Find out about Yukon Forum

Leaders of the Government of Yukon, Yukon First Nations governments and the Council of Yukon First Nations are members of the Yukon Forum.

The Yukon Forum meets regularly to discuss issues of common concern and identify opportunities for cooperation. It provides a collaborative space for strengthening relationships and advancing shared priorities.

The Yukon Forum was established in 2005 under the Cooperation in Governance Act.

Yukon Forum meetings

View news releases from previous Yukon Forums:

2026

• February 6, 2026 - Whitehorse

2025

• November 27, 2025 - Whitehorse

Past outcomes

Yukon Forum outcomes: 

• March 2023: discussed shared actions to address the Substance Use Health Emergency.
• June 2021: reconfirmed commitment to advancing the joint priorities and discussed plans to investigate all former residential school grounds in the territory.
• June 2018: agreed to add fish and wildlife to the joint priority action plan.
• September 2017: approved a joint priority action plan.
• May 2017: agreed on the 4 joint priority areas.
  • Fiscal relations
  • Bilateral and trilateral engagement on justice, health and social services, education and heritage
  • Land claim and self-government implementation
  • Ensuring the territory's legislative agenda considers First Nation priorities
• January 2017: signed a declaration renewing the forum and committing the governments to meet 4 times a year.

Key accomplishments 

Yukon Forum past accomplishments include:

• signing a Memorandum of Understanding on mining and development of new mining legislation;
• signing a Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment (YESAA) Reset Memorandum of Understanding and establishing an Oversight group;
• co-developing a Yukon First Nations Procurement Policy;
• co-developing a Representative Public Service Plan – Breaking Trail Together;
• reviewing the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board;
• establishing the Yukon First Nations School Board;
• co-developing amendments to the Child and Family Services Act;
• co-developing an agreement to clarify how resource royalties are shared under Chapter 23 of the Final Agreements; and
• co-developing collaborative processes to guide the strategic approach on addressing mental wellness and substance use, on the environmental and socio-economic assessment process land-use planning, heritage management, justice and land-based healing.