YELLOWKNIFE (October 6, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty met with Northwest Territories Aboriginal leaders last week to talk about the future of our youth, school readiness and wellness, and how children’s education will determine their success.  Minister of Health and Social Services Glen Abernethy joined the meeting in the afternoon to present the results of a recent assessment of children who entered school in the fall of 2014.

YELLOWKNIFE (October 2, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty spoke to delegates at the Northwest Territories’ Teachers’ Association conference this week about the importance of renewing the approach to education in the Northwest Territories to ensure student achievement is improved and teachers are supported to do their jobs.

Yellowknife (Le 29 septembre 2014) – Dans la continuité des efforts de collaboration, le Comité de consultation et de coopération du gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (GTNO) et de la Fédération franco-ténoise (FFT) s’est réuni hier pour passer en revue les progrès réalisés sur la mise en oeuvre du Plan stratégique du GTNO sur les communications et les services en français.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 26, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty met with stakeholders from across the Northwest Territories (NWT) this week to discuss labour market needs and new initiatives.

Aboriginal governments and organizations, mining and exploration, non-governmental organizations and industry representatives met to hear about the new Canada Job Fund and Labour Market Development Agreements (LMDA) and to discuss labour market needs throughout the NWT.

Federation Literacy Award and the Ministerial Literacy Awards were honoured yesterday during the annual Adult Learners’ Luncheon in Yellowknife.

These awards were created by the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment in 2002 and the Council of the Federation in 2005 to recognize adult learners that have overcome learning and literacy challenges or championed literacy to learners of all ages.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 17, 2014) – New data released today by the Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) confirms that actions the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is undertaking to support the healthy development of children in the NWT are focused on areas of greatest need. The information was collected over three years using the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a standardized method of measuring readiness to learn that is used across Canada and in several other countries.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 16, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty met with federal and provincial Ministers of Culture and Heritage last week to review new economic data on culture, arts, heritage and sport in Canada. The meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, and the Honourable Robert Henderson, Minister of Tourism and Culture for Prince Edward Island.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 15, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty joined his colleagues at the Ministers of Labour meeting in Halifax earlier this month. On the agenda was psychological health and safety issues in the workplace.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 12, 2014) – The Government of the Northwest Territories (NWT) released the 2013 student attendance and Alberta Achievement Tests results today. The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) uses this information to measure the success of the territory’s education system and to ensure ECE is making the best use of resources to provide quality education for all students in the territory.

YELLOWKNIFE (September 9, 2014) – Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Jackson Lafferty announced a new scholarship for people considering a career in early childhood development today.

Ten $5,000 scholarships are available to qualifying full-time college and university students to help with the cost of attending accredited post-secondary institutes offering diploma and degree programs with a direct focus on early childhood development.