The Government of Yukon’s Department of Education has shared its 2025 progress report and announced that it will roll out a new student outcomes strategy. The progress report highlights several efforts launched by the department since 2019, including the establishment of the YK First Nation School Board and the work underway to extend the Joint Education Action Plan in collaboration with Yukon First Nations. Looking to the future, YK will launch its Integrated Outcome Strategy for Yukon Learners. This strategy will reportedly take a more holistic approach, evaluating outcomes such as graduation rates and students’ understanding of Yukon First Nations history and world views. Yukon Association of Education Professionals President Ted Hupé told CBC that the outcomes outlined in the strategy could prove difficult to measure and called for a strategy with “‘SMART’ goals” instead.
