Question 67-20(1): Aurora College Governance  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in short, none. And the slightly longer more informative answer in that is that under the Act, because Aurora College is arm's length, the board of governors oversees hiring of the president and the president reports directly to the

Question 67-20(1): Aurora College Governance  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, in the course of the last term we did a lot of work on legislation to do with Aurora College. So we had the Aurora College Act itself that was done. We did the Post-Secondary Education Act, and we also had the opportunity under t

Question 66-20(1): Education Policies, Curriculum and Social Passing  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in regards to the peer group placement, I want to start there. And what is really crucial about that and what determines if, you know, a student -- well, what it calls on is that a student stays with their age group because studies h

Question 66-20(1): Education Policies, Curriculum and Social Passing  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the Northwest Territories we currently have -- so schools have access to arts and trades programming through career and technology study courses. As we transition to a BC curriculum, these will then be known as applied design and

Question 66-20(1): Education Policies, Curriculum and Social Passing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, while the department doesn't practice social passing as a policy so to speak, it does endorse peer group placement for students in the Northwest Territories. This is researched-based education practice, and it's used in many jurisdictions acro

Minister's Statement 13-20(1): Celebrating NWT Official languages  [Translation] Mr. Speaker, hello, my name is Caitlin Cleveland. My mother is Carol and my father is Randy. I am from and live in Yellowknife. [Translation ends] As the Minister responsible for Official Languages, I am proud that all our official languages are celebrated every ye

Question 60-20(1): Support for Indigenous Languages  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think this is a really important question, and I can't assure the Member what she is looking for here today from me. But access to services in Indigenous languages are found in section 11(2) of the Official Languages Act, and that

Question 60-20(1): Support for Indigenous Languages  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are in a position now where the Aurora College is at an arm's length relationship from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. That being said, ECE does provide funding for interpreters to support training through the

Question 60-20(1): Support for Indigenous Languages  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the Member, first off, for reflecting on the fact that this is the only jurisdiction that has a whole month dedicated to Indigenous Languages Month, and so I very much appreciate that. The theme this month is Say It I

Question 44-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative  Absolutely, Mr. Speaker. And thank you for that. I can honestly share with the Member that I am, as a parent and as a member of the community, very much committed to ensuring that the mental health of our students and our youth and children is supported and would appreciate the o

Question 44-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can answer that by saying absolutely yes, because the funding didn't exist before for schools to be able to hire the personal support workers unless they were getting funding through Jordan's Principle. And so just that alone means

Question 44-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the specifics on kind of what schools have who in them, that would definitely be a question that would be best directed towards health and social services, but I can say that it really is regional dependent. Some regions have --

Question 44-20(1): Child and Youth Counsellor Initiative  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a review of this program was launched in the last Assembly, and this review was jump-started based on feedback that was received by education bodies along with the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association. And what it was respondi

Question 43-20(1): Northwest Territories Nominee Program  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the things that I can commit to doing -- let me start over. I was distracted by my earpiece. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can confirm for the Member that I am absolutely interested in seeing our immigration program

Question 43-20(1): Northwest Territories Nominee Program  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can say personally I've never actually worked through the process. I can also say having worked with multiple residents who have gone through the process of hiring workers, what they have done is hired a consultant to help through