Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada,with a population of 44,238 as of March 2023. Whitehorse,the territorial capital,is the largest settlement in any of the three territories.
The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing,but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
Thomas King is a Canadian writer and broadcast presenter who most often writes about First Nations.
James Karl Bartleman is a former Canadian diplomat and author who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 2002 to 2007.
The Order of British Columbia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam,on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Bill Vander Zalm,the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former British Columbia residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the British Columbia Crown.
Piers McDonald,OC is a Yukon politician and businessman. Born in Kingston,Ontario,McDonald,originally a miner by profession,is a long-time MLA,Cabinet minister,and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 1995 to 2000.
The commissioner of Yukon is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory of Yukon. The commissioner is appointed by the federal government and,in contrast to the governor general of Canada or the lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces,is not a viceroy and therefore not a direct representative of the Canadian monarch in the territory eo ipso.
John Kenneth McKinnon was a Canadian politician and the commissioner of Yukon from 1986 to 1995.
Larry Phillip Fontaine,is an Indigenous Canadian leader. He completed his third and final term as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2009.
Thomas Rodney Berger was a Canadian politician and jurist. He was briefly a member of the House of Commons of Canada in the early 1960s,entering provincial politics thereafter. He led the British Columbia New Democratic Party for most of 1969,prior to Dave Barrett. Berger was a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1971 to 1983. In 1974,Berger became the royal commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry,which released its findings in 1977. After retiring from the bench,Berger continued to practise law and served in various public capacities. He was a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.
Ione Jean Christensen,,néeCameron is a former Canadian Senator.
The Yukon Land Claims refer to the process of negotiating and settling Indigenous land claim agreements in Yukon,Canada between First Nations and the federal government. Based on historic occupancy and use,the First Nations claim basic rights to all the lands.
The Manitoba Liberal Party won seven out of 57 seats in the 1990 provincial election,making the party the third-largest in the legislature. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages;information about others may be found here.
Richard Nerysoo is a territorial level politician from the Northwest Territories,Canada. He was a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1995 and served as the third premier of the Northwest Territories and Speaker.
Geraldine Van Bibber is a Canadian politician representing the Yukon electoral district of Porter Creek North as a member of the Yukon Party. She was elected as part of the 2016 Yukon election.
Harry Smith LaForme is a Canadian judge.
Daphne Odjig,D.Litt LL. D.,was a Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage. Her paintings are often characterized as Woodlands Style or as the pictographic style.
Graydon Nicholas is a Canadian attorney,judge,and politician who served as the appointed 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (2009-2014). He is the first Indigenous person to hold the office,the first to be appointed as a provincial court judge,and the first in Atlantic Canada to obtain a law degree.
Bertha Allen was a Vuntut Gwitchin women's rights and aboriginal rights advocate.
The Order of Yukon is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Instituted in 2018,with its first members inducted in 2019,it is the highest honour which can be bestowed by the Government of Yukon. It is intended to honour current and former residents of the territory.
