Health and wellness

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December 16, 2024

To modernize the Yukon’s legislation, the Government of Yukon is planning to change the Health Professions Act. As in other jurisdictions in Canada, the plan is to regulate all health professions in the Yukon together under a single umbrella act that protects regulated health professionals and the public.

February 22, 2024

The Government of Yukon recognizes that current Yukon laws establishing parentage often rely on biological connections and may be based on binary assumptions of gender and sex. This outdated language does not reflect the reality of many Yukon families, particularly families with parents who are 2SLGBTQIA+, and families who may use assisted human reproduction or surrogacy.

To understand how Yukoners experience barriers, burdens and inequities in the current system, we want to:

November 24, 2020

The Government of Yukon is preparing a new regulation to prevent workplace violence and harassment. As well, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations will see a related amendment designed to improve workplace hazard assessments.

Violence and harassment are serious health and safety hazards to which no Yukon worker should be exposed. The Government of Yukon is taking action to support Yukon employers and workers to foster workplaces that are free from violence and harassment.

November 24, 2020

How are Yukoners really doing right now? In these challenging times, we need more than just economic data to help answer that question.

The Community Wellbeing Survey will provide a territory-wide snapshot of Yukoners’ wellbeing and provide the needed population-level data to support informed decision making to best meet the unique and changing needs of Yukoners. The COVID-specific questions at the start of the survey will inform next steps in the pandemic response.

November 23, 2020

The Government of Yukon is developing a 10-Year Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Action Plan. This Plan will focus on awareness, prevention, and supporting people with FASD and their families to reach their full potential. We are engaging with First Nations, community representatives and many stakeholders to develop this plan.

The public engagement process was led by an FASD Interagency Advisory Committee, made up of government and non-government service providers, First Nations partners, caregivers and an individual with FASD. It ran from May 2017 through March 2018.

November 12, 2020

The Government of Canada made changes to family caregiving and parental leave benefits under the federal Employment Insurance program.  

Yukon, as with most other jurisdictions, typically provides leave periods that align with the benefits provided under Canada’s Employment Insurance program. Yukon is considering making changes to the amount of parental leave and leave for people to care for critically ill family members. We wanted to know if Yukoners have any concerns or feedback on these changes.

November 12, 2020

The Government of Yukon is working to regulate, fund and integrate midwifery into Yukon’s healthcare system. Our goal as a government is to provide Yukoners additional options within a range of healthcare services that support healthy pregnancies, birthing experiences, and care after childbirth.

The plan we presented to participants during the engagement proposed the following:

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