October 15, 2008
Homelessness Action Week is held in communities across BC and the Yukon between October 12-19, 2008.
Find out what is happening in your community: Homeless Action Week Events
Streams of Justice is...
Homelessness, British Columbia, Yukon
October 14, 2008
http://stophomelessness.ca/ - website of Homelessness Action Week, organized in Metro Vancouver by the Regional Steering Community on Homelessness. The website has news, resources, and information on...
Homelessness, British Columbia, General resources, Yukon
January 30, 2008
Yukon Workers' Compensation Health & Safety Board has information on how to apply for a claim if you are injured on the job.
Workers' Rights, Yukon
January 8, 2008
New research by Jack Hicks, a social research consultant living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, tracks how suicide trends in the Arctic correlate with increased colonialism and modernization in the Arctic....
Aboriginal and First Nations, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, All of Canada, International
December 10, 2007
According to a press release put out by the Yukon Health and Social Services ("Proposed Social Assistance Reforms Announced,") the ministry has reviewed social assistance rates and programs and has...
Welfare, Yukon
July 13, 2007
http://www.gov.yk.ca/ - This is the Yukon government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
General resources, Government information, Yukon
June 26, 2007
Last week, at the National Aboriginal Women's Summit, the Minister for Heritage and the Status of Women announced five years of funding to build and support women's shelters on reserves. According to...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Violence, Women, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, All of Canada
December 9, 2006
Telephone: (867) 667-5674
Yukon Income Supplement provides a monthly income for seniors to supplement federal assistance programs.
Seniors and Elders, Yukon
December 9, 2006
Yukon Health and Social Services is the department responsible for welfare in the Yukon.
Social Assistance Manual - Policy and Procedures (in PDF) - This manual explains welfare legislation, how and...
Welfare, Yukon
December 9, 2006
Pioneer Utility Grant helps eligible people 65 and over with home heating costs. Applications (English and French) are available from Seniors Information Centre.
Telephone: (867)667-5137
Location:...
Housing, Seniors and Elders, Utilities, Yukon
June 10, 2006
Bishop Gary Gordon, who recently moved to Whitehorse, believes that a food bank would be a large help to the community. He is working with local anti-poverty advocates urging the establishment of one...
Foodbanks and Food, Organizing, Yukon
May 3, 2006
A Whitehorse chatolic mission that originally opertated to give out emergency food to the city's needy has begun to operate as a food bank. As the numbers of people who came to recieve emergency food...
Foodbanks and Food, Yukon
February 1, 2006
The Yukon Health and Social Services - Disabilities website provides links to government sites related to disabilities.
Territorial Supplementary Allowance - if you are receiving Social Assistance...
Disability, Yukon
January 8, 2006
The increased cost of fuel has made it difficult for Elders and low income earners of the Yukon's Kwantlen-Dun nation to pay their energy bills. The First Nation's Director of Finance is very...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Utilities, Yukon
November 5, 2005
Yukon Health and Social Services is the department responsible for welfare in the Yukon.
Welfare, Government information, Yukon
July 24, 2004
This online resource provides extensive links to Yukon government websites.
Government information, Yukon
July 5, 2004
The BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses and the BC Association of Specialized Victims Services and Counseling Programs have a Family Law Resource Manual for Community Based Advocates Assisting...
Family, Legal Research, Violence, Women, British Columbia, General resources, Yukon
July 5, 2004
Yukon's Social Assistance payments are not meeting the needs of people who live in the community. Many of those on welfare would like to work, but live in small communities with very few employment...
Welfare, Yukon
August 29, 2003
A Salvation Army homeless shelter in Whitehorse managed to avoid having to close down for the summer. It looked like the shelter wasn't going to have enough money to provide services to the city's...
Homelessness, Yukon
May 17, 2002
The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition made several recommendations to the Federal Health Care Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada during the Commission's public consultations. Among others,...
Health, Yukon
