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Jan Langford

Jan Langford served for several years on the Board of the Women’s Centre, was active in the Yukon Human Rights debate, and remained committed to her feminist beliefs. She donated her time to organize workshops, seminars, and meetings supporting public education. (("Jan Langford." //Celebration 1991: A Woman's Daybook.// Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues and the Women's Directorate, Government of Yukon, 1990: 76.))

Jan Langford, along with Mary Martin, Chris Scherbarth, Alison Reid and Marcelle Dube were key members of a collective publishing the OptiMSt from 1974 to 2002. The OptiMSt was a twenty-page newsletter published by the Yukon Status of Women Council four times a year with costs covered by subscriptions and advertising. It was a forum for women to publish their writing, poetry and art. The Collective records are held at the Yukon Archives.((“The OptiMSt Collective, 1974-2002.” Alberta on Record, 2025 website: The OptiMSt Collective, 1974-2002 - Alberta On Record))

From about 2010 [to 2017?], Jan Langford was senior policy analyst for the Yukon Health and Social Services Department.((James Munson, “FASD remains a heavy price of boozing.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 2 August 2010.))

Jan’s article “First Nations Women: Leaders in Community Development” was published in //Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers de la femme,// Volume 14, Number 4, //Women of the North,// Fall 1994: 34-36.