of earlier models and archival material pertaining to outdoor sport and exploration. The exhibit will chronicle the transition of objects used by First Nations peoples and early Canadian settlers and explorers for survival and transportation to our contemporary use of the same items for sport and hobby. Play > Nation will incorporate a myriad of design disciplines, including apparel, industrial design, graphic design, as well as iconic designs.

Log on to the Play > Nation blog to get a behind the scenes look into how this exhibit is formalized and how the seeds of an idea evolve into a tangible exhibition.

Northern Garments and SKOOKUMbrand® is proud to announce that it has been accredited by the new Origin Assured™ (OA) label.

Today’s consumers demand more information than ever about the food they eat and the clothes they wear and they want to feel reassured about the products they are buying. Recently, a voluntary and independently-audited labeling programme has been introduced: the Origin Assured™ (OA) label or OA™.

This is a voluntary programme, which aims to assure consumers that when they buy an OA™ labeled fur product, the fur comes from a country where national or local regulations or standards governing fur production are in force.

The Origin Assured label allows consumers to buy fur with confidence. Developed by the International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF), the OA™ label confirms our commitment to openness and honesty with consumers about responsible industry practices.

Fur – the natural, responsible choice.

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Check out SKOOKUMbrand® Yukon Anoraks and meet designer Megan Waterman at Canada’s Northern House. Canada’s Northern House brings all the richness and diversity of Canada’s three Northern territories under one roof during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Anything you want to know about visiting, living or investing in Canada’s North can be found at Canada’s Northern House in downtown Vancouver.

Come meet northern performers and artists, buy handmade crafts, and watch demonstrations of traditional Arctic games throughout the 2010 Olympic Games. Our rich cultural life will have you wanting to visit. But be warned, many a visitor moved to the North for the great lifestyle and investment opportunities.

Hours of Operation: Canada’s Northern House opened on January 14, 2010. Daily Hours during the 2010 Olympic Games will be 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Before and after the 2010 Olympic Games, Canada’s Northern House will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 602 W. Hastings Street & Seymour in Vancouver.

Phone (604) 568-6270
Retail Phone (604) 568-6249

• Send an e-mail to post@hundekjoring.no with your name, subscription number and the person(s) you have recruited for subscription
• When the new subscribers have paid for their subscription, your entry is valid
• Recruit additional subscribers and increase your chances of winning!
• The winner can choose colour, size and style of the anorak, restricted to the value of the prize
• Campaign is valid from December 10th to May 10th

Knut C. Milde

+47 91 82 92 32

knut@skookumbrand.com

Following in the footsteps of other successful Yukon businesses, like Yukon Brewing (2008), Sherwood Copper (2007), and Arctic Premium Water (2006), Northern Garments is recognized by the Yukon Chamber of Commerce for their efforts in bringing Yukon products to the world. Designer and Vice-President Megan Waterman comments from Toronto as she upgrades her company’s Computer Aided Design (CAD) system, “we are really grateful for being recognized within the business community and we are very appreciative of the support we have received from our Yukon community.”

Megan Waterman is asked to be a panelist at the forum entitled Smart Cookies and their Dough, a forum on money, careers and business for Yukon women hosted by the Women’s Directorate at the Westmark Hotel, Whitehorse from October 2-4, 2009

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