FOr OUR CHILDREN: Review of Systemic Racism in YUKON Education
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—today released the final report, For Our Children: A Review of Systemic Racism in Yukon Education, which has just been tabled in the Yukon Legislature. After over a year of research, community engagement, and data analysis, the final report offers a powerful and thorough examination of the negative impacts racism has on Indigenous students and other students of colour in the Yukon, while clearly laying out a positive path forward through detailed “Calls to Action”.
Click here to read the full report.