Government of Yukon announces new 10-year strategy to improve student outcomes

The Government of Yukon has introduced the Integrated Outcome Strategy for Yukon Learners, a comprehensive 10-year strategy designed to help ensure that every Yukon student from Kindergarten to Grade 12 can achieve their best results. This strategy aims to close achievement gaps across the territory and reimagine the Yukon’s education system for the future.

This strategy directly responds to the 2019 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Yukon Legislative Assembly, Kindergarten through Grade 12 Education in Yukon, which recommended developing a structured approach to improving student outcomes. Guided by 10 values and four key paths, the strategy will introduce more coordinated and responsive approaches to meet students’ needs. These four paths include: Indigenizing and decolonizing the Yukon educational system; developing capacity to improve learner outcomes; focused and collaborative plans and actions to improve learner outcomes; and accountability: measuring and reporting on progress and results.

The Government of Yukon developed the strategy through extensive collaboration with Yukon First Nations, school communities and other education partners. In the coming months, the department will reach out to education rightsholders and stakeholders to finalize an implementation plan, which will set out concrete actions, timelines and accountability measures to ensure meaningful improvements in student achievement.