The Department of Tourism and Culture introduced 3 new public creative and cultural funding programs being distributed by the Arts Unit and this PIA covers the collection, use, disclosure, and storage of information involving in the following funding programs:

• The Express Micro-grant - an arts funding program to provide support to Yukon first-time applicants in the creative and cultural industries.

• The Indigenous Artists and Cultural Carriers Micro-grant - an arts funding program established with the Canada Council for the Arts. The program provides funding to Indigenous artists, arts workers and cultural carriers.

• The Creative and Cultural Career Advancement Fund - an arts funding program to provide a fixed amount of $50,000 to Yukon residents in the creative and cultural industries.

The Yukon Sustainable Tourism Framework has been created by the Department of Tourism and Culture to measure sustainable tourism development in the Yukon. The aim of sustainable tourism development is to make sure there's a balance between economic, social, and environmental values. The Framework includes a requirement to produce an annual report on a variety of key tourism elements. As a significant amount of information is going to be collected for the report, and much of the information will be updated more often than annually, the Yukon Sustainable Tourism Dashboard website has been created in order to support openness, transparency, and accountability to the public.
The Yukon Sustainable Tourism Dashboard website will be the central hub for Yukon tourism data and insights, including visualizations and reports. Data and insights are expected to be accessed primarily by governments, organizations, and business, for the purpose of informing business decisions. Members of the public, the media, research institutions, the United Nations' International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories - of which the Yukon is a member- and others may also access the site.

The Yukon Archives Artist in Residence Program is a 9-week residence program established as part of the celebration which commemorates the Yukon Archives' 50th anniversary. Applicants will submit application form and supporting material for evaluation. Through this unique residency, artist(s) will be able to experience the various materials, facilities and services Yukon Archives (YA) has to offer. Yukon Archives is dedicated to connecting with the broader community through this program and are excited to encourage the use of their resources during all stages of artistic development.

The Tourism and Culture Department -Visitor Services, Photography Unit (Photo Unit) of the Yukon Government (YG) manages the database for Government of Yukon photography. It supports the Tourism and Culture purpose of supporting, protecting, promoting and enhancing Yukon’s tourism, culture, heritage and arts sectors for the benefit of Yukoners and visitors.
The Photo Unit maintains a significant catalogue of digital media, including photos and videos, for promotional and marketing materials at YG. It has been using an on-premises solution for over 20 years, provided by Cumulus software. Since Cumulus will no longer be supporting this software, the Photo Unit is required to find an alternative software solution for their Digital Asset Management (DAM) needs.
To replace the legacy system, Cumulus is shifting to a cloud-based solution. Canto Cumulus (“Canto”, https://www.canto.com) is a DAM software service that will allow for the collection, storage, organization, filtering, and searching of digital images, videos, and other media. The Photo Unit wishes to use this system to manage their inventory of digital media. Canto is seen as software for the 21st century and will allow for migration of the current digital assets from the on-premises software.
A PIA for this software system has been deemed necessary because it will manage digital media which may display identifiable people. Names and other details of the individual are not included in the photos, or their meta data, unless the image is of an individual in their work capacity, such as a member of the YG cabinet or the name of a business owner whose photo is taken for promotion of that business.
Note: Canto also offers a search feature based on recognizable faces, and thus employs a form of biometric identification. This feature has been disabled within the system at the Administrative user level. Should consideration be given to enabling this ability, this PIA will be amended accordingly.