Modern Day Treaties in Yukon | Judy Gingell | Walrus Talks

From the Walrus Talks National Tour: We Desire a Better Country. Recorded March 1st, 2017 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse. The Walrus Talks National Tour is a Canada 150 Signature Initiative and would not be possible without our sponsors and financial support of the Government of Canada.

De la tournée nationale The Walrus Talks: Nous désirons une patrie meilleure. Enregistré le 1er mars 2017, Centre culturel de Kwanlin Dün Cultural à Whitehorse. La tournée nationale The Walrus Talks est un projet signature de Canada 150 et ne serait pas possible sans nos commanditaires et l’appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.

Judy Gingell (CM) is the elder advisor to the council of Kwanlin Dün First Nation, whose traditional territory encompasses the city of Whitehorse. She was a signatory on the Land Claims and Self Government Agreement in 1993, twenty years after presenting the grievance document “Together Today for Our Children Tomorrow” to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Gingell became Yukon’s first Aboriginal commissioner in 1995. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2009 for social service and received the Yukon Commissioner’s Award for Public Service. She lives in Whitehorse.

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