The PSE event was spearheaded by the Injury Prevention Coalition Yukon (IPCY) formerly referred to as Safe Communities Whitehorse. While considerable work has been done in the last few years and in the few months leading up to the PSE workshop, it should be noted that a number of Yukon injury prevention stakeholders have been laying the groundwork for the past 25 years to make this event happen.

The Yukon is one of the few jurisdictions in Canada which currently does not systematically look at injury prevention data and strategies in a manner which involves a wide-base of stakeholders. It has been estimated that injuries in Canada cost $19.8 billion annually. Given the economic, emotional, and social costs of injuries, IPCY felt it was critically important to involve stakeholders in a process which would create a current injury profile. From the injury profile created at the PSE workshop, stakeholders can next build on current injury prevention intervention strategies to better reduce injuries in the Yukon.