The Yukon Human Rights Commission

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MELISSA ATKINSON | Melissa Atkinson, appointed in December 2004, and became chair in September 2006 to present. She was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is a member of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation and is from the Wolf clan. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Native Studies and Spanish from Trent University, and received her law degree from the University of Victoria. She is counsel with the Yukon Legal Services Society. She is the Past President of the Canadian Bar Association Yukon Executive for 2009-2010. She serves as a member of the Blood Ties Four Directions Centre Board.

GLENIS ALLEN | Glenis Allen, appointed in December 2007, has lived in the Yukon for over 30 years. She has extensive experience working at the senior management level in both the private and public sector. She has provided consulting services in the human resources field and human rights issues to a variety of clients including First Nations Governments. She has experience investigating work place issues/complaints, rendering decisions, providing recommendations as required and mediating settlements. She brings a sound knowledge of the Yukon Human Rights Act and other labour requirements to the Commission. Ms. Allen is currently a member of the Drivers Control Board and has served as the Chair of the Employment Standards Board and Vice Chair of the Social Service Council.

Jean-SÉbastien Blais | Jean-Sébastien Blais was appointed in December 2009. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Laval University with a specialty in public consultation and policy building and is a member of several networks of public practitioners such as the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) and the Canadian International Council (CIC). He has worked as a communications advisor for the Quebec City Hall, and as such updated the communication policy and facilitated numerous Town Hall meetings. He has worked as a researcher in Toronto with a firm that designs public consultations. He also worked with scholars and senior public servants on publications, surveys and seminars for the Institute for Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). As well, he has done research on best practices for the Center of Excellence in Public Management and Accountability (CEPMA), a network of leaders in public administration.

RICK GOODFELLOW | Rick Goodfellow, Executive Director of Challenge Community Vocational Alternatives, a program that supports the employment of people with disabilities was appointed in December 2005. Mr. Goodfellow has extensive senior management experience in the public sector, non-government and business sectors. He has served on several committees and boards related to employment, access to services, and communications for persons with disabilities. He has diverse knowledge and background with respect to the rights of persons with disabilities and has provided training and developed policy in this area. He has recently taken part in public discussions regarding the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Gloria Baldwin-Schultz | Gloria Baldwin-Schultz was appointed in December 2009. She immigrated with her family to Canada from Pakistan in 1964 and has a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Ottawa University and a Master in Pastoral Studies from St Paul University in Ottawa specializing in marriage and family therapy. She has lived and worked in various parts of Canada, but moved to the Yukon in 1998 to accept a position as a mental health therapist with Yukon Family Services. Since then she has worked in most Yukon communities through her private practice and collaboratively through contracts with Yukon First Nations providing counseling to individuals and families and training to staff on counseling related topics.