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Legacy
About Dan Yakimchuk
Elizabeth May remembers Dan in her blog.
Yakimchuk Remembered Fondly
Cape Breton Post, March 22, 2011
by Chris Hayes
“He was a voice to be heard.”
SYDNEY — Dan Yakimchuk was remembered with warm affection and deep respect Monday for his work as a champion for seniors, union leader and municipal councillor.
Yakimchuk died Saturday at the An Cala Palliative Care Unit of Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Nelson Muise worked with Yakimchuk on the Cape Breton Council of Senior Citizens and Pensioners. Yakimchuk also served on the Nova Scotia Task Force Investigating Elder Abuse. “We dealt with everything you know from elder abuse to needs for drug requirements and housing,” Muise said. “ You name it.” “He did a lot of work for us and with us.”
Yakimchuk’s death left Muise with a sense of loss. “Well, he was always there. He was a voice to be heard.&lrdquo;
Denise Peterson-Rafuse, the Nova Scotia minister responsible for seniors, said they lost a warrior in Yakimchuk .
“He certainly touched many areas in seniors issues,” she said. “Dan focused on elder abuse and bringing to the attention of people in the public just what elder abuse is about and how to recognize it and what should be done.” Yakimchuk received a Nova Scotia Remarkable Seniors Award in 1998, she said.
Peterson-Rafuse noted he was picked for the award by his peers.
Bernie LaRusic also served on the council of seniors with Yakimchuk.“He’d carry the ball,” he said. “If the ball was passed to Danny, he was gone with it.”
Labour leader David Ervin, who worked with a younger Yakimchuk representing steelworkers at the former Sysco steel plant, remembers being bailed out of a couple of tricky situations.
He remembers Yakimchuk as a problem solver. “He had a good communication style and that’s what you need. You have to be able to sit and talk to the person who thinks they have a grievance and you have to be able to sit down and talk to management about it. “ You don’t want to add to the problem. You have to solve it (and) he was very good at that.”
Former Cape Breton Post reporter John Campbell watched Yakimchuk at work as Sydney’s Ward 5 alderman for two terms in 1972 and 1979.
“He was always on his feet intervening in things,” said Campbell. “He was very strong on the ward but I think he had a pretty good take on the whole city. “ You always heard from him.” Yakimchuk seemed to do a lot of research on issues that caught his attention which he also raised on radio talk back programs.
An obituary in Monday’s Cape Breton Post noted that Yakimchuk also worked with many other community groups and received a number of awards.
His remains have been donated to Dalhousie University’s department of anatomy and neurobiology for the advancement of medical education and research.
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Report of Pilot Program
Acknowledgement
Interview with Dan in Hazmat Magazine on Tar Ponds clean up
Excerpt: "Dan Yakimchuk has led the struggle to clean up the site and for him the issue is extremely personal; he lost his mother, father, brother and sister to cancer that he believes was triggered by the pollution. Even his skeptical former co-workers agree today that they were foolish to ignore his warnings years ago about the dangers lurking in their workplace."
The motion is carried.
(Sierra Club)
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COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION
Joint Public Advisory Committee Session No 98-03
24 and 26 June 1998--Yucatan, Mexico
Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare Health Education
Committee