Women's Directorate

Department Overview

Advancing Women's Equality

Women's Directorate

YACWI - Get Involved!

Tell us your ideas:
Make a presentation at a round table meeting with
the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.
Contact the Women's Directorate to find out how.

Join YACWI:
Submit your name, or nominate somene else to sit on
the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.
Download the Nomination/Application form [176KB ].

 

Minister Taylor with YACWI Meeting ParticipantsYACWI is a group of eight leading Yukon women invited by the Minister responsible for the Women’s Directorate to help advance the legal, social and economic equality of Yukon women.

Four meetings are held each year in Whitehorse and in Yukon communities.
At these meetings, YACWI holds round table discussions with Yukon women and women’s groups. The Minister responsible for the Women’s Directorate is invited to each meeting.

Annual Reports


YUKON ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S ISSUES

2011/2012  BOARD MEMBER CONTACT LIST

Position Name Email
Chair Betty Irwin (Whitehorse) betty.irwin@jarwinenterprises.com  
Member Irene Brekke (Whitehorse) brekkedi@nortwestel.net
Member Ann Maje Raider (Watson Lake) majeraider@yahoo.ca
Member Barb Barchen (Mayo) bbarchen@hotmail.com
Member Karen Keenan (Teslin) Karen.franz@northwestel.net
Member Melanie Douville (Teslin) chipdouville@gmail.com
Member Alysa Praamsma (Whitehorse) alyd@northwestel.net
Member Diane Schroeder (Dawson City) shelterdirector@northwestel.net