With the purpose of developing Yukon-specific knowledge in response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (“MMIWG”) Calls for Justice, YESAB issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in April 2021 to conduct an Evaluation of the effects of industrial activities on the personal safety of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S+ persons in Yukon (the study).
The primary objective of the study was to develop a comprehensive research report and assessment tool that would assist YESAB assessors in following key areas:
- Identify the pathway(s) to adverse effects of industrial activities to the personal safety of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S+ persons (Affected Persons) in Yukon communities and within the industrial workplace;
- Better understand the cause-and-effect relationships of industrial activities on the personal safety of Affected Persons;
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the recently recommended terms and conditions to mitigate the adverse effects of industrial activities on personal safety; and
- Provide current Yukon-specific information to inform future assessments.
The study was completed in September 2022. YESAB recognizes that further work both internally and externally is needed to implement the study’s recommendations.
Read the literature review here
Read the synthesis research report here
Read about the assessment tool here
Read YESAB’s response to the assessment tool recommendations here
Should you require any further information or clarification, please contact Interim Executive Director, Kent Bretzlaff, at the YESAB Head Office at 867-668-6420 or by email at yesab@yesab.ca.