A new oral health campaign—Speak the Tooth—launched earlier this week with fourteen children from the Northwest Territories (NWT) sharing the truth about the critical need for lifelong oral health.
Poor oral health is a significant issue in the NWT, especially among children and youth. The Speak the Tooth Campaign will increase knowledge and help change behaviour related to oral health.
The Easter Bunny will be hopping safely throughout the Northwest Territories this weekend, thanks to again being declared an essential seasonal worker and exempted from the requirement to self-isolate when entering the territory.
In announcing this second consecutive annual exemption today, Premier Caroline Cochrane noted the Easter Bunny has received both doses of the Moderna vaccine to undertake another year of COVID-safe Easter deliveries to NWT children.
Today, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment announces that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Government of Canada have finalized a funding agreement to support French language services and communications in the Northwest Territories (NWT) until 2023.
This agreement provides a multi-year collaborative framework to support the planning and delivery of quality French language communication and service, ensuring stability and continuity in the delivery of GNWT services in French to residents of the Northwest Territories.
The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Legislative Assembly and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) has developed a new online tracker to share progress on actions underway to improve Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 (JK-12) student outcomes in the Northwest Territories (NWT).
The Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) includes the commitment to increase JK-12 student educational outcomes to the same level as the rest of Canada.
Premier Cochrane's Itinerary for the week of March 28, 2021.
Issued March 26, 2021. If there are any changes, an updated version of the itinerary will be provided on March 31, 2021.
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March 29
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is inviting residents of the Northwest Territories (NWT) to have their say on the modernization of the NWT Education Act.
The Department of Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) wants to hear from all members of the public on how the JK-12 education system can better meet the needs of students across the Northwest Territories. To participate, please click here: Have Your Say – Education Act Modernization.
Effective April 1, 2021, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has reduced the threshold for requiring a formal tender process from $25,000 to $10,000 for general goods and services. This change will stay in effect until July 31, 2021.
The Departments of Finance and Industry, Tourism, and Investment (ITI) are implementing this short-term procurement policy change in response to feedback received from business development staff on-the-ground in communities and the NWT business community.
The attached news release is distributed jointly by the Government of the Northwest Territories and Government of Canada.
The attached is being released on behalf of BACupNorth, the RCMP and the Government of the Northwest Territories.
