Join the Commission and the Council of Yukon First Nations to celebrate International Human Rights Day 2023! You are invited to join a free, in-person film screening of Alanis Obomsawin’s We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice and a conversation with Shadelle Chambers, the Executive Director of the Council of Yukon First Nations. This event…
Yukoners are not immune to the impacts of strife around the globe. In times of conflict, the Yukon Human Rights Commission has seen increased levels of hatred emerge in forms such as Islamophobia, antisemitism and other manifestations of discrimination and racism. This cannot be tolerated, and the Commission decries the toll global violence takes each…
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, a professor and two students were attacked in a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo by a former student. The local police service believes this “planned and targeted attack” was motivated by hate related to gender expression and gender identity. Hate towards the 2SLGBTQIA+ community is pervasive in…
Join the Commission to celebrate Black History Month in Canada! You are invited to join a virtual movie screening of The Road Taken followed by a Q&A with the director of the film, Selwyn Jacob, on February 22nd at 5:00 to 7:00 pm MST. The Road Taken is a nostalgic ride through the 1900s about…
Marking the Hearing of the Human Rights Complaint of Parker v. Government of Yukon, Department of Health and Social Services, Social Services Division Update, April 27, 2022 – The hearing will continue today at 1:00 PM PDT on Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81417432504?pwd=SnFtb2s0VU1XTk5PVENWN3hMcnJxdz09 April 14, 2022 – Whitehorse, YT – Yukon Human Rights Commission The matter…
The Yukon Legal Services Society has released the following backgrounder on its new workplace sexual harassment legal clinic. The Yukon Human Rights Commission eagerly anticipates working in partnership with the Yukon Legal Services Society towards eradicating workplace sexual harassment in Yukon. The Yukon Legal Services Society, funded by Justice Canada, has opened a new…
September 30th, 2021 will mark the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This new federal statutory holiday builds on the legacy of Orange Shirt Day, a grassroots campaign to commemorate Survivors of residential schools and to create meaningful discussion about the effects of residential schools and the legacy they have left behind.…
On June 15th, 2021, Queer Yukon Society and the Yukon Human Rights Commission collaborated to host a webinar discussing policing in Canada. Panellists Chief Doris Bill (she/her), Duane Gastant’ Aucoin (he/him), and Rachel Bromburg (she/her) discuss the following questions, followed by a public Q&A. 1. What, from your perspective, are the primary issues with the…
On Sunday, June 6th, 2021, a Muslim family of Pakistani origin was brutally run down by a man driving a pick-up truck in London, Ontario. Three adults and one teenager were killed, and a nine-year old boy was seriously injured. The 20-year-old truck driver is facing four counts of murder and one count of attempted…
The discovery of 215 children buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. confirms the oral history and the lived experiences of survivors of that residential school. The disturbing and horrifying findings there should surprise no Yukoner or Canadian, as they have been reported before at other residential schools across Canada.…