September 16, 2025 Dear Ombudsman Pedlar: Re: Implementation of Recommendations from the 2024 Investigation Report I am writing to provide you an update on the implementation of the five (5) recommendations that investigator Kelly Hjorth made to the Yukon Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) in his August 2024 Investigation Report (the “Report”). I also call…
The Commission’s Annual Report for the fiscal year 2024/2025 will be available soon.
The Government of Yukon is inviting Yukoners to share their thoughts on the proposed improvements to the Human Rights Act that will enable the Act to be more consistent with similar laws in other provinces and territories. To learn more you can visit this webpage. To complete the survey, click here.
The press release is located here.
The Yukon Human Rights Commission is commemorating International Human Rights Day with an online and in-person learning event addressing systemic discrimination, racism and advocacy. Event Details: Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Yukon Standard Time) Location: Yukonstruct (2180 2nd Ave, Whitehorse) & Online Format: Hybrid (In-person and virtual attendance) Cost:…
The Yukon Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) wishes to address the Ombudsman’s report published following an investigation into three complaints concerning the Commission that he received between May 25, 2021 and April 12, 2023. These complaints concern three separate matters that were filed with the Commission in September 2018, November 2020 and December 2019. This…
The Yukon Human Rights Commission is pleased to publish our 2023-24 Annual Report. To learn more about big changes, our daily operations, exciting rights promotion, as well as our research and education initiatives click here. The report will be tabled to the Legislative Assembly in the Fall sitting. The French version will be published online…
June 26, 2024 Statement from the Yukon Human Rights Commission On June 17, 2024, the Yukon Human Rights Commission issued a media release congratulating our former Director, Birju Dattani, on his appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and thanking him for the exceptional leadership he provided to the Yukon Commission during…
The Gender Expression and Identity zine was created by the Yukon Human Rights Commission to provide more information, based in current Canadian human rights law, about one of the 14 protected characteristics listed in the Yukon Human Rights Act. Keep your eye out for more zines about rights and responsibilities specific to the characteristics protected…