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.
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
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
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 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.
You can now search for open government publications, datasets, and completed Access to Information requests and Privacy Impact Assessment summaries that are part of the Access to Information Registry in an updated Government of Yukon open portal. @yukon.ca
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August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You can now search for open government publications, datasets, and completed Access to Information requests and Privacy Impact Assessment summaries that are part of the Access to Information Registry in an updated Government of Yukon open portal. @yukon.ca
yukon.ca/en/digital-b...
yukon.ca/en/digital-b...
We are hiring an Investigator and Compliance Review Officer for our Formal Investigation team. This dynamic position plays a key in supporting the Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Public Interest and Disclosure Commissioner. Learn more:
yukonaccountability.ca/careers
yukonaccountability.ca/careers
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are hiring an Investigator and Compliance Review Officer for our Formal Investigation team. This dynamic position plays a key in supporting the Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Public Interest and Disclosure Commissioner. Learn more:
yukonaccountability.ca/careers
yukonaccountability.ca/careers
We promote and protect fairness and have been for 29 years!
The Ombudsman investigates complaints about public services and provides recommendations and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
Happy birthday Ombudsman Act!
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
The Ombudsman investigates complaints about public services and provides recommendations and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
Happy birthday Ombudsman Act!
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
July 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We promote and protect fairness and have been for 29 years!
The Ombudsman investigates complaints about public services and provides recommendations and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
Happy birthday Ombudsman Act!
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
The Ombudsman investigates complaints about public services and provides recommendations and resources to public organizations so they can deliver services fairly.
Happy birthday Ombudsman Act!
yukonaccountability.ca/ombudsman
Canada’s first ever key principles on public fairness have been created by ombudsman across the country. These seven principles further support the Yukon Ombudsman’s call for amendments to the Act - to ensure independence and the ability to conduct own motion investigations.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Canada’s first ever key principles on public fairness have been created by ombudsman across the country. These seven principles further support the Yukon Ombudsman’s call for amendments to the Act - to ensure independence and the ability to conduct own motion investigations.
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Our office will be closed on Monday, June 23 in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a statutory holiday for the Yukon - a time during summer solstice to celebrate the 14 distinct First Nations in the territory. Our office hours will resume on Tuesday, June 24 at 8:30am.
June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our office will be closed on Monday, June 23 in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a statutory holiday for the Yukon - a time during summer solstice to celebrate the 14 distinct First Nations in the territory. Our office hours will resume on Tuesday, June 24 at 8:30am.
Public employees can report wrongdoings to our office: going against an Act or regulation, a danger to a person or the environment, mismanaging public funds or assets, or directing someone to do the above. Our services are free and confidential. bit.ly/45az9to
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Public employees can report wrongdoings to our office: going against an Act or regulation, a danger to a person or the environment, mismanaging public funds or assets, or directing someone to do the above. Our services are free and confidential. bit.ly/45az9to
Ten years ago, Yukon's whistleblowing act came to be. Employees of Yukon's public organizations have support and a process to report a wrongdoing or a reprisal, thanks to the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act. Learn how we can help: yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ten years ago, Yukon's whistleblowing act came to be. Employees of Yukon's public organizations have support and a process to report a wrongdoing or a reprisal, thanks to the Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act. Learn how we can help: yukonaccountability.ca/pidc
We are committed to professional development so we can support your privacy concerns. Two of our staff joined some of the brightest privacy minds in Canadian privacy, including presentations from Commissioners Philippe Dufrense and Patricia Kosseim @the_IAPP @CPS25.
May 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are committed to professional development so we can support your privacy concerns. Two of our staff joined some of the brightest privacy minds in Canadian privacy, including presentations from Commissioners Philippe Dufrense and Patricia Kosseim @the_IAPP @CPS25.
Our staff will learn about "Cultivating Safe Spaces" in an online workshop that looks at conditions, protocols and perspectives. The Moose Hide Campaign encourages us "to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation."
moosehidecampaign.ca/campaignday
moosehidecampaign.ca/campaignday
May 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our staff will learn about "Cultivating Safe Spaces" in an online workshop that looks at conditions, protocols and perspectives. The Moose Hide Campaign encourages us "to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation."
moosehidecampaign.ca/campaignday
moosehidecampaign.ca/campaignday
Two of these changes are in response to recommendations the Ombudsman made in his investigation on three independent complaints against the Human Rights Commission. The investigation found unfairness in organizational operations.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Two of these changes are in response to recommendations the Ombudsman made in his investigation on three independent complaints against the Human Rights Commission. The investigation found unfairness in organizational operations.
bit.ly/3YHhZ2w
yukon.ca/sites/defaul...
bit.ly/3YHhZ2w
yukon.ca/sites/defaul...