About Us
Yukon Nurses Alliance
The YRNA founded the Yukon Nurses Alliance in August 2024, and the current board took over on October 21, 2024, to continue the work independently of the regulatory body. To ensure representation and advocacy for nurses by nurses across the territory.
Meet The Team
Nominations Committee:
Developing the process for applications, identifying, assessing, and recommending qualified candidates for board membership and key leadership positions. Responsible for oversight of Board succession planning. Responsible for the orientation of new Board members.
Policy caucus committees (3: one for NP, one for RN, and one for LPN):
As thought leaders and the place where member input is received, these committees support discussion and develop policy recommendations to the Board for consideration in advocacy.
Membership and communications committee:
Recruitment, retention, engagement.
Education and events committee:
Educational offerings developed by YNA or referenced, conference, and development of a list of desired offerings.
*Additional committees to be formed on an ad hoc basis, committees will be formed in order of priority and resources available.
Our goal is to build a 12-person board that reflects the breadth of nursing across the Yukon. We are prioritizing representation from LPNs, RNs, NPs, and RPNs, while also ensuring voices from a wide range of practice areas and communities are included. This means intentionally seeking board members with Indigenous heritage and varied experience in acute care, community nursing, public health, education, and continuing care, as well as from outside Whitehorse (Watson Lake, Dawson City, and all Yukon communities).
We recognize that nurses often wear many hats and bring experience from multiple areas. When applying to join the board, please highlight all of your backgrounds, roles, and perspectives. Every piece helps us build a stronger, more representative Alliance.
Our
Logo
Created by Lianne Charlie
The logo symbolizes connection, care, and the dynamic context in which nurses work. The central imagery of two hands reflects the idea shared in conversation about the meaningful space created between hands, representing care, understanding, and the transfer of knowledge. The yellow sleeved hands represent the nurse, while the fish behind them symbolize the strength, expertise, and community that support the nurse, such as the alliance itself. The single hand with the purple sleeve represents the patient, family, or individual receiving care.
Coloured lines flowing through the hands and arms evoke movement, connection, and the exchange of understanding between people. In contrast, the black lines illustrate systemic and sociocultural barriers that influence both the patient experience and the broader healthcare environment. The red circle represents the larger systemic context in which nurses practice.
The white separated background sections reflect the diversity of peoples, communities, and experiences nurses encounter across the Yukon and beyond. The surrounding dots symbolize growth, transformation, and the alliance’s ongoing effort to understand nursing at individual, community, and systemic levels. Overall, the logo is meant to feel alive, capturing the fluid and evolving nature of the YNA’s work and the relationships at its centre.