International Women’s Day Union Gathering
Open to Everyone!
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM MST Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre 201 Wood Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2E4
Open to Everyone! Celebrate International Women’s Day as we inspire inclusion with appetizers, refreshments, entertainment, a photo booth, “Feelie Heart” crafting for Hospice, and a speakers panel of women who inspire!
Conference Room #1 at the Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre.
Hosted by Yukon Federation of Labour and PSAC Yukon Regional Women’s Committee.
Special Guests include:
Kate White, Leader of the Yukon NDP
and Deputy Premier Jeanie McLean, Minister responsible for the Women and Gender Equity Directorate
Canada’s unions are marking International Women’s Day by calling on everyone to better support women navigating the ongoing affordability crisis and to remedy its gendered and intersectional impacts. The disproportionately high number of women living in poverty and their lack of access to care services are deeply interconnected. As Canada’s cost-of-living crisis continues, many workers and their families are struggling to manage the soaring costs of food, shelter, and other essentials. Women and others who are disproportionately poor or low-income are being hit hardest. These challenges are exacerbated by the over-representation of women in low-wage, part-time and precarious jobs, and by their unpaid labour caring for children, aging parents and loved ones with disabilities.
Come and reflect with us on what has inspired women in Yukon and where we can continue to build inclusion in Yukon.