Publications and Information

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Commission Activities

• Improving the Yukon Human Rights Act (158Kb PDF)
  
• Youth and Human Rights Survey Report (33Kb PDF)
  
• Youth Survey Report (81Kb PDF)
  
• Report on Human Rights of Women and Girls in Yukon (350Kb PDF)
  
• Yukon Human Rights Submission to the Education Act Reform Project (~ 73Kb PDF).
• 2008-2009 Annual Report in English (352Kb PDF)
  (Outlines Commission activities and provides general human rights information)
  
• 2008-2009 Annual Report in French (348Kb PDF)
  (Outlines Commission activities and provides general human rights information)
  

Human Rights General Information

• Exploring Issues of Racial Discrimination ~89Kb 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 ~248Kb PDF (Describes the work of the Commission and the Yukon Human Rights Act)
• Human Rights in the Workplace ~252Kb PDF (Describes the application of the Act to employment issues)
• Know Your Rights English ~2.8MB PDF and French ~3.2MB PDF

Fact Sheets

• What is Harassment?
  English PDF ~32Kb       French PDF ~30Kb
• What is Sexual Harassment?
  English PDF ~28Kb       French PDF ~32Kb
• What Can I do If I'm Being Harassed?
  English PDF ~26Kb       French PDF ~27Kb
• Understand the Duty to Accommodate
  English PDF ~35Kb       French PDF ~58Kb
• Accommodation in the Workplace
  English PDF ~30Kb       French PDF ~54Kb
• How to Write an Accommodation Policy
  English PDF ~40Kb       French PDF ~68Kb

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.

Announcement	Quicktime	Windows Media
Duty: Accommodating Diversity	240 version ~850 Kb	240 version ~2980 Kb
Homophobia 1: Everyone's Rights	240 version ~860 Kb	240 version ~2920 Kb
Homophobia 2: Against Discrimination	240 version ~860 Kb	240 version ~3820 Kb
Homophobia 3: Picking on Differences	240 version ~860 Kb	240 version ~3730 Kb
Homophobia 4: Everyone Has Differences	240 version ~860 Kb	240 version ~3730 Kb
Legislation for Everyone	240 version ~860 Kb	240 version ~3250 Kb
Learned Behaviour: Racism vs Accepting People	240 version ~850 Kb	240 version ~3730 Kb
Sexual Harassment is serious	240 version ~850 Kb	320 version ~4300 Kb

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