Yukon who is who

Max Fraser (b. 1953)

Max Fraser graduated from journalism school at Langara/Vancouver Community College in 1974. His first job after graduation was as a reporter-photographer for the Whitehorse Star.¹⁾ Max was a collaborator in a group he described as “a bunch of bush hippies pounding out their manifesto” in the Original Lost Moose Catalogue (1979). Max then led a group of six that got together in 1989 to put together Another Lost Moose Catalogue (1991). Wynne Krangle played many roles in that project including book design, layout and editing. About 200 people from contributors to editors to proofreaders to photographers participated in the publication in some form or other. There were 25,000 copies sold in a short time, 15,000 of those were purchased in the Yukon. In 1996, Max announced that Lost Moose Publishing was alive and well with two new publications due for release.²⁾

Max managed the Yukon New Democratic Party’s campaign for Piers McDonald in 2000 and then stepped into the background.³⁾ He was Senior Policy Analyst for the Yukon Government for eight years, 2002 to 2010.⁴⁾

In 2009, Max started producing and directing documentary films. His 2009 Little John Country premiered at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival. His 2015 Bond of Strangers: The Operation Husky Story toured with Remembrance Brothers Canada accompanied by military historian and author Mark Zuehike.⁵⁾ His award-winning TV documentary Never Happen Here – The Whitehorse 9/11 Story recounts events in the Yukon during the American crisis of September 2011.

Max has been the president of several production companies. He has headed Hootalinqua Motion Pictures since January 2015 and is also president of Little Dipper Films Ltd.⁶⁾