Canadian Heritage announced via X on Thursday that Claire Anderson has been reappointed as CRTC commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon for a second five-year term.
The official order in council dated May 3 says her reappointment is effective Aug. 26, 2024.
A citizen of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation and based in Whitehorse, Anderson is the first Indigenous woman and first Yukon resident to be appointed as a CRTC commissioner. Her original appointment started in August 2019.
Called to the Yukon bar in 2014, Anderson started her career as a lawyer at Lackowicz & Hoffman, where she conducted trials at the Yukon Supreme Court, led corporate reorganizations and negotiated various agreements including employment contracts, according to her CRTC bio.
Photo of Claire Anderson courtesy of Canadian Heritage.
