Thursday was a historic day for the Yukon, as it became the first jurisdiction in Canada to unveil a strategy to deal with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-spirit+ crisis.
The Yukon Advisory Committee (YAC), the group responsible for the report, spent the morning celebrating the strategy, from the lighting of a sacred fire in Whitehorse to a celebratory signing that involved nearly every community leader in the territory, along with federal officials.
It was only fitting the Yukon was the first spot in Canada to act on the recommendations of the national panel, since it hosted the first sittings of the inquiry.
Yukon releases MMIWG2S+ strategy in response to National Inquiry
After one year of consultation with family members, First Nations governments and leaders, Yukon released a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-spirit+ (MMIWG2S+) strategy on Thursday.
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