The Polytechnic University Facilities Master Plan (FMP) was released today by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).

The FMP is a comprehensive document that provides Northwest Territories (NWT) residents with a picture of what the future polytechnic university will look like. It includes proposals for infrastructure enhancements and expansions at all three campuses – Inuvik, Fort Smith and Yellowknife – and across a network of community learning centres.

The Northwest Territories Nominee Program (NTNP) now has a stream specifically for Francophone applicants. Prospective Francophone nominees can apply to the program themselves if they are currently employed by an NWT employer or live abroad but have a valid job offer from an NWT employer.

The NTNP will now have three streams: Employer-Driven, Business and Francophone.

Starting today, COVID-19 vaccine boosters are available for all children aged 5-11. Immunization appointments can be booked online in Yellowknife or by calling your health centre or public health office. 

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and NT Energy are pleased to announce the wind turbine and other large components of the Inuvik Wind Project have arrived in Inuvik.

The arrival of the single 3.5-megawatt wind turbine is a major milestone for the project, which is a key initiative under the 2030 Energy Strategy and will reduce diesel consumption in the NWT’s largest diesel-powered community by 30 percent – offsetting diesel consumption in Inuvik by three million litres annually. Construction of the project began in January of 2022.

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of September 20-26, 2022

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of September 19, 2022.

• Caroline Wawzonek will be attending the Rare Earth Summit on September 20 in Saskatoon, SK.

Meetings and Appearances

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

Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Shane Thompson, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Minister of Lands, and Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs; and Her Worship Rebecca Alty, President of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities and Mayor of the City of Yellowknife, announced funding totaling over $26 million for ten projects across the territory that will improve recreational infras

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is announcing a new air quality monitoring project. This project will allow residents to join local governments and the GNWT in collecting air quality data in their area.

Premier Caroline Cochrane reacts to the announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada will declare Monday, September 19, 2022 a holiday for federal employees:

“The Northwest Territories will not be making September 19, 2022 a statutory holiday, or a holiday for public service employees.  All government offices and service locations will be open for business as usual.

To celebrate International Literacy Day the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to launch the children’s book, Full of Feelings, in many of the Northwest Territories’ (NWT) official languages.

This book, written and illustrated in the Northwest Territories (NWT), is a resource for families with young children to offer understanding of the importance of their feelings and emotions. The book also offers ways families can help children with their emotions.

The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.