Publications and Information

Check back here for new materials being added. Also see the links page for access to legislation and other documentation available from other sites. Other webpages on this site have print information on the specific topics listed.

Commission Activities

• Modernizing the Yukon Human Rights System in Yukon ~283 Kb PDF
  
• Improving the Yukon Human Rights Act ~158 Kb PDF
  
• Youth and Human Rights Survey Report ~33 Kb PDF
  
• Youth Survey Report ~81 Kb PDF
  
• Report on Human Rights of Women and Girls in Yukon ~350 Kb PDF
  
• Yukon Human Rights Submission to the Education Act Reform Project ~73 Kb PDF
• 2010-2011 Annual Report ~750 Kb PDF
  (Outlines Commission activities and provides general human rights information)
  

Human Rights General Information

• Know Your Rights - English ~2.8 Mb PDF and French ~3.2 Mb PDF
• Chart of the Complaint Process ~ 130 Kb PDF
• Harassment - Free Workplace Policy Template - This template can be used as a guide and adapted for developing policy for your own workplace . The materials are not to be used for commercial purposes.
• Guidelines for Developing a Harassment Policy ~44 Kb PDF
• Harassment - Recognizing It!! ~56 Kb PDF
• Hiring Process - Human Rights Tips for Employers ~60 Kb PDF
• Duty to Accommodate – Impact on Employees and Service Providers ~48 Kb PDF
• Exploring Issues of Racial Discrimination ~89 Kb PDF (A curriculum resource for Yukon teachers. This resource is designed to be used with the video clip Public Service Announcement on "Learned Behaviour:Racism vs Accepting People".)
• Promoting and Protecting Human Rights ~248 Kb PDF (Describes the work of the Commission and the Yukon Human Rights Act)
• Human Rights in the Workplace ~252 Kb PDF (Describes the application of the Act to employment issues)
• Political Education Videos
  As part of a Web 2.0 project for political education, the German non-profit organisation /e-politik.de/ e.V. has released an animated video about human rights. Currently there are German, English, Spanish and French versions- an Arabic version and a version with Chinese subtitles are coming soon.

Fact Sheets

• A Complainant’s Guide for Making a Complaint
  English PDF ~184 Kb       French PDF ~190 Kb
• A Respondent’s Guide for Dealing with a Complaint
  English PDF ~185 Kb       French PDF ~194 Kb
• What is Harassment?
  English PDF ~32 Kb       French PDF ~30 Kb
• What is Sexual Harassment?
  English PDF ~28 Kb       French PDF ~32 Kb
• What Can I do If I'm Being Harassed?
  English PDF ~26 Kb       French PDF ~27 Kb
• Understand the Duty to Accommodate
  English PDF ~52 Kb
• Accommodation in the Workplace
  English PDF ~30 Kb       French PDF ~54 Kb
• How to Write an Accommodation Policy
  English PDF ~40 Kb       French PDF ~68 Kb

Launch of Public Service Announcements

The NWT Human Rights Commission and the Yukon Human Rights Commission have partnered in developing some public service announcements for radio and TV. Following are the 30 second clips that can be viewed, and used in workplace and school settings to generate discussion about human rights issues.

If you have questions or feedback about any of the issues that are addressed in the video or audio clips, please contact Lillian Nakamura Maguire, Public Education Specialist at the Yukon Human Rights Commission, 1-800-661-0535 or 867-667-6226 or maguire@yhrc.yk.ca.

Duty: Accommodating Diversity

Homophobia 1: Everyone's Rights

Homophobia 2: Against Discrimination

Homophobia 3: Picking on Differences

Homophobia 4: Everyone Has Differences

Legislation for Everyone

Learned Behaviour: Racism vs Accepting People

Sexual Harassment is serious

Document Format | Most documentation available here is in PDF ("Portable Document Format"), which makes for online publications which are easier to read and print. Free software for reading PDF files is available; note that you must download it and install it on your computer.