Lawyer Claire Anderson starts next month
GATINEAU – Yukon lawyer Claire Anderson has been hired as CRTC commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced today.
She is the first Indigenous woman and first Yukon resident to be appointed as a CRTC commissioner and will fill a position which has been vacant since June 2018 when former commissioner Stephen Simpson left. While we don’t know her age, judging from her CV, she is likely one of the youngest ever hired, too. She starts August 26th.
Anderson (pictured in a photo from her LinkedIn profile) is a citizen of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation and is an associate lawyer at Lackowicz & Hoffman, in Whitehorse. Before being called to the Yukon bar in 2014, she worked for her First Nation's reconciliation project where she consulted with her fellow First Nation citizens and leadership about reconciliation within Indigenous communities.
She sits on the board of directors for the Yukon Legal Services Society, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation Economic Partnerships, the Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation, and is a founding member of an Indigenous women's collective, ReMatriate. She earned a Juris Doctor degree as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
"Technology has significantly transformed our world and how we live. More than ever, we must understand the needs of our communities to help them navigate the digital age,” said Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez in the quote supplied with the release announcing the appointment. “I am confident that, as the first Indigenous woman and first Yukon resident to be appointed as the CRTC's new Commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon, Ms. Anderson will play a pivotal role in bringing forward her region's perspectives."
