The Government of Northwest Territories is offering free mental wellness subscription boxes to NWT Youth. These boxes are being made available as part of the My Voice My Choice Campaign for Youth Wellness. The boxes include a variety of health and mental wellness resources, such as topic-specific materials, as well as individual and group activities such as colouring sheets and activity kits by northern-based artists. The boxes are available to youth and to organizations who work with youth.

There are five different subscription boxes, each with a unique theme:

Effective March 25, 2022, the sale of flavoured vapour products will be banned in the Northwest Territories.

Today, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), in collaboration with Northwest Territories Tourism (NWTT), released the Resident Readiness Strategy, a short-term strategy created to support NWT residents in welcoming back tourists to the NWT.

Yearly funding proposals are now being accepted for the Supporting Child Inclusion and Participation (SCIP) program. The funding is intended to reduce barriers and increase participation in early learning and child care programs for children from birth to six years of age with diverse needs. The deadline to apply is April 25, 2022, at 5 p.m.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is reminding residents that under the Wildlife Act, game harvested in the NWT cannot be sold for profit unless you have a General Wildlife Permit.

Officers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources are noticing an increase in reports of big game sales – especially online, through websites like YK Trader and Facebook.

Building Forever: Women’s Pre-Trades Program is a partnership between the Government of the Northwest Territories, Gahcho Kué Mine (De Beers Group and Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.) and the Native Women’s Association of the Northwest Territories. This program will give women from the Northwest Territories (NWT) a paid opportunity to explore a career in a skilled trade.

In collaboration with its co-management partners the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has put into place the first of five regional Boreal caribou range plans to support conservation and recovery efforts in the Northwest Territories (NWT).

Developed as a commitment under the environmental assessment for the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road and the NWT Boreal Caribou Recovery Strategy the interim plan incorporates Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge to identify which habitat is most important to Boreal caribou in the area.

Applications for the third delivery of the Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) are now being accepted. Potential participants are invited to submit their applications to be a mentor or an apprentice before the deadline of May 1, 2022.  

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of March 22-28, 2022

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of March 21, 2022.

There is no travel scheduled for this time period.

Meetings and Appearances

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

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has received an Aa2 (stable) credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service.

The Aa2 rating is the third highest rating available from Moody’s, slightly lower than the Aa1 (negative), which was Moody’s previous rating for the GNWT. The rating was lowered to reflect that continued economic pressures and the unlikelihood of an economic rebound to pre-pandemic levels for at least 2 to 3 years will make mitigating the growth in debt more challenging.