Rose Marie Angélique Bernard (born 1972) is the former

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, appointed on 12 March 2018. She was the youngest person to serve as commissioner for any of Canada's three northern territories and the first

Franco-Yukonnais Franco-Yukonnais () are French Canadian or French-speaking residents of Yukon, a territory of Canada. French has full official language status in the Yukon. Demographics The Canada 2016 Census identified 1,575 residents of the territory as fra ...

to serve as commissioner. Bernard moved to the Yukon from

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in 1995, initially for a 4-month translation internship with the territorial government. She became an active member of the Franco-Yukonnais community, including volunteering for non-profit organizations and hosting a French-language community radio show starting in 1998. She served as Chair of the Association Franco-Yukonnaise from 2010 to 2017. Since leaving the office of commissioner of the Yukon, Bernard has published a book detailing the role of commissioner and her own experience.

Honours and arms

Honours

Federal honours

Dame of Justice of the

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— 7 June 2019

Territorial orders

Member of the Order of Yukon — 22 March 2020 (''ex officio'')

Arms

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* 1972 births Canadian radio hosts 20th-century Canadian translators 21st-century Canadian women writers Commissioners of Yukon Franco-Yukonnais people Living people People from Whitehorse Women in Yukon politics Politicians from Montérégie Canadian women radio hosts Dames Grand Cross of the Order of St John Members of the Order of Yukon 21st-century Canadian translators Fellows of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada {{Canada-translator-stub