After a productive meeting between the board of the Foster Family Coalition of the NWT, Minister Diane Thom and officials from the Department of Health and Social Services, and the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority, have agreed to find new ways to collaborate for addressing the on-the-ground and in the home needs of caregivers, and for addressing challenges within the child and family services system.

In support of the goal to eliminate poverty in the Northwest Territories, the Government of the Northwest Territories would like to remind the public that applications for the 2020-2021 Anti-Poverty Fund are currently being received. The initial call for applications was sent to Indigenous Governments, Community Governments and Non-Government Organizations on December 10, 2019.

Elected education leaders from across the Northwest Territories met this week for the first time with R.J. Simpson, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, to discuss their joint work to further strengthen the territory’s Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 education system.

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of January 21-27, 2020

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of January 20, 2020

·         Caroline Wawzonek is attending the Justice and Public Safety Ministers Federal/Provincial/Territorial meetings on January 21-23 in Victoria, BC.

·         Caroline Cochrane, Katrina Nokleby and Shane Thompson are attending AME Roundup on January 19-23 in Vancouver, BC

This weekend, Cabinet members, Indigenous governments and Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) officials will head to Vancouver for AME Mineral Roundup – one of Canada’s largest mining conferences.

The19th Legislative Assembly has identified increasing resource exploration and development as a priority.  As Cabinet finalizes their Mandate, participation in this event demonstrates their commitment to the priority and to working in partnership with Indigenous governments and stakeholders to advocate and voice support for this sector.

The attached is being released on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories, NorthwesTel, Strongest Families Institute, and Bell Let’s Talk.

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of January 14-20, 2020

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of January 13, 2020

As part of its commitment to supporting health promotion and prevention activities, the Government of the Northwest Territories is pleased to announce that it is now accepting  applications for the Healthy Choices Fund. The annual funding is $400,000, with a minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $75,000 per fiscal year.

The objectives of the Healthy Choices Fund include:

Ministerial Activities Advisory for the week of December 24 to January 6, 2019

Ministerial Travel

Please note that travel schedules may change with little or no notice. This schedule is accurate as of December 20, 2019.

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.

Released in August 2019, the Child and Family Services System’s Quality Improvement Plan identified 70 action items to improve the Child and Family Services System in order to achieve better outcomes for children, youth, and their families.

To date, approximately 33% of the action items in the Plan have been completed. These include: