Delivered on June 2, 2017

Mr. Speaker, over the past year, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment has been making significant changes to the way it provides critical support for the territory’s most vulnerable residents through its Income Assistance Program.

Yellowknife, le 31 mai 2017 – Le ministère de l’Éducation, de la Culture et de la Formation (MÉCF) souhaite annoncer la publication de la Stratégie 2017 à 2022 des TNO sur l’apprentissage et la qualification professionnelle des métiers et professions.

Delivered on May 31, 2017

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in its mandate to close the skills gap by strengthening the apprenticeship program.  Later today, I will be tabling the Apprenticeship, Trades and Occupational Certification Strategy 2017-2022.

Delivered on May 26, 2017

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories made a commitment in its mandate to strengthen culture and heritage in the NWT by working with partners and stakeholders to update the 2010 NWT Aboriginal Languages Plan.

Yellowknife, le 5 mai 2017 – La semaine dernière, le ministre de l’Éducation, de la Culture et de la Formation Alfred Moses a rencontré les présidents des conseils scolaires de division ainsi que les présidents de l’Administration scolaire de district n^o 1 de Yellowknife, des Écoles catholiques de Yellowknife, de l’Administration scolaire de district de Ndilo, de l’Administration scolaire de district de Dettah, de la Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest et de l’Agence de services communautaires tłı̨chǫ pour discuter avec eux de l’éducatio

Delivered on March 9, 2017

Mr. Speaker, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment and its partners across government, in industry, and education are all working together to ensure that NWT residents have the information they need to be well positioned to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Delivered on March 6, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to announce that I have directed that a foundational review of Aurora College be undertaken. 

The foundational review will help inform the government’s long term vision for Aurora College and position it to provide the necessary skills and knowledge our residents require to participate in, and contribute to the social and economic fabric of the NWT for decades to come. 

Delivered on March 1, 2017

Mr. Speaker, as I’ve said in this Assembly, education is one of the cornerstones of development and success. There are always people behind a student’s experience in education, and they are usually teachers or principals.

Mr. Speaker, one of the most important areas we can invest in is early childhood development and the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment in its mandate to do this by implementing its Right from the Start Framework. Ages zero to five are the most critical time in a child’s development, and the work that the Departments of Health and Social Services and Education, Culture and Employment have been doing in partnership have been helping all of the children in the NWT.

Mr. Speaker, today is national Pink Shirt Day, a day celebrated during the last Wednesday of February of each year.  We provided pink carnations for all of the Members, and I am pleased to see all the pink in the House today, marking our acknowledgement that bullying in any form is unacceptable.  

This initiative was started by two brave young men in Nova Scotia, David Shepherd and Travis Price, who gave away fifty pink shirts after a grade 9 student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school.