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YGS Staff 

Left to Right: Steve Traynor, Charlie Roots, Grant Lowey, Tiffani Fraser, Rod Hill, Steve Israel, Panya Lipovsky, Bailey Staffen, Kristen Kennedy, Maurice Colpron, Rachelle Dufour, Don Murphy, Carrie Labonte, Lee Pigage, Karen MacFarlane, Jeff Bond, Olwyn Bruce, Robert Deklerk, Tammy Allen, Bill LeBarge, Karen Pelletier, Mike Burke, Grant Abbott, Aubrey Sicotte, Rosie Cobbett, Carolyn Relf, Lara Lewis and  Lelya Weston


Yukon Geological Survey staff are located in two buildings: the Elijah Smith Building at 102-300 Main St. and the Professional Building at 2099-2nd Ave. 

Branch Director Operations Management

Relf, Carolyn [biography]
Director
(867) 667-8892
carolyn.relf@gov.yk.ca

Fahr, Laurie
Manager, Finance & Operations
(867) 667-8508
laurie.fahr@gov.yk.ca

Regional Geology Mineral Services

Murphy, Don [biography]
Head, Regional Geology
(867) 667-8516
don.murphy@gov.yk.ca

Bond, Jeff [biography]
Surfiical Geologist
(867) 667-8514
jeff.bond@gov.yk.ca

Chakungal, Joyia
Project Geologist
(867) 667-5384
joyia.chakungal@gov.yk.ca

Colpron, Maurice [biography]
Project Geologist
(867) 667-8235
maurice.colpron@gov.yk.ca

Israel, Steve [biography]
Project Geologist
(867) 667-5175
steve.israel@gov.yk.ca

Lipovsky, Panya [biography]
Surficial Geologist
(867) 667-8520
panya.lipovsky@gov.yk.ca

Roots, Charlie [biography]
G.S.C. Research Scientist
(867) 667-8513
charlie.roots@gov.yk.ca

Burke, Mike [biography]
Head, Mineral Services
(867) 667-3202
mike.burke@gov.yk.ca

Deklerk, Robert [biography]
MINFILE Geologist
(867) 667-3205
robert.deklerk@gov.yk.ca

Lebarge, William [biography]
Placer Geologist
(867) 667-3134
william.lebarge@gov.yk.ca

Lewis, Lara [biography]
Economic Geologist
(867) 667-8518
lara.lewis@gov.yk.ca

Traynor, Steve [biography]
Manager, Mining Incentives Program
(867) 456-3828
steve.traynor@gov.yk.ca

Resource Assessments & Outreach Editorial & Technical Services

Pigage, Lee [biography]
Head, Resource Assessments & Outreach
(867) 667-8192
lee.pigage@gov.yk.ca

Allen, Tammy [biography]
Petroleum Assessment Geologist
(867) 667-3411
tammy.allen@gov.yk.ca

Bennett, Venessa
Metallogenist/Mineral Assessment Geologist
(867) 667-3203
venessa.bennett@gov.yk.ca

Fraser, Tiffani [biography]
Petroleum Assessment Geologist
(867) 667-3228
tiffani.fraser@gov.yk.ca

Lowey, Grant [biography]
Project Geologist
(867) 667-8511
grant.lowey@gov.yk.ca

Pelletier, Karen [biography]
Environmental Geologist & Outreach
(867) 456-3808
karen.pelletier@gov.yk.ca

MacFarlane, Karen [biography]
Head, Editorial & Technical Services
(867) 667-8519
karen.macfarlane@gov.yk.ca

Bruce, Olwyn [biography]
GIS Geologist/Spatial Data Administrator
(867) 393-7186
olwyn.bruce@gov.yk.ca

Dufour, Rachelle
Office/Sales Manager
(867) 667-3201
rachelle.dufour@gov.yk.ca

Sicotte, Aubrey [biography]
GIS/Database Administrator
(867) 667-8481
aubrey.sicotte@gov.yk.ca

Staffen, Bailey [biography]
GIS/Cartography Technician
(867) 456-6801
bailey.staffen@gov.yk.ca

Weston, Leyla [biography]
Editor/Outreach Geologist
(867) 667-8701
leyla.weston@gov.yk.ca