Executive and Indigenous Affairs

GNWT announces advisory committee to strengthen not-for-profit and charitable sector in the NWT

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will establish a Not-for-Profit Sector External Advisory Committee to provide independent advice and recommendations to the GNWT to help strengthen the not-for-profit and charitable sector in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

The scope of the Committee’s work will include:

Caroline Wawzonek: Government of the Northwest Territories Action Plan for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice

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Madam Speaker, at the appropriate time today, I will table Changing the Relationship, the final Action Plan in response to the Calls for Justice on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People.

At its core, this action plan is about relationships. Our relationships with institutions, governments, people, and history.

2022 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Funding Deadline extended to September 15

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has extended the deadline for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation grant funding.

The new deadline for applications is September 15, 2022.

The GNWT is making grant funding of up to $2500 available to support events that commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2022.

NWT Premier seeks shared economic, environmental and social priorities at international Arctic forum in Greenland

Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane joins an international gathering of key Northern leaders at the 2022 Arctic Circle Greenland Forum in Nuuk, Greenland, from August 27 to 29, 2022.

Subjects covered at the forum range from the Arctic’s growing geopolitical profile and Indigenous food innovation to the use of Big Data in tourism management. The forum will feature workshops on priority topics for the GNWT including Arctic security, sustainable economic and infrastructural development, accessible housing, and climate change mitigation.

2022 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Funding – Call for Applications

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is making grant funding of up to $2500 available to support events that commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2022. 

This initiative provides special, application-based grant funding to support Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations to plan and deliver National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in communities and locations across the Northwest Territories (NWT).  

The deadline for applications is September 2, 2022

GNWT launches review of COVID-19 Response

Residents of the Northwest Territories are invited to participate in a review of the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing their feedback through an online survey launched today.

Leadership from Indigenous governments and community governments, Members of the Legislative Assembly, Members of the NWT Executive Council, and senior GNWT officials will also be invited to participate in the review and provide their perspectives on the GNWT response through a separate survey tool.

GNWT begins public engagement on MMIWG Draft Action Plan

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is asking for input on Changing the Relationship: the GNWT Draft Action Plan to Address the Calls for Justice on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).

Over the coming months, the GNWT will engage with Indigenous governments, community governments, other partners, people with lived experience and all NWT residents to seek feedback on existing and new programs and services, planned improvements and new initiatives to address the Calls for Justice.

NWT residents can participate in this process by:

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