Yukon will soon have a First Nations school board, which supporters say will give Indigenous residents a greater say over education matters with the territorial government according to CBC Canada.

The new board will be overseen by the Yukon First Nations Education Directorate, an independent body established in 2020 to push for more Indigenous control over education. The First Nations school board was a key part of its focus.

The directorate says the creation of the proposed school board represents "true reconciliation" because it lets Yukon First Nations finally share authority over education with the Yukon government, which currently oversees all the territory's schools except for two francophone schools in Whitehorse.

The goal is for the new board to start running the schools for the 2022/23 school year.