The Yukon’s two school boards, the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon (CSFY) and the newly established First Nation School Board (FNSB) will hold general elections on November 7 to elect school board trustees.
School board trustees oversee the management and operations of those schools under the school board they are elected to. They work in partnership with the Department of Education to deliver educational programs that meet the needs of students and legislated requirements.
The two school boards operate a combined 11 schools across the territory. Five trustee positions are open for each board. Candidates interested in becoming a school board trustee must be nominated and meet the eligibility requirements. Nominations open on Monday, October 17, and close on Thursday, October 27, at noon.
A by-election will also take place to establish a school council for the new Whistle Bend Elementary School. Once the school council is established, it will assume regular school council duties.
For details on candidate and elector eligibility and how, when and where you can vote across the territory visit ElectionsYukon.ca
The establishment of a First Nation School Board is a historic time for Yukon and a major step in advancing reconciliation. Over the past two decades, Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon has shown us the impact passionate and dedicated school board trustees can have on students’ education. I encourage everyone to learn about the details of these elections and to get out and vote in November.
Minister of Education Jeanie McLean
The Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon is looking forward to these elections with the First Nation School Board. This new school board is a long-awaited initiative supported by our school community. It will ensure the conservation of their knowledge, culture, language and visions of the world. The Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon wishes them much success for generations to come. Through this democratic process, we hope to welcome new trustees from different communities across the Yukon as it will help Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon to reach its mandate to represent its students and families throughout the territory. We encourage all interested candidates to submit their nomination to join our board.
Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon President Jean-Sébastien Blais
This election is a major milestone in achieving the vision laid out by our Elders and ancestors: for Yukon First Nations to share the authority of education with the government for the schooling of all students. Our five trustees will be selected through an open, accessible, and democratic election process to lead a new era in education in the territory: one that is grounded in Reconciliation.
First Nation School Board Interim Governance Committee member Erin Pauls
There is a new and transformed electoral landscape for the 2022 school board elections. In 2019 there was one board, one voting location, and two schools operated by the Commission scolaire francophone Yukon. There were 84 electors. Since then, the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon footprint has expanded with a new school in Riverdale.
This year, eight schools formed part of the newly established First Nation school board. There are now a total of 11 schools under two boards located in communities across the territory with 655 students currently enrolled at First Nation School Board schools, as of September 29, 2022. There are over 8,000 electors in communities all across the territory; those with minority language rights, those whose ancestral languages is a First Nation language, and those parents of students attending those schools. All needing access to the vote. It has demanded a historic shift in election administration to offer more locations to vote, more ways to vote, and more opportunity to vote.
Elections Yukon will introduce new levels of elector outreach, convenience, and access in supporting the right to vote and the right to be a candidate for school board elections. We are proud to support, in our small way, the evolution of education in the Yukon.
Elections Yukon Chief Electoral Officer Maxwell Harvey
School board elections take place every three years to elect trustees to each school board in the Yukon. The last school board elections were held on November 4, 2019.
Key dates for the school board elections
- Monday, October 17 to Thursday, October 27 at noon: Candidates can submit nominations
- Thursday, October 27: A full list of candidates available at ElectionsYukon.ca
- Friday, October 28 to Monday, November 7: Applications for iVoting open
- Saturday, November 5: Early voting, 10 am to 4 pm at nine Yukon schools
- Monday, November 7: Polling Day, 3 pm to 8 pm at nine Yukon schools and Elections Yukon headquarters
- Tuesday, November 8: Official results of the Yukon school board elections will be posted on ElectionsYukon.ca
Renée Francoeur
Cabinet Communications
867-334-9194
Renee.Francoeur@yukon.ca
Sophie Best
Communications, Education
867-332-6225
Sophie.Best@yukon.ca
Maud Caron
Communications and Community Relations Manager, CSFY
867-667-8680 ext. 6942
Maud.Caron@yukon.ca
Katharine Sandiford
Communications, First Nation School Board
867-333-4011
communications@fnsb.ca
Colleen Madore
Elections Yukon
867-667-8940
Colleen.Madore@electionsyukon.ca