The board is responsible for licensing decisions and for hearing appeals of licence suspensions, barrings and permit refusals. It's a quasi-judicial body that operates at arm’s length from the corporation.
- Authority: Liquor Act, section 3, Yukon Liquor Corporation Board Members’ Remuneration Regulation
- Type: adjudicative
- Appointment process: Order-In-Council
- Requirements: no legislated criteria required to join
- Term: 3 years and eligible for reappointment
- Meetings: monthly with additional meetings scheduled as required
- Department: Yukon Liquor Corporation
- Honoraria: OIC 2012/217
- Policy: Yukon Liquor Board policy manual
Any Yukon resident is eligible to apply to serve on a government board or committee.
Apply
- Complete the application.
- Prepare a brief resume. This should include information relevant for sitting on the board or committee.
- Submit your completed application and resume.
In person: Inquiry Desk at 2071 2nd Avenue in Whitehorse. We're open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Address your envelope "Attention: Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)"
Email: boards.committees@yukon.ca
Mail:
Government of Yukon
Boards and Committees Secretariat (CM-1)
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
How members are selected
Members are appointed by a Minister, Cabinet or the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
School board and school council members can be elected or, in some cases, appointed.
Appointments to these boards are based on standing committee recommendations:
- Yukon Development Corporation
- Yukon Energy Corporation
- Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board
- Yukon Lottery Commission
- Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee
- Yukon Arts Advisory Council
- Yukon Utilities Board
- Yukon Council on the Economy and the Environment
- Yukon Human Rights Commission
Some boards and committees members are required to hold certain professional qualifications or affiliations.
- Clarence Timmons, member from June 27, 2024 to June 26, 2027
- Deborah Bartlette, member from August 13, 2022, and chair from February 8, 2024, to August 12, 2025
- Eva Bidrman, member and chair from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2027
- Jean-Sébastien Blais, member from August 7, 2021, to August 6, 2024
- Lacia Kinnear, member from June 27, 2024 to June 26, 2027
For questions about the Liquor Board (Yukon) email yukon.liquor@yukon.ca or or contact Board Manager, Presidents Office via phone at 867-667-5265.