Julie Jai

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.