Jul 18, 2019
Laura Cabott has been appointed Chair of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board. Laura has lived in Whitehorse for the past 26 years, has a bachelor degree in both Physical Education and Law and currently sits on Whitehorse City Council.
May 8, 2019
On December 19, 2018, the Honourable Dominic Leblanc, Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade announced the creation of the Northern Participant Funding Program to assist Indigenous people and Northerners to participate in environmental...
Mar 13, 2019
The Mayo Designated Office of YESAB is hosting three public engagement events to inform the assessment and identify any potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of this proposal. Comments from these meetings will be considered during the evaluation....
Jan 22, 2019
The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) has developed a new Pre-submission Engagement (PSE) process for Executive Committee screenings. PSE is a proactive, front-end process that occurs before a project proposal is submitted for screening...
Dec 17, 2018
On December 12, 2018 Casino Mining Corporation (CMC) informed YESAB that it will be deferring the submission of its ESE Statement. CMC intends to submit the ESE Statement by December 31, 2019. (Letter from CMC)
Nov 19, 2018
The Executive Committee issued a request for information from GoldCorp Inc. for their proposed Coffee Gold Mine Project. This request is based on full and fair consideration of thirty six submissions received during the public comment period which ended October 29,...
