The Department of Education accepted recommendations from The Auditor General of Canada to conduct a full review of the services and supports for inclusive education. The recommendation is outlined in the Auditor General’s report, Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Education in Yukon, published on June 18, 2019.

There is currently no framework in place to guide the management of activities in wetlands across Yukon. This has created uncertainty for land managers, industry, and project assessors when dealing with development in wetlands.

A tri-government Steering Committee (Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Government of Canada and the Government of Yukon) has invested over five years working together with the Carcross/Tagish Renewable Resources Council, the Tagish Local Advisory Council and the Tagish River community to recommend a draft management plan, including seven key areas of recommendation. They now invite the public to learn about the draft plan and recommendations to sustain this area, as laid out in the Carcross/Tagish First Nation Final Agreement.

The Government of Yukon is modernizing its Economic Immigration Strategy to guide policy and program development over the next decade, and to ensure immigration programming continues to be responsive to the needs of Yukon’s economy. The strategy will replace the existing document that expired in 2019.

To develop Yukon’s approach to a carbon rebate framework, we asked Yukoners to provide input on how to best return money to Yukoners and Yukon businesses as a rebate. This involved an online engagement between August 16 and September 13, 2017 as well as targeted information sessions in Whitehorse, Haines Junction and Dawson City with representatives from First Nations governments, municipal governments, and business groups. In total, 665 individuals completed the online survey (71.4% Whitehorse, 28.6% other) and more than 40 participants attended the information sessions.

This conversation was about what success looks like and how we can best use the new federal funding we received to improve services in French.

Over the past few years, we have laid a solid foundation to improve French language services in Yukon.

We used a strategic framework to clarify where we needed to focus our efforts. This first framework was developed in collaboration with the Association franco-yukonnaise in 2013.

The Ch’ihilii Chìk Habitat Protection Area is situated on the travel route over the mountains between Old Crow and Fort McPherson, close to other well-known areas such as Kaachik (Johnson Creek Village) and LaPierre House. The Ch’ihilii Chìk Habitat Protection Area is approximately 115 km southeast of Old Crow, in the Traditional Territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. The area is 468 km2 and encompasses Whitefish Lake and the surrounding wetlands.

The Government of Yukon has been working on developing a new resource roads regulation that will specifically regulate the construction, use, closure and decommissioning of resource roads so to address gaps and inadequacies in the existing regulation. The purpose of this engagement was to seek your input on our proposed regulatory approach to modernize the management of resource roads in Yukon.  

The Government of Yukon and the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board have developed a draft conservation plan for grizzly bears in the territory. The draft plan presents a 25-year vision for grizzly bears in Yukon, and outlines the conservation actions recommended to achieve this vision.

The Yukon Police Council is seeking citizens’ input on policing and public safety issues and concerns in Yukon.