Stuart J. “Whitley QC”
Deputy Minister of Health & Social Services, Government of Yukon
Stuart Whitley is the Deputy Minister for Health & Social Services for Yukon since 2007. Before that, he was the Senior Regional Director for Justice Canada having responsibilities for Northern Canada. Prior to this, Stuart was Deputy Minister of Justice for the Yukon between 1995 and 2000. He was Assistant Deputy Minister for Manitoba Justice (1989-1995), Director of Prosecutions (1987-1989), and Director of Constitutional Law (1985-1987). Stuart was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1989. He has conducted cases at all levels of courts in Canada, having been many times to the Supreme Court of Canada; most notably arguing the Quebec Separation Reference on behalf of Yukon, one of the Intervenors. Stuart received his B.A.(with distinction) in 1970; his LL.B. in1973, from the University of Manitoba, and an LL.M. in 1983 from Dalhousie University. Stuart has taught Business Law at Red River College in Winnipeg and Constitutional and Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law in Manitoba, Law & Ethics for Administrators at the Faculty of Education, (1986-1994) well as an Introductory Law courses at Yukon College, and Law and Policy at University College of the Fraser Valley. He has written numerous articles, including a major research paper while a Fellow of the Chumir Foundation for Ethics and Leadership in Public Office, in 2000. His most current article is with the Criminal Law Quarterly (February 2010). In 1984 and 1989, he published textbooks in criminal and constitutional law. In 1994 and 1999, he produced two novels, the most recent of which won an award in Manitoba for best historical fiction of 2001. He is at work on his next novel.
Stuart Whitley is the Deputy Minister for Health & Social Services for Yukon since 2007. Before that, he was the Senior Regional Director for Justice Canada having responsibilities for Northern Canada. Prior to this, Stuart was Deputy Minister of Justice for the Yukon between 1995 and 2000. He was Assistant Deputy Minister for Manitoba Justice (1989-1995), Director of Prosecutions (1987-1989), and Director of Constitutional Law (1985-1987). Stuart was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1989. He has conducted cases at all levels of courts in Canada, having been many times to the Supreme Court of Canada; most notably arguing the Quebec Separation Reference on behalf of Yukon, one of the Intervenors. Stuart received his B.A.(with distinction) in 1970; his LL.B. in1973, from the University of Manitoba, and an LL.M. in 1983 from Dalhousie University. Stuart has taught Business Law at Red River College in Winnipeg and Constitutional and Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law in Manitoba, Law & Ethics for Administrators at the Faculty of Education, (1986-1994) well as an Introductory Law courses at Yukon College, and Law and Policy at University College of the Fraser Valley. He has written numerous articles, including a major research paper while a Fellow of the Chumir Foundation for Ethics and Leadership in Public Office, in 2000. His most current article is with the Criminal Law Quarterly (February 2010). In 1984 and 1989, he published textbooks in criminal and constitutional law. In 1994 and 1999, he produced two novels, the most recent of which won an award in Manitoba for best historical fiction of 2001. He is at work on his next novel.
