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Better To Know
This is an educational resource. For any questions about STIs, birth control, consent, forms of contraception, the body, pregnancy, sexual activity, and/or 2S/LGBTQ+, you’re in the right place! This website helps instruct how to use different forms of contraception and where to get these products in the Yukon. This is a Government of Yukon website.
Contacts:
Email: bettertoknow@yukon.ca
Phone #: 867-393-7569
Website: https://bettertoknow-yukon.ca/
Queer Yukon Society
Queer Yukon Society supports and organizes events for the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies in Yukon. They provide various services, including health services, peer support, education, and direct aid through programs like the Gender Gear program and Reaching Home.
Contacts:
Phone: 867-333-0132
Website: queeryukon.com
Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre
The Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre provides a welcoming, nonjudgmental space for women, gender-diverse individuals, and children. The center is a valuable community resource, offering a range of services, including crisis intervention, youth outreach, advocacy, infant-focused support, and a community kitchen. It also features a drop-in space and specific accommodations for rural pregnant women.
Contacts:
Phone : 867.667.2693 ext 1
Website: vfwomenscentre.com
Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle (WAWC)
The Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle (WAWC) provides programs and support for Indigenous women in Whitehorse, creating a safe space for community engagement and skill development. Their initiatives include traditional skills workshops, loss and grief peer support workshops, the "Finding Our Faces" history project, culture circles, cultural support workers, and capacity-building programs in an environment that celebrates the diversity of Indigenous women.
Contacts:
Website: https://www.wawcircle.org
Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council (YAWC)
YAWC aims to empower and celebrate Indigenous women, embrace their roles in communities, territories, and lands and provide support and resources to promote and foster leadership roles, support and enforce their inherent civil and human rights, and recognize and preserve their cultures and values.
Contacts:
Counsellors In-Residence website: https://yawc.ca/services/outreach-prevention-healing/counsellors-in-residence
Elders in Residence website: https://yawc.ca/services/outreach-prevention-healing/elders-in-residence
MMIWG Outreach Program website: https://yawc.ca/services/outreach-prevention-healing/mmiwg-outreach-program