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We hope you can join us for our Annual General Meeting on April 18 at the Whitehorse Public Library. This will be an opportunity for you to hear how things are going, get involved if you are interested, renew your membership and meet other people who are part of the Yukon Cares community. There will […]
Please see our attached newsletter for an update about our activities over the past year. It has been a tremendously busy, but also rewarding year, as we welcomed not one, but TWO new families to Whitehorse! Click here for Yukon Cares 2022 Newsletter
Kirsten Bradley was on CBC radio this morning to talk with Elyn Jones about how the housing crisis is impacting our sponsorship of the two newest refugee families that we are expecting this summer. Whitehorse folks – please feel free to share this – the more people who are aware of what we are […]
Yukon Cares has been sponsoring refugees to resettle in the Yukon since 2015. All of the refugees we sponsor have left their homes fleeing war, violence, or persecution. We normally aim to sponsor one family per year, but due to Covid delays and unusual processing times, we now have TWO families arriving this summer! This […]
In Partnership with “The Edge on Main,” we present dinner, dessert, and a movie about refugee resettlement – all funds go towards resettling refugees in the Yukon! $20 (plus processing fees) nets you dinner (pierogies!!), dessert and a documentary as well as a discussion facilitated by Yukon Cares. All profits go towards resettling refugees in […]
We are excited to announce that our latest refugee sponsorship application has been approved. We will be welcoming a family of 6 from Eritrea (Mom, Dad, and 4 young children). They should be arriving in Whitehorse in the next 2-4 months (between July and Sept 2022), so we are beginning the search for an affordable […]
Kirsten Bradley was the Yukon Cares nominee for City of Whitehorse volunteer of the year. Frankly, she should be volunteer of the decade for all the work she has put in since Yukon Cares began. She’s been involved with helping settle several families and also done SO much behind the scenes work. She picks up […]
Yukon Cares hosted our Online Annual General Meeting on Wednesday April 20, 2022. Special thank you to outgoing president Michelle Edwards who has been such a positive and powerful force on our board (and Settlement Committee) for the past six years. We can’t wait to hear about your cycling adventures! Congratulations to the newly-elected board: Meagan […]
Like most of the world, Yukon Cares has been watching the situation in the Ukraine unfold with sadness and horror. We were honoured to be invited to meet with members of the local Ukrainian Support Group as well as the Yukon Government and local First Nations to determine how we can best help the local […]