Sara French-Rooke
Biography:
SARA FRENCH-ROOKE currently serves as the Vice-President of the Yukon Development Corporation, following several years as a Senior Negotiator with Aboriginal Relations within the Yukon government. Previously, she worked on behalf of a number of Indigenous groups across the Circumpolar Arctic on capacity-building, strategic planning, and policy development.
Thanks to her work with the Yukon government and to her previous work as the Director of Northern Programs at The Gordon Foundation, Sara has travelled extensively throughout the communities of the Circumpolar Arctic and across Canada. She resides on the Traditional Territories of the Kwalin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council in Whitehorse, Yukon with her husband and three children.
She is a graduate of Queen’s University and attended the Bader International Study Centre in East Sussex, England. Sara is passionate about building an inclusive, progressive, and innovative Canada, where her family has made their home since the 1600s.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-french-rooke-86627b31
Activities:
- 2017-03-31 – Sovereignty in 2017: Its Meaning for Canada and the World
- 2020-09-11 – Arctic Dialogues — Lessons from the Arctic: The Role of Regional Governments in International Affairs (Discussion & Virtual Book Launch)