What do jail guards, bureaucrats, counsellors and human resource employees all have in common?
They all deal with some aspect of social justice in their day-to-day work. In fact, at least 1,390 Yukoners, almost eight per cent of the workforce, have a social justice component to their jobs, according to a 2007 market analysis done by Yukon College. That study, as well as a need expressed by both employers and employees has led to the creation of the Northern Institute of Social Justice, college president Terry Weninger announced Friday. The institute will begin offering programming, including classes and research initiatives, in 2010. It was created in response to the challenge employers face in recruiting, developing and retaining employees for jobs with a social justice-related component; and the similar challenge faced by employees who want to access the necessary training in the Yukon to get those jobs and develop their careers, Weninger said. Women who took the correctional officer career exploration training offered earlier this year were the first people to take courses de
