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Minister’s Statement 30-16(5): Developing A Strategy For Supporting Aboriginal Languages Of The Northwest Territories  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to inform the Members today of the work underway towards a new strategy for supporting the nine official aboriginal languages of the Northwest Territories. In the late 1990s, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment consulted

May 17th, 2010Assembly debate Ministers’ Statements

Jackson Lafferty

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. The purpose of Bill 3, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2010, is to amend various statutes of the Northwest Territories for which minor changes are proposed or errors or inconsistencies have been identified. Each amendment included in the bill had

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jackson Lafferty

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jackson Lafferty

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I have Mark Aiken to my left, director of legislation, and Bronwyn Watters, deputy minister of Justice. Mahsi.

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Jackson Lafferty

Minister’s Statement 29-16(5): Congratulations To Graduates  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Throughout our Territory, graduation and convocation ceremonies are taking place to acknowledge the great and many achievements of our talented and gifted students. We have over 8,600 students enrolled in grades kindergarten to 12 in 49 schools across the No

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Ministers’ Statements

Jackson Lafferty

Question 129-16(5): Education Standards In The NWT  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when we talk about graduates, over the years there has been a substantial improvement in our graduates, whether it be aboriginal or non-aboriginal students, for the Northwest Territories. It’s been increasing every year. The Member is asking if th

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 129-16(5): Education Standards In The NWT  Mr. Speaker, our goal and mandate is to provide the true quality education here in the Northwest Territories along with the partnership with the various southern institutions so they do accredit our programs as well. We deliver high school programs, not only that but post-secon

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 129-16(5): Education Standards In The NWT  Mr. Speaker, that is what we are doing this fall. We are consulting with various aboriginal groups, leaders, the school board members, the MLAs of the particular ridings, highlighting what we have found, what we have heard from the communities, what we have heard from the committ

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 129-16(5): Education Standards In The NWT  Mr. Speaker, I do agree that elders are valuable and the importance of their presence in the schools I fully support. Along with this strategic initiative, that will be part of the discussion as we move forward. We need to get around a system of how we pay them. That has been a v

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 136-16(5): Development Of A Pan-Territorial Northern University  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think we have to keep in mind that we are delivering university courses right now. We currently deliver degree programs and masters programs at current stages right now, but we are exploring further to delivering more of university-type programs

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 136-16(5): Development Of A Pan-Territorial Northern University  Mr. Speaker, I do agree that education is the best gift that we can provide to the Northwest Territories. I did provide to the Member that one can look at it as not a university base, but we are delivering university core courses and we are graduating teachers with degree program

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 136-16(5): Development Of A Pan-Territorial Northern University  Mr. Speaker, I did touch on that. That is our vision with the federal Minister for the territorial jurisdictions. We see this coming. Definitely that is an area of vision that we have in our target, is to establish an Athabasca University type here in the Northwest Territories an

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 136-16(5): Development Of A Pan-Territorial Northern University  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I will be more than happy to present the current status of what has been happening to the standing committee. They can certainly share with the general public as well. We can certainly do that, too, and put it on our website. Just updating on where we have bee

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 138-16(5): Facility Issues At Colville Lake School  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. It was a spectacular trip to the Sahtu region and we did visit the school as well, toured the school there. Yes, it is a small school for the size of the population, but at the same time we are discussing, as part of the capital planning process, we need to re

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 138-16(5): Facility Issues At Colville Lake School  Part of the discussion that we’ve had in the community was also... At times it is the wish of the community not to have running water, but at the same time we are pursuing with the school to put in a piping system for running water because we feel that we need to have students he

May 14th, 2010Assembly debate Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

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