YFNED mission
unified control over First Nations education so we can empower our people in our ways of knowing and prepare our children to be active participants in the current world.
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VIDEO: The story of yFNED
ANNUAL REPORT
Check out YFNED’s Annual Report to see how much we have accomplished! Thank you to everyone who has kept our momentum moving forward. Click the image of the report to see a digital copy.
FOr OUR CHILDREN: Review of Systemic Racism in YUKON Education
In June 2025, the First Nations Education Commission (FNEC), the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office (YCAO) and the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate (YFNED)—with the support of the Chiefs Committee on Education (CCOE) and Government of Yukon’s Department of Education—released the final report, For Our Children: A Review of Systemic Racism in Yukon Education, and tabled it in the Yukon Legislature.
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Click to read summary of 25 CALLS TO ACTION
Click to read One-Pager of Key Findings.
Yukon First Nations k-12 Language
Framework & Action Plan
YFNED’s Jordan’s Principle Wrap-Around services: A sacred responsibility
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Gwich'in: our way of life
Dinjii zhuh k’yųų tr’igwindàih
Hän: how to go through life in a good way
Tr’ëhudè
Inland Tlingit: our way of life
Haa Ḵusteeyi
Kaska: our way
Dena k’eh
Northern Tutchone: our way
Dän k'i
Southern Tutchone: our way
Dän k’e
Tagish: Indian way or the people’s way
Den k’e
Upper Tanana: Our way
Nee’aaniign