Grants and Contributions

Support of travel expenses for 6 Indigenous Courtworkers from the Yukon Department of Justice to attend the Indigenous Courtworker National Gathering 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia, February, 2026.

The Government of Yukon will work with 14 Yukon First Nations to build a family courtwork delivery model including a training manual and job description. The project will consist of a jurisdictional scan of other family courtwork programs, one in person meeting with a member of each community and other justice stakeholders, as well as a series of regular calls to ensure collaboration throughout the territory.

The Government of Yukon will work with 14 Yukon First Nations to build a family courtwork delivery model including a training manual and job description. The project will consist of a jurisdictional scan of other family courtwork programs, one in person meeting with a member of each community and other justice stakeholders, as well as a series of regular calls to ensure collaboration throughout the territory.

The Government of Yukon will work with 14 Yukon First Nations to build a family courtwork delivery model including a training manual and job description. The project will consist of a jurisdictional scan of other family courtwork programs, one in person meeting with a member of each community and other justice stakeholders, as well as a series of regular calls to ensure collaboration throughout the territory.

Yukon Territorial Court judges will attend Legal French immersion courses in New Brunswick with a view to improving access to justice in both official languages and lowering costs associated with French and bilingual trials.

The funding will support the operation and expansion of existing Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) as well as the establishment of new DTCs. This funding will contribute to reduce recidivism rates by supporting eligible offenders in addressing their cycle of problematic substance use and criminal behaviour through the availability of treatment as an alternative to incarceration.

In this 14-month project, the Government of Yukon will work on the expansion of Sexualized Assault Response Team (SART) services outside Whitehorse to rural and remote communities in the Yukon.

The project will first include engagement with First Nations, community service providers and victims of sexualized violence and conducting a service inventory, leading to a proposed implementation and service model for each community. Finally, the project will seek to inform new and enhanced existing services to victims of sexualized assault across the territory that are more victim-centered, trauma-informed, culturally safe, and coordinated.

The Indigenous Courtworker Implementation Framework project will build off the ICW training that took place in April 2022. The IRJ will host a 2-day workshop with the ICW's, the Chief Judge, the Chief Federal Prosecutor, the Council of Yukon First Nations, and the Director of Legal Aid to formalize and implement a framework for how ICW's will operate in the Yukon.

The Indigenous Family Courtworker Framework/Needs Analysis project will explore the concept and framework for a Yukon Indigenous Family Courtworker program. Yukon Justice will engage with all 14 Yukon First Nations and additional Yukon Justice Partners to facilitate a needs analysis that will identify knowledge and service gaps in the territory, and identify priorities for a Family Courtwork program that will assist those navigating family law issues. Once the project is complete, the Yukon will have a framework model that could be used for implementation.

The project will undertake community engagement in Dawson City to assess the feasibility of developing a Community Justice Centre.