Hélène Saint Onge
	
Hélène Saint Onge came to the Yukon in 1984.((Angélique Bernard, “The Contributions of Yukon Francophone Women.” //Whats Up Yukon,// 26 February 2025.)) She was involved in the francophone community right away and in 1985, Hélène Saint-Onge and Roger Bouchard hosted the radio show //Rencontres.//((Karen McColl, “Association franco-yukonnaise looks back on 35 years. //CBC News,// 8 April 2017.))
	
Hélène worked as a French monitor and a teacher at Ecole Whitehorse Elementary School.((Angélique Bernard, “The Contributions of Yukon Francophone Women.” //Whats Up Yukon,// 26 February 2025.)) She was the school’s principal in 2010 when she decided to increase the learning assistance company at the school and also increase her counselling. She developed a balanced literacy program at the expense of slightly larger class sizes and the decision caused some concern for parents.((Chris Oke, “Whitehorse Elementary parents angry at new teacher staffing formula.” //Yukon News,// 16 June 2010.)) 
	
Hélène co-founded Le Théâtre de la Pastèque and was a board member for Nakai Theatre. She played Emile Tremblay in a video about the francophone pioneer woman. She produced a musical, //Le Petit Prince,// with 450 French immersion students at the Yukon Arts Centre.((Angélique Bernard, “The Contributions of Yukon Francophone Women.” //Whats Up Yukon,// 26 February 2025.))
	
Hélène Saint Onge has received a national award from the Canadian French Language Teachers Association and a territorial education award. She was the president of the Association franco-yukonnaise and represented the Yukon on the boards of the National Francophone Parents Commission and the French-Canadian Cultural Federation.((Angélique Bernard, “The Contributions of Yukon Francophone Women.” //Whats Up Yukon,// 26 February 2025.))