We are looking for a long-term locum or permanent doctor to join us in Dawson City, Yukon. (Shorter locums also available.)

Dawson City, a town of 2000 (winter) and 3500 (summer), is a unique and charming community.

What makes Dawson different from other small towns?

Citizens are an eclectic (sometimes eccentric) bunch who have chosen to live here from all across Canada and from all walks of life. (Dawson is not a one-industry town.) At your doorstep is a vast, pristine and unpopulated wilderness of mountains and rivers. For a small town Dawson has unparalleled performing and fine arts exposure, recreational opportunities and community volunteer spirit. It is a very young community with many university educated and well-travelled young singles and couples both with and without children. (According to the 1996 census with Statistics Canada, Dawson City has the second highest number of post-secondary educated citizens per capita of any community in Canada.) And we boast no strip malls and no chain stores!

Rich history as Dawson was the 'Paris of the North' during the Klondike Gold Rush at the turn of the century. Dawson has retained its historic charm with unpaved streets and boardwalks. And we have no traffic lights!
 

Active and young community situated in the heart of the untouched mountain and river wilderness of the Yukon. (No campground reservations required here!) Running club, Olympic distance triathlon, Solstice marathon, 110 mile relay road running race, long distance relay Chilkat bike race, mountain biking. Limitless backcountry hiking and river canoeing/kayaking potential in the Yukon wilderness. One hour drive to the Tombstone Mountains. Local golf course, swimming pool, soccer field, baseball fields. In the winter: hockey, curling, downhill ski hill, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and dog-sledding.

 

Year-round Arts Centre with visual and performing arts, film and courses.

Year-round Writer In Residence programme and Artist In Residence programme attracting authors, poets and aritsts from across Canada.

Two coffee houses to satisfy any cappuccino cravings. (Fresh coffee beans roasted in the Yukon!)

Lots of activities for kids including preschoolers. School from kindergarten to Grade 12 with community library. Local campus of Yukon College. Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture.
 

Opportunities for spousal career especially if your spouse is a teacher, mechanic, carpenter, electrician, plumber, computer based home business, expanded role nurse, entrepreneur or has skills as an office worker or in the service industry. (Many of Dawson's local businesses are owned and operated by young entrepreneurs, especially women.) No social, cultural or recreational isolation.

A well-educated and very appreciative patient population. Interesting medicine. A rural comprehensive family practice with opportunity to do as much as your comfort level dictates. A practice style which allows you to spend adequate time with your patients. Good team work with the local nurse practitioners.

Free accommodation in a furnished 3-4 bedroom house, compliments of the town. Some reimbursement for travel costs. $10,000 relocation grant for two years of service. Full CMPA reimbursement. CME reimbursement for resident doctors. Currently, after hours on-call is optional. Fee-for-service with one of the highest fee schedules in the country.
 

An excellent summer music festival that has had such artists as the Bare Naked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie McMaster, Jane Sibery and Crash Test Dummies. www.dcmf.com
 

Dawson street scene

We are a young (relatively!) doctor couple who have lived in Dawson for 15 and 9 years respectively and can't think of anywhere else in the world we would rather live! (And we are not alone. A 2001 study by the Pembina Institute in Alberta ranked the Yukon as the #1 place to live in Canada based on local economy, life expectancy and education.)

We are looking for a doctor who would share our enthusiasm for the Yukon and Dawson's charms and work full-time with us in our clinic for a year or two with the potential to make Dawson his/her home. (We are each working part-time since the arrival of children.) We can even supply interested doc's with references from past residents and locums who have worked in Dawson, all of whom loved the place!

If you have any interest please contact Dr. Suzanne Crocker by email:Dr. Suzanne Crocker
 

Doctors Suzanne and Gerard during the annual Odd Ball on New Years Eve