Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Yukon"

NationTalk: The Government of Yukon is proud to support educational projects that enhance culturally-inclusive learning and seek to advance reconciliation. Today, Porter Creek Secondary School Council hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for the much-anticipated N’’tsaÜw Chu’ Kedts’edán Kù Traditional Camp. The Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) awarded $100,000 towards this project, which will significantly transform cultural education...

Department of Education approves more than $35M for the next 15 months CBC News: The First Nation School Board in Yukon has grown from eight schools and a budget of $13 million in 2022, to 11 schools in 2023 with a budget of a little more than $35 million for the next 15 months. Dana...

‘Reconciliation will only exist … when we see it in every aspect of a student’s experience,’ says professor CBC News: As a Shakespeare fan who loves sharing his work with students, Windsor, Ont., English teacher Carolyn Howlett admits she felt a bit apprehensive when her board began work shifting its Grade 11 English course to focus...

Yukon Government – Seven school communities have voted yes to have their schools operated by the new Yukon First Nation School Board. We will make sure that all students have the opportunities to learn about Yukon First Nations histories, culture and languages as they are such an integral part of our lives....

Yukon Government – As of October 31, 2021, the following school councils have submitted a resolution to trigger a referendum on their school falling under the authority of a newly established First Nation School Board: Chief Zzeh Gittlit School; Grey Mountain Primary School; Johnson Elementary School and Watson Lake Secondary School, which includes one referendum;...

The Government of Yukon and the Chiefs Committee on Education (CCOE) are pleased to announce the finalization of the Yukon First Nation School Board Framework Agreement. The agreement sets out the process for the creation of a First Nation School Board under the Education Act. This is a critical first step for Yukon First Nations...

Students in Grades 11 and 12 will start using the new school curriculum in all Yukon schools this fall. All Yukon students will now be learning from a more modern, more relevant and more student-centred curriculum with hands-on learning opportunities that incorporate Yukon First Nations language, history and culture. The Government of Yukon and the...

The redesigned curriculum is based on British Columbia’s revised school curriculum, with adaptations to fit Yukon’s northern context and embed Yukon First Nations ways of knowing and doing in all grades. Kindergarten to Grade 9 classes started using the new school curriculum in 2017-18 Grade 10 in 2018-19 Grades 11 and 12 will start using...

The redesigned curriculum is based on British Columbia’s revised school curriculum, with adaptations to fit Yukon’s northern context and embed Yukon First Nations ways of knowing and doing in all grades. Kindergarten to Grade 9 classes started using the new school curriculum last school year and grades 11 and 12 will start using the new...

Committed to teaching about residential schools (TRC)...