Yukon Community Wellness Court - The How, the Why and the Impacts

The Yukon Community Wellness Court (CWC) is an innovative therapeutic court . A multidisciplinary and coordinated team of professionals and community supports work with participants to develop a holistic and culturally relevant wellness plan. The plan is aimed at tackling the root causes of their criminal behavior. The objective is to reduce criminal recidivism and enhance the holistic rehabilitation of the individual.

The CWC is a collaborative justice and treatment partnership which aims to help build safer Yukon communities. An experienced judicial practitioner discusses the How, the Why and the Impacts of this innovative justice and treatment partnership.



The Honourable Judge Karen Ruddy 

Territorial Court of the Yukon

Whitehorse, YK