Yukon First Nation Education Directorate

YFNED is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 2020 by Chiefs at CYFN leadership who recognized the need for an organization devoted to achieving unified Yukon First Nations education goals. Directed by the Chiefs Committee on Education, YFNED delivers Jordan’s Principle wraparound supports to all Indigenous kids in the Yukon, advances the rights of Yukon First Nations over the education of their children, while also providing professional and technical support to Yukon First Nations.

Indigenous kids are now fed 2 healthy meals at all schools, students are receiving allied and mental health services across the Yukon, young families have cultural and nutritional support programs, students and educators have access to land-based cultural learning, kids are seeing more of their language and culture in the schools, data is being better analyzed, and important research and partnerships are happening to improve the education system.

YFNED is funded by annual, proposal-based Government of Canada programs.

YFNED mission

unified control over First Nations education so we can empower our people in our ways of knowing and prepare our children to be active participants in the current world.

MOBILE THERAPEUTIC UNIT

EARLY YEARS PROGRAM

FIRST NATION EDUCATION ADVOCATES

NUTRITION SERVICES

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

JORDAN'S PRINCIPLE

CULTURE CAMPS

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YFNED Intake Contact Form

Child/Youth Name:

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VIDEO: The story of yFNED

ANNUAL REPORT

**Check out YFNED’s Annual Report to see how much we have accomplished! Thank you to everyone who has kept our momentum moving forward. Click the image of the report to see a digital copy.**
**Find previous versions here.**

FOr OUR CHILDREN: Review of Systemic Racism in YUKON Education

In June 2025, the First Nations Education Commission (FNEC), the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office (YCAO) and the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate (YFNED)—with the support of the Chiefs Committee on Education (CCOE) and Government of Yukon’s Department of Education—released the final report, For Our Children: A Review of Systemic Racism in Yukon Education, and tabled it in the Yukon Legislature.