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 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.…
The Yukon Human Rights Commission announces Spot 2020, an update to Spot, an A.I. (artificial intelligence) reporting tool that uses a chatbot to help people document and report harassment and discrimination. A chatbot is a computer program designed to simulate conversation with a person. The Commission and Talk to Spot released the first version of…
The Yukon Human Rights Commission is pleased to announce its new Director of Human Rights, Birju Dattani. The Director is the senior management position with the Commission and is responsible for the day to day work of the Commission as well as for outreach and initiatives. Birju has extensive academic and practical experience in the…
The Yukon Human Rights Commission leads a five-year project to eradicate workplace sexual harassment in Yukon The Yukon Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is partnering with employers, governments and other stakeholder organisations to share knowledge, deliver training, and develop tools to address the problem of workplace sexual harassment in Yukon. With funding provided by the…
Every individual is free and equal in dignity and rights. This guiding and visionary statement, set out in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is the product of historic and ongoing struggles to articulate and recognize every person’s intrinsic human rights. Right now, people in our territory, across our nation, and around the…