Lesley Carberry, MSW (Yukon)

Lesley Carberry has lived in northern Canada for forty-five years, in northern Saskatchewan and the Yukon. She is currently retired from a long career in both public service and the voluntary sector, including work with policing, community justice, victim services and crime prevention, as well as many years in Aboriginal language revitalization and in developing community campuses for Yukon College.

Ms. Carberry currently serves as the part-time Executive Director of the Association of Social Workers in Northern Canada, with membership in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. She also sits on the boards of the Teegatha’Oh Zheh Society and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon. She is a long-term parent and caregiver of four sons affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Ms. Carberry completed the course work required for a Master’s degree in social work (University of Northern British Columbia) and holds a Bachelor of Social Work (University of Regina) and Ba