Advocates say shuttering the committee over privacy law is “absurd”
The Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council is accepting proposals for a monument erected this summer
Cross-territory collaboration required to implement 31 action items, chiefs say
Thirty-one action items call for an end to violence and increased social and economic support
The marches took place the afternoon of June 23, with about 120 people showing up in Watson Lake
Local advocates say the findings from the MMIWG report on resource extraction and violence against women apply here too
Team Dinjii Ni’jootl’i Ka’t is trying to send a positive message as well as raise awareness about MMIWG
Marion Buller was in Whitehorse this week to ‘close the circle’
To avoid the word genocide because it makes us uncomfortable is to undervalue the people with the courage to share the truth
Melissa Carlick worked as the community liaison for the Yukon, NWT, Alberta and parts of B.C. in 2017
The territorial government was the only jurisdiction in Canada to not send anyone
Report makes 231 recommendations for governments, institutions and Canadians
The 10th Yukon Forum was hosted on May 30
The president of the Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council believes the inquiry will return to Yukon as promised
Everett Chief, 44, has been charged with first and second-degree murder in the women’s 2017 deaths
Youth will serve one year of community supervision in B.C., where he will attend university
The territorial government will spend $442,000 a year for the next three years to fund the unit
