Public Service Announcement

Call for 2023-2024 NGO Stabilization Fund Applications

Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) Minister Shane Thompson has announced the annual call for applications for the Non-Government Organizations (NGO) Stabilization Fund.

The NGO Stabilization Fund provides special funding to help NGOs that deliver critical GNWT-funded programs or services to the public. The funding is intended to stabilize and develop NGO capacity to manage these programs and services.

Have Your Say on GNWT Websites

The Government of the Northwest (GNWT) is looking for resident feedback on government websites and their usability.

Residents are invited to complete a survey to provide their input. In the survey, they will be asked how they use government websites, what information they are searching for, what information is important to them, and what parts of the websites they feel work well compared to what they feel can be improved.

Aurora College Transformation Releases New Quarterly Report

The next Quarterly Report on Aurora College Transformation was released by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) today.

Included in this report are updates on the first phase of the Environmental Assessment for Tin Can Hill, Community Learning Centres (CLCs) and Aurora College Organization Design. A section has been added for quick facts as well.

Virtual Town Hall Presentation on the Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre

The GNWT invites the public to a virtual town hall meeting on May 9, 2023 for a presentation and update on the planned Wellness and Recovery Centre in Yellowknife.

The Centre, currently in the design phase, will provide shelter and community wellness spaces for NWT residents experiencing homelessness in Yellowknife.

This town hall meeting and presentation will share information on the building design, location, programs to be offered and the estimated completion date.

Licensed family day homes to receive operating subsidies for their own children in program

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is enhancing the Early Childhood Program Operating Subsidy. As of April 1, 2023, licensed family day home operators are eligible to receive the Early Childhood Program Operating Subsidy for child care spaces filled by their own children between birth to 11 years of age.

 

Science North’s travelling exhibition to visit PWNHC

The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) and
Science North are pleased to present the highly interactive and entertaining travelling experience: Our Climate Quest: Small Steps to Big Change which will be on display at the museum from Saturday, May 6 to Sunday, May 21.

Admission to the Our Climate Quest exhibition is free and visitors can attend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.

Sahtu Residents: Have Your Say on the Oscar Creek Bridge Relocation

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is seeking input from Sahtu residents in Norman Wells and Fort Good Hope on the Oscar Creek Bridge relocation. Meetings will be hosted in each community and are an opportunity for the GNWT to provide an update on the project, discuss the preliminary bridge design, and receive feedback.

 

Norman Wells

Tuesday April 25, 2023, at 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Royal Canadian Legion, Melnyk Hall

Dinner will be provided.

Fort Good Hope

Performing Artist Nadine Neema celebrates launch of audiobook at PWNHC

Join Montreal singer-songwriter Nadine Neema for the audiobook launch of her award-nominated Journal of a Travelling Girl on April 22, 2023, held at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC).

Journal of a Travelling Girl tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl’s journey by canoe through the ancestral lands of the Tłı̨chǫ people to attend the signing of the Tłı̨chǫ Agreement in 2005.  Along the way she gradually comes to understand and appreciate their culture and the significance of their fight for self-government.

GNWT informs public of privacy breach due to theft of Income Assistance Program personal information

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is informing the public of a privacy breach following a break-in that occurred in the department of Education, Culture and Employment’s (ECE) headquarters in Yellowknife. The break-in occurred on the first floor of the Yellowknife Lahm Ridge Tower building in the early morning hours of March 16, 2023 and items including computer hard drives were stolen.

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