Trust and Accountability

RCMP, Yukon Women’s Coalition and the Review of Yukon’s Police Force 2010

Authors

  • Lois Moorcroft

Abstract

This article chronicles the Yukon Women’s Coalition’s participation in the Review of Yukon’s Police Force 2010. Their advocacy for gender and racial justice guided the Review’s recommendations for improving relations between police, women’s organizations, and Indigenous and northern communities, and generated safety protocol agreements between feminist organizations and the RCMP.

Cet article relate la participation de la Coalition des femmes du Yukon à l’Examen de la police du Yukon de 2010. Leur plaidoyer en faveur de la justice raciale et de l’égalité des sexes a orienté les recommandations de l’Examen visant à améliorer les relations entre la police, les organisations de femmes et les communautés autochtones et nordiques, et a permis la conclusion d’ententes sur les protocoles de sécurité entre les organisations féministes et la GRC.

Author Biography

Lois Moorcroft

Lois Moorcroft is a human rights advocate, and currently a University of Toronto PhD student at OISE’s Department of Social Justice Education. A former legislator, she was a founding member of the Yukon Women’s Coalition.

Canadian Woman Studies, les cahiers de la femme, volume 38, numbers 1 and 2. A York University Publication, Articles, Poetry, Art, Book reviews, for the feminist reader. Visionary Feminisms 1. Guest editors: Leigh Brownhill, Angela Miles, Kimberly Todd, Njoki WaneThe cover shows a painting of a woman dressed in read and wearing a headscarf, surrounded by bright yellow stars. She is facing left and has one arm outstretched as though she is flying.

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Published

2026-06-18

How to Cite

Moorcroft, L. (2026). Trust and Accountability: RCMP, Yukon Women’s Coalition and the Review of Yukon’s Police Force 2010. Canadian Woman Studies Les Cahiers De La Femme, 38(1,2), 37–43. Retrieved from https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/37944

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1,2 (2026): Visionary Feminisms I

Section

Feminist Activism: Past, Present, Future