Jocelyn Curteanu has proudly served on Whitehorse City Council since first elected in October 2012. She was re-elected in 2015 and 2018 and is serving her third term. Jocelyn originally immigrated from the Philippines as a child with her family in 1976. She has lived and worked in British Columbia, Yukon, and Alberta before finally settling in Whitehorse, YT with her husband and four children in 2011. She has been employed full-time with the Government of Canada for over 20 years, originally with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and currently with the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CANNOR).

In her role as City Councillor, Jocelyn was formerly the Vice President at Large for the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) and continues to be a board member for the City of Whitehorse. She had been Council representative for the City’s Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee (PDAC) and the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination (CCMARD) Advisory Committee. She was then appointed to the Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities (CIM) Advisory Committee for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in Ottawa. In 2016, Jocelyn won the nomination to be the Yukon Liberal Party candidate for the Copperbelt South constituency in Yukon’s territorial election.

Being active in the community is a priority for Jocelyn. She is a member of the Whitehorse Regional Women’s Committee; PSAC’s Racially Visible Committee; former Vice-President and current member of the Canadian Filipino Association of Yukon; and a former member of Yukon Cultures Connect and the Yukon Area Council. Jocelyn was also appointed by the Yukon Government to the Yukon University Board of Governors.

In 2013, Jocelyn was honored with a Maharlika Award by the Filipino Canadian Cultural Heritage Society in British Columbia, which recognizes outstanding men and women in the Canadian Filipino community for their contributions in various areas like Leadership, Arts & Culture, and Business Excellence.