Our Team
Julie Jai
Former legal advisor to the Yukon government on comprehensive land claim and self-government negotiations with Yukon First Nations and Chief Negotiator on justice issues.
Julie Jai has served as a senior executive and senior legal counsel with the governments of Ontario, Yukon and Canada. She was legal advisor to the Yukon government on comprehensive land claim and self-government negotiations with Yukon First Nations and Chief Negotiator on justice issues. She is currently a Trustee of the National Gallery of Canada and a judge on the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. She has previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Earlier she was a member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, a board member of St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, an executive member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations, a mentor with the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, and President of the Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto (B.A., LL.M.) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B.). In 2019 she co-founded the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts to honour Yukon artists and promote their work across Canada and internationally. Julie lives in Whitehorse and Toronto.
Board of Directors
Julie Jai
Former legal advisor to the Yukon government on comprehensive land claim and self-government negotiations with Yukon First Nations and Chief Negotiator on justice issues.
Julie Jai has served as a senior executive and senior legal counsel with the governments of Ontario, Yukon and Canada. She was legal advisor to the Yukon government on comprehensive land claim and self-government negotiations with Yukon First Nations and Chief Negotiator on justice issues. She is currently a Trustee of the National Gallery of Canada and a judge on the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. She has previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Earlier she was a member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, a board member of St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto, an executive member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations, a mentor with the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, and President of the Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto (B.A., LL.M.) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B.). In 2019 she co-founded the Yukon Prize for Visual Arts to honour Yukon artists and promote their work across Canada and internationally. Julie lives in Whitehorse and Toronto.