Timelines announced for Yukon schools considering joining the First Nation School Board

Our government is committed to ensuring school communities have the opportunity to choose if their school is administered by a school council or a school board, as per the Education Act. The Department of Education continues to work with Yukon First Nations and the First Nation School Board to advance reconciliation in meaningful ways, create strong learning opportunities for First Nations children, and increase access for students in all Yukon schools to gain valuable skills and experiences through learning about First Nations ways of knowing, doing and being.”

The trustees of the First Nation School Board look forward to working closely with school communities that choose to join our school board. We are proud to offer a student-centered, academically-robust, community-controlled alternative to the status quo that helps promote reconciliation by offering BC Curriculum through programming and assessment methodology grounded in Yukon First Nations worldview. Already, we are seeing the positive effect on student outcomes in our FNSB schools.”

Referendums provide an opportunity for electors to have direct input into a decision.  Elections Yukon is pleased to administer the referendum vote this February 2023 for those schools which look to join the First Nation School Board.  Eligibility to vote in an attendance area is the same as for a school council election. Check out electionsyukon.ca for more information. Your vote matters.”

The Chiefs Committee on Education conceived of the First Nation School Board as a way to promote reconciliation and improve student outcomes for all Yukon students, no matter their ancestry. Yukon First Nations leaders and chiefs had long been asking for a collaborative approach to education where Yukon First Nations share authority over education – and in the First Nation School Board, we now see all children thrive under this inclusive, child-centered and holistic approach to education.”