National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) takes place across Canada every year during the third week of November. National Addictions Awareness Week is an important opportunity to focus on the risks associated with alcohol and other drugs and share information about prevention and recovery.  This year, the theme is A Community of Caring, focusing on the ways communities in Canada are supporting people who use substances or are living with a substance use disorder.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will introduce new forest legislation in February 2023 to combine and update existing forest legislation. The two existing forest laws are the Forest Protection Act and the Forest Management Act.

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The Government of Northwest Territories continues to accept applications for the Addictions Recovery and Aftercare Fund.

The Addictions Recovery and Aftercare fund provides funding to Indigenous Governments and community organizations so they can hire community-based counsellors to support individuals living in recovery from addictions. This funding also supports community-based addictions recovery and aftercare programming.

The application form and guidelines are available here:

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is looking for five individuals to join the Northwest Territories (NWT) Social Assistance Appeal Board for four-year terms starting March 27, 2023.

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On behalf of myself, the Premier and my Cabinet colleagues, congratulations on arriving at the 50^th anniversary of the Yellowknife Geoscience Forum!

My gratitude to the NWT and NU Chamber of mines for their continued good work and commitment to organize and host this annual event. Thank you also for the invitation and opportunity to speak this afternoon.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released Indigenous Employment Plans (IEP) outlining how all departments and agencies will increase Indigenous representation and leadership in the territory’s public service.

Guided by the Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Framework, IEPs include short, medium, and long-term goals and department-specific actions to increase, develop and maintain the number of Indigenous employees by:

On November 16, 2022 at 1:55 pm MST, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) will issue a live test of NWT Alert, the Northwest Territories (NWT) public alerting system. Residents may see and hear the public alert test on wireless devices, cable networks and radio stations across the NWT.

NWT Alert is the NWT’s public alerting system designed to keep our residents and visitors informed. For information during an emergency, check with your community government and visit www.NWTalert.ca.

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of November 15-21, 2022

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of November 14, 2022.

• Julie Green will be participating in a Constituency Tour of Nahendeh with MLA Shane Thompson from November 21 to 24.

Meetings and Appearances

Please note that event organizers may have attendance restrictions­­­ for their event. Contact organizers for more information.

Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Caroline Wawzonek provided the following statement on the 50th Yellowknife Geoscience Forum:

“Tomorrow, we welcome the 50th Geoscience Forum to Yellowknife, an opportunity for Northern researchers, explorers, and engineers in the mineral resource industry to come together and exchange ideas, discoveries, and developments.