Yukon Ombudsman and Commissioners office
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The office of the Yukon Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner supports the public and the public organizations that serve them. yukonaccountability.ca
We have arrived in Dawson and hope to see Dawsonites at our community drop-in tomorrow from 11:30 to 1pm. Learn how we can support fairness, privacy and access to information, and whistleblowing related to public organizations.
Light refreshments will be served. https://bit.ly/47Pudex
Light refreshments will be served. https://bit.ly/47Pudex
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We have arrived in Dawson and hope to see Dawsonites at our community drop-in tomorrow from 11:30 to 1pm. Learn how we can support fairness, privacy and access to information, and whistleblowing related to public organizations.
Light refreshments will be served. https://bit.ly/47Pudex
Light refreshments will be served. https://bit.ly/47Pudex
Our office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th in honour of Remembrance Day. We will reopen at 8:30am the following day.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th in honour of Remembrance Day. We will reopen at 8:30am the following day.
Come visit us in Dawson for light refreshments and learn how we can support you regarding fairness, privacy and access to information, and whistleblowing rights and protection.
Join us on Friday, November 14th at YukonU. https://yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman/events/2025-11/drop-and-11-session
Join us on Friday, November 14th at YukonU. https://yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman/events/2025-11/drop-and-11-session
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Come visit us in Dawson for light refreshments and learn how we can support you regarding fairness, privacy and access to information, and whistleblowing rights and protection.
Join us on Friday, November 14th at YukonU. https://yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman/events/2025-11/drop-and-11-session
Join us on Friday, November 14th at YukonU. https://yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman/events/2025-11/drop-and-11-session
Misinformation thrives in environments where transparency is lacking. Information regulators across the country call on governments to modernize access to information laws, proactively disclose records, and ensure the integrity of public info.
https://bit.ly/47rLLNy
#FPT2025 #RTK2025
https://bit.ly/47rLLNy
#FPT2025 #RTK2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Misinformation thrives in environments where transparency is lacking. Information regulators across the country call on governments to modernize access to information laws, proactively disclose records, and ensure the integrity of public info.
https://bit.ly/47rLLNy
#FPT2025 #RTK2025
https://bit.ly/47rLLNy
#FPT2025 #RTK2025
Our office will close at 4pm today due to the territorial election. We will reopen at 8:30am tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th.
Find out how to cast your vote at Elections Yukon https://electionsyukon.ca/en
Elections Yukon
Find out how to cast your vote at Elections Yukon https://electionsyukon.ca/en
Elections Yukon
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our office will close at 4pm today due to the territorial election. We will reopen at 8:30am tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th.
Find out how to cast your vote at Elections Yukon https://electionsyukon.ca/en
Elections Yukon
Find out how to cast your vote at Elections Yukon https://electionsyukon.ca/en
Elections Yukon
What is your organization doing to advance reconciliation?
This is a question we are exploring both professionally and personally. Our team had a day of informative and productive training and we look forward to putting our thoughts and words into action.
Thanks to IRP Consulting.
This is a question we are exploring both professionally and personally. Our team had a day of informative and productive training and we look forward to putting our thoughts and words into action.
Thanks to IRP Consulting.
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What is your organization doing to advance reconciliation?
This is a question we are exploring both professionally and personally. Our team had a day of informative and productive training and we look forward to putting our thoughts and words into action.
Thanks to IRP Consulting.
This is a question we are exploring both professionally and personally. Our team had a day of informative and productive training and we look forward to putting our thoughts and words into action.
Thanks to IRP Consulting.
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Today is #DigitalCitizenDay, a reminder that being digitally responsible starts with being digitally aware. Our Commissioner shares simple but powerful tips to help kids (and adults) protect their privacy online: youtu.be/cuBQe4spMuk
Digital Citizen Day 2025 | Privacy Tips for Kids
YouTube video by Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
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October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today is #DigitalCitizenDay, a reminder that being digitally responsible starts with being digitally aware. Our Commissioner shares simple but powerful tips to help kids (and adults) protect their privacy online: youtu.be/cuBQe4spMuk
Our office is closed on Wednesday, October 22nd for staff training on truth and reconciliation. We will reopen at 8:30am on Thursday, October 23rd.
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our office is closed on Wednesday, October 22nd for staff training on truth and reconciliation. We will reopen at 8:30am on Thursday, October 23rd.
Happy Ombuds Day! Ombuds promote and protect fairness. We listen to concerns, offer advice, and investigate complaints about public services. We also provide guidance, recommendations, and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
We are here to help. bit.ly/4nCV4jf
We are here to help. bit.ly/4nCV4jf
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy Ombuds Day! Ombuds promote and protect fairness. We listen to concerns, offer advice, and investigate complaints about public services. We also provide guidance, recommendations, and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
We are here to help. bit.ly/4nCV4jf
We are here to help. bit.ly/4nCV4jf
"Six years after MMIWG Calls to Action, Canada still has no ombudsman on Indigenous and human rights."
The Yukon Ombudsman joined other ombuds offices across the country in a letter urging the federal government to take swift action.
letter: bit.ly/4pTIKg3
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The Yukon Ombudsman joined other ombuds offices across the country in a letter urging the federal government to take swift action.
letter: bit.ly/4pTIKg3
lnkd.in/gHhFPFcA
Call to implement Indigenous ombuds offices | Yukon Accountability
A letter to the Honourable Rebecca Alty from the Canadian Council of Parliamentary Ombudsman (including the Yukon Ombudsman) regarding the creation of national and regional Indigenous and human rights ombuds, per the Call for Justice 1.7 of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Six years after MMIWG Calls to Action, Canada still has no ombudsman on Indigenous and human rights."
The Yukon Ombudsman joined other ombuds offices across the country in a letter urging the federal government to take swift action.
letter: bit.ly/4pTIKg3
lnkd.in/gHhFPFcA
The Yukon Ombudsman joined other ombuds offices across the country in a letter urging the federal government to take swift action.
letter: bit.ly/4pTIKg3
lnkd.in/gHhFPFcA
Our work doesn’t end once we’ve made recommendations. We later determine whether the authority has implemented our recommendations and share our findings.
We will review this and Justice's response and share our findings later this fall.
More information: bit.ly/46UlJSE
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We will review this and Justice's response and share our findings later this fall.
More information: bit.ly/46UlJSE
bit.ly/3IDOoSI
Yukon Human Rights Commission investigated for fairness | Yukon Accountability
The Yukon Ombudsman has released an investigative report on three separate complaints against the Yukon Human Rights Commission. The investigation found unfairness in the organization’s operations and...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our work doesn’t end once we’ve made recommendations. We later determine whether the authority has implemented our recommendations and share our findings.
We will review this and Justice's response and share our findings later this fall.
More information: bit.ly/46UlJSE
bit.ly/3IDOoSI
We will review this and Justice's response and share our findings later this fall.
More information: bit.ly/46UlJSE
bit.ly/3IDOoSI
"Youth may be less aware of privacy risks, and susceptible to the techniques used to capture their attention, induce them to disclose certain information or adopt certain purchasing behaviours," said Federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne.
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Privacy commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from Canadian children | CBC News
TikTok's tools to keep children off its platform were largely ineffective and the immensely popular social media app was collecting sensitive information from underage users, a joint investigation fro...
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September 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Youth may be less aware of privacy risks, and susceptible to the techniques used to capture their attention, induce them to disclose certain information or adopt certain purchasing behaviours," said Federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We provide whistleblowing support by helping employees and the public organizations they work for. Discover who we oversee, how to make a disclosure, our resources, and more.
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We provide whistleblowing support by helping employees and the public organizations they work for. Discover who we oversee, how to make a disclosure, our resources, and more.
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
We promote privacy and access to information by helping the public and public organizations that use, collect or disclose their information. Discover who we oversee, how we can help you, our resources, and more.
Our new website can help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc
Our new website can help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc
September 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We promote privacy and access to information by helping the public and public organizations that use, collect or disclose their information. Discover who we oversee, how we can help you, our resources, and more.
Our new website can help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc
Our new website can help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc
We promote fairness by helping the public and those that serve them. Discover who we oversee, how we can help you resolve your concerns, our resources, and more.
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We promote fairness by helping the public and those that serve them. Discover who we oversee, how we can help you resolve your concerns, our resources, and more.
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need.
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
"In response to the IPC office's investigation, which recommends releasing certain records, the Environment department doubled down on withholding some of those records, citing its reasons for rejecting the IPC adjudicator’s recommendations."
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Victoria Gold disregarded cold climate; slide’s timing avoided fatalities: report
2024 report on heap leach facility failure under Victoria Gold Corp.’s watch made public
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September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"In response to the IPC office's investigation, which recommends releasing certain records, the Environment department doubled down on withholding some of those records, citing its reasons for rejecting the IPC adjudicator’s recommendations."
www.yukon-news.com/news/victori...
www.yukon-news.com/news/victori...
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need. We promote fairness, privacy and access to information, and provide whistleblowing support to the public and those that serve them. Discover who we oversee, how to resolve your concerns, our resources, and more.
yukonaccountability.ca
yukonaccountability.ca
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our new website is designed to help you find what you need. We promote fairness, privacy and access to information, and provide whistleblowing support to the public and those that serve them. Discover who we oversee, how to resolve your concerns, our resources, and more.
yukonaccountability.ca
yukonaccountability.ca
We are currently reviewing their Privacy Impact Assessment to ensure it aligns with the Yukon Health Information Privacy and Management Act and will pass along any recommendations to the Yukon government as required.
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AI being rolled out in Yukon health clinics
Heidi is a medical AI scribe being used in Yukon health clinics to help clinicians with administrative work
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September 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We are currently reviewing their Privacy Impact Assessment to ensure it aligns with the Yukon Health Information Privacy and Management Act and will pass along any recommendations to the Yukon government as required.
www.yukon-news.com/news/ai-bein...
www.yukon-news.com/news/ai-bein...
"Floyd McCormick, a longtime clerk of the Yukon legislature who's now retired, told CBC News the fact that the government has the power to overrule a decision from the privacy commissioner points to a systemic problem in the Yukon."
Report and response: bit.ly/4pc6Mmd
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Report and response: bit.ly/4pc6Mmd
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Privacy commissioner says Yukon Government is withholding information on Eagle Mine | CBC News
Yukon's information and privacy commissioner has found the government overstepped its authority to withhold information about last year's Eagle mine failure.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Floyd McCormick, a longtime clerk of the Yukon legislature who's now retired, told CBC News the fact that the government has the power to overrule a decision from the privacy commissioner points to a systemic problem in the Yukon."
Report and response: bit.ly/4pc6Mmd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Report and response: bit.ly/4pc6Mmd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Currently the Yukon Ombudsman and Commissioner cannot investigate municipalities. Over the years, he has requested the same authority found in the majority of Canadian jurisdictions. One of these changes would include municipalities under his jurisdiction.
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Petition to probe Faro mayor and council's conduct sent to Yukon minister
Minister of the Department of Community Services has received request for independent investigation into the Town of Faro mayor and council’s alleged wrongdoing
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September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Currently the Yukon Ombudsman and Commissioner cannot investigate municipalities. Over the years, he has requested the same authority found in the majority of Canadian jurisdictions. One of these changes would include municipalities under his jurisdiction.
www.yukon-news.com/news/petitio...
www.yukon-news.com/news/petitio...
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Accountability is not real if the people who are supposed to be held accountable get to decide how accountable they will be.
We concluded that the Department of Environment did not have the authority to withhold records about the Victoria Gold heap leach facility failure and recommended the records be released to the complainant. They are continuing to withhold 14 of the 33 pages.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Accountability is not real if the people who are supposed to be held accountable get to decide how accountable they will be.
We concluded that the Department of Environment did not have the authority to withhold records about the Victoria Gold heap leach facility failure and recommended the records be released to the complainant. They are continuing to withhold 14 of the 33 pages.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
September 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We concluded that the Department of Environment did not have the authority to withhold records about the Victoria Gold heap leach facility failure and recommended the records be released to the complainant. They are continuing to withhold 14 of the 33 pages.
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
yukonaccountability.ca/ipc/reports
Kwanlin Dün First Nation is seeking feedback by Wednesday, Sept. 10th on their new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. There are prizes! www.kwanlindun.com/engagement/
September 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kwanlin Dün First Nation is seeking feedback by Wednesday, Sept. 10th on their new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. There are prizes! www.kwanlindun.com/engagement/
Our office is closed on Monday, September 1st for the Labour Day statutory holiday. We will reopen at 8:30am on Tuesday, September 2nd. Wishing you an enjoyable long weekend.
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our office is closed on Monday, September 1st for the Labour Day statutory holiday. We will reopen at 8:30am on Tuesday, September 2nd. Wishing you an enjoyable long weekend.