Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Caitlin Cleveland issued the following statement today in response to the latest drinking water test results from NWT schools:
Newsroom
Yellowknife –
December 5, 2025
Media Statement
Yellowknife –
December 5, 2025
Public Service Announcement
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has received lead testing results for Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife.
Yellowknife –
December 2, 2025
Public Service Announcement
The Department of Education, Culture and Employment’s (ECE) North Slave Regional and Community Service Centres in Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀’s office hours will change starting Wednesday, December 3. Both offices will be open to the public Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m.
Yellowknife –
November 25, 2025
Public Service Announcement
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has received lead testing results for Kaw Tay Whee School in Dettah. Testing has confirmed that some water fixtures show lead levels above the maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) set out in the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.
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Yellowknife –
November 19, 2025
Communiqué
Education Leaders from across the Northwest Territories met on November 17, 2025, for the first in-person Education Leaders’ meeting of the 2025–2026 school year.
Yellowknife –
November 14, 2025
Public Service Announcement
The Northwest Territories Nominee Program has closed its 2025 intake. The program has received enough applications to fill its nomination cap of 300 allocated by the Government of Canada.
Applicants will be notified by email if their applications will be assessed or withdrawn.
Yellowknife –
November 6, 2025
Public Service Announcement
Apply now for the Indigenous Language Revitalization Scholarship!
November 5, 2025
News Releases
The third 2025 intake of the Northwest Territories Nominee Program opens on November 10 at 9 a.m.
Yellowknife –
November 3, 2025
Public Service Announcement
November 2 to 8 marks National Skilled Trades and Technology Week, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of career opportunities in skilled trades and technology across the country and here in the Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife –
October 31, 2025
News Releases
The attached is being distributed on behalf of the Northwest Territories Literacy Council and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT)
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