Government of Yukon - Department of Justice 

Published purpose

The objective of this Project is to allow Yukon to provide funding to Selkirk First Nation (SFN) for the purposes of the SFN Community Safety Officer (CSO) Program. The SFN CSO Program offers an alternative and proactive approach to enhancing community safety, drawing on relationships within the community, knowledge of SFN traditions and value, and working collaboratively with the RCMP while offering flexibility to community members to access alternative safety supports. Yukon will use the contribution, along with Yukon’s own source funds, to provide funding to SFN to enable SFN to operate their CSO Program. Yukon’s responsibility in the Project will include issuing payments to SFN and receiving financial and activity reporting from SFN, as outlined in a bilateral Transfer Payment Agreement between Yukon and SFN. SFN’s CSO project provides integral support to the community, guided by the following principles: - Contribute to a safe and healthy community in partnership with priorities generated by the community - Support community members using a holistic approach - Contribute to the CSO community of practice in Pelly Crossing and throughout the Yukon, identifying opportunities to network and support - Incorporate SFN’s principles of caring, sharing, respect and teaching into their approach to community safety. SFN’s CSO program is established and well-respected within the community. It continues to build on internal capacity and growth, recognizes the strengths and weaknesses of the community and its services, and focuses on collaborative and holistic principles of community safety and problem solving. The program works closely with a contractor, House of Wolf and Associates, to improve and develop CSO service delivery, track performance measures and to ensure the program remains community driven and responsive. The ongoing delivery of community driven services that incorporate SFN’s priorities and principles are central to the CSO program. SFN’s CSOs will continue to maintain a proactive safety presence within the community to support residents in their ability to freely participate in community living while maintaining and building their perceived and actual safety.