The Daisy Mason Wellness Fund is open for applications

Press Release

12/04/2023

The deadline to submit an application to the Daisy Mason Wellness Fund is Friday, May 12, 2023. The Commissioner of Yukon, the Bishop of the Anglican Church and the Daisy Mason Wellness Fund Advisory Committee launched the fund in 2020. The fund provides financial assistance to First Nations citizens or groups organizing initiatives for their communities focused on well-being, healing and personal development training and activities.

It has been a great honour to fulfill Skookum Jim’s legacy with a fund honouring his daughter Daisy. We encourage First Nations groups and individuals to apply to this fund and help make their communities better.

Daisy Mason Wellness Fund Advisory Committee Members

Commissioner Angélique Bernard, Bishop Lesley Wheeler-Dame, Adeline Webber and Judy Gingell

Quick facts

• The successful recipient will receive $750.
• In 1905, Skookum Jim put money into a trust to provide for his daughter Daisy and her future children. Daisy died in 1938 without children. In accordance with Skookum Jim’s will, the money then went back into trust to support Yukon First Nations.
• The fund is intended for use in promoting wellness within the Yukon.
• The Daisy Mason Wellness Fund is administered by Dianne Bruce at RBC Dominion Securities.
• Past recipients have been Nyla Klugie-Migwans in 2022 and Edna Mitander in 2021. The fund was not awarded in 2020 due to COVID-19.
• For an application form, visit the Commissioner of Yukon’s website, email the Commissioner’s office at nominations@yukon.ca or call 867-668-5121.

Contact

Judy Shannon
Private Secretary to Commissioner of Yukon
Executive Council Office
867-393-6281
judy.shannon@yukon.ca

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