DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, VICTIM SERVICES, GOVERNMENT OF YUKON

Published purpose

Yukon will undertake several activities over five fiscal years to advance victim services and access to justice for victims and their families. Planned activities include: implementing strategies to improve victim services accessibility for various populations; updating Victim Services Branch policies and procedures with legislation; implementing responsive victim services to remote communities and/or Aboriginal communities in Yukon; establishing coordinated services for victims of sexualized assault; developing training initiatives to strengthen the knowledge and capacity of victim service workers and other front line service providers working with victims of crime in Yukon; adapting practices of Canadian child advocacy centres in Yukon; and undertaking various activities and training to support the implementation of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.