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        322 · Fonds · 1877-2023

        The bulk of the textual records are made up of official records from the Legislative Assembly dated between 1951-2023 from the 1st through the 19th Legislative Assemblies/Councils of the Northwest Territories. Included in this material are Hansard (including indices and appendices), Tabled Documents, Motions, Written Questions, Return to Written Questions, Petitions, Committee Reports, Bills, Budget Addresses, Speeches, Debates (including some indices), Sessional Papers, Appropriations, Recommendations to Council, References for Advice, Information Items, Monthly Letters, Supplementary Notes, Legislation, a selection of Commissioner's Opening Addresses, and Votes and Proceedings summaries. There is also a copy of the Hay River-Enterprise Corridor Development Regulations from 1986.

        The textual records are also comprised of signed minutes from the Northwest Territories Council (1921-1951), minutes from the Yellowknife Board of Trustees, bound minutes, ordinances and session papers from the Northwest Territories Council (1922-1950) and Orders in Council (1883-1932). Textual records also include correspondence, letters, biographical sketches of members of the Legislative Assembly, as well as promotional material collected by the Public Affairs Office concerning the 1979 election.

        In addition, there are textual records related to the Advisory Committee on the Development of the GNWT, work of the Special Committee on Constitutional Development, the Special Committee on the Division of the NWT, Special Committee on the Northern Economy (SCONE), Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Special Committee on Housing and Standing Committee on Agencies, Boards and Commissions. There is also a small amount of textual records, including planning committee material, that deal with the opening of the Legislative Assembly building in 1993. Other records deal with special events and conferences hosted by the Legislative Assembly, including swearing-in ceremonies, the Circle of Northern Leaders, and 23rd Canadian Presiding Officers' Conference.

        There are also pamphlets and brochures from the late 1970s and early 1980s on a variety of topics, including the Legislative Assembly's operations, symbology, projects, interest in the pipeline and talks of forming a new territory (Nunavut). There are published reports on priorities for the North, administrative structure for Nunavut, a spousal assault task force report, and a Denedeh government proposal for restructuring of the Government of the Northwest Territories. There are also rules of the preceding body, the Council of the Northwest Territories, as well as the rules of the Assembly from 1984 to 1991. Also included in this accession are ordinances dated 1888 and 1895 and bound ordinances dating 1950 through 1981. There is also a book of statutes from 1985.

        The textual records from the Elections NWT office includes material concerning electoral boundaries, as well as guidelines, correspondence, poster and press releases related to the Nunavut Capital public vote and the public vote on the Guaranteed Equal Representation of Men and Women in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly. There are also Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Official Voting Results reports for the 2003 and 2007 General Elections, Returns to the Writ from the 2003, 2007 and 2011 General Elections, Proclamations and Grants of Poll from the 2007 General Election, polling boundary descriptions from the 2003 and 2007 General Elections, and the original tallies of votes from the polling districts and boxes from the 2007 General Election.

        The textual records from the office of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly includes materials related to conflict of interest and the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Senior Management Team, the standing committee on legislation, task forces and working groups related to the Division of the Northwest Territories, a strategic planning workshop for MLAs regarding the government organization after division, a Circle of Northern Leaders meeting, communications protocol, and amendments to legislative Acts. Some meeting material for the GNWT Deputy Ministers' Senior Management Committee is also included.

        The textual records from the NWT Human Rights Commission includes meeting agendas and minutes of the Commission Members, as well as notes from a strategic planning session, and an informational package given to stakeholders that outlines the mission, structure, processes and function of the Commission.

        The bulk of the photographs and slides are dated between 1968-1993 and cover topics such as Legislative Assembly Opening Ceremonies, Sessions, Elections, Committees, Plebiscite on Division, Tours of Communities, Special Events, Conferences, Health Services and Scenery. The remaining photographs depict members of the Northwest Territories Council, the Legislative Assembly and Commissioners of the Northwest Territories from 1905-1975, as well as the activities of the Office of the Languages Commissioner, which date from 2002-2004.

        The VHS videocassette entitled "One Land, Many Voices" - making the new NWT Mace" was produced by Lone Woolf Productions in 2000.

        The audio reels contain recordings of the 7th and 8th NWT Council and the 9th and 10th Legislative Assembly.

        The microfiche consists of a complete record of Tabled Documents, Committee Reports and Petitions from the 10th Legislative Assembly which covered the years 1984-1987 and a Tabled Document from the 8th Council, 56th Session. The 7 microfilm reels contain copies of the Northwest Territories Council Minutes from 1921-1951 and an index to the Minutes.

        The scroll was presented by David Welch, Ontario's Minister of Citizenship, on behalf of Premier John Robart to the Commissioner and Council of the Northwest Territories to commemorate the Northwest Territories Centennial in 1970.

        Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly (1905-present)

        This accession consists of records from the Policy and Strategic Planning division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and its predecessor, the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, relating to the Senior Management Committee, agreements and memoranda of understanding, associated boards and agencies, Mackenzie Gas Project, the Interim Resource Management Assistance program, human resources, a possible job action, and policies and directives. The records include meeting material, agreements and memoranda of understanding and related lists, 2004 Communities and Diamonds report, Gwich’in Forest Management Plan: A Framework for Forest Management, GNWT Final Submission and Recommendations to the Joint Review Panel on the Mackenzie Gas Project, Interim Resource Management Assistance (IRMA) guidelines and template, Human Resource Planning Framework, 2010-2015 Department of Environment and Natural Resources Human Resources Plan, Job Action Contingency Plan, Honoraria Policy Statement, Revised Firearms Directive, correspondence, decision papers, a legal opinion, list of boards and agencies associated with ENR, briefing notes, and speaking notes.

        351 · Fonds · 1984-2002

        Records include minutes from Council meetings, correspondence, documentation relating to strategic planning, publications, and files related to the "From Dark to Light: Regaining a Caring Community" project. The publications include annual reports, reports about the Council, the "From Dark to Light" handbooks, reports on pension reform, spousal assault and pornography, an equality for women action plan, an informational pamphlet on the women's secretariat, promotional leaflets with photographs of women in communities, a booklet of stories written by women who were helped by shelters called Untold Stories 2, and several issues of the Northern Women Talk newsletter.

        Northwest Territories. Status of Women Council of the NWT (1988-present)

        Records date from 1985 to 2002 and includes reports about the Council, as well as published reports on pension reform, spousal assault and pornography. Also included is an equality for women action plan, an informational pamphlet on the women's secretariat, promotional leaflets with photographs of women in communities, a booklet of stories written by women who were helped by shelters called Untold Stories 2, and several issues of the Northern Women Talk newsletter.

        G-2022-087 · Accession · 1996-2011
        Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

        This accession consists of records from the Clerk's Office of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The records include meeting materials for the Legislative Assembly's Senior Management Team, the GNWT's Deputy Minister Senior Management Committee, and task forces and joint working groups on the Division of the Northwest Territories particularly relating to legislative issues. The accession also includes records relating to amendments to the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act (2010-11), the 2004 Circle of Northern Leaders meeting, and Protocols for Communication: Legislative Standing Committees and Government Departments and Agencies.

        G-2022-028 · Accession · 1969, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1986
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of the Executive fonds

        Accession consists of a report from 1969 discussing operational audit and its role in the Northwest Territories government. There is also Northwest Territories Research Index from 1973. Additionally, there is a report written in 1980 called "Socio-Economic of the Beaufort Sea Drilling Program, 1976-1979." There is also a selective summary of the 1986 report by the Auditor General of Canada. In addition, there is a proposal of cross-cultural training in the Northwest Territories that was submitted in 1986 by Cross Cultural Consulting, Inc. The majority of records consist of Management Reports from 1975.

        G-1979-042 · Accession · 1905-1951
        Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

        The records detail the regular and special meetings of the Council of the Northwest Territories from 1921 to 1951 (sessions 1 to 201). There are several parallel series containing minutes, agendas, and attachments, including reports, Orders in Council and Ordinances, correspondence, and occasionally photographs or maps, relating to the agenda items. products of meetings (Orders in Council, Ordinances) of the NWT Council. The first series contains the "official" set of files, including signed minutes for most meetings. Other record sets that cover some the same meetings, but may include different and more attachments, are found in the second and third series: Records of Council Members and Secretary's Files and Session Papers. The Records of Council Members series also includes records of the Advisory Board on Mining Regulations (1922-30). The last two series contain Ordinances and Orders in Council related to the Northwest Territories and associated indices.

        G-1999-063 · Accession · 1951-1979
        Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

        Records include Debates, Bills, Sessional Papers, Appropriations, Supplementary Appropriations, Recommendations to Council, Information Items, Monthly Letters, Tabled Documents, Motions, Questions and Returns (Oral and Written) and a selection of Commissioner's Opening Addresses. They were produced by the 1st through the 67th sessions (1st to 8th Councils) of the Council of the Northwest Territories, the predecessor to the Legislative Assembly.

        G-1979-014 · Accession · 1951-[1975]
        Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

        Records include photographs of members of the Northwest Territories Council, predecessor to the Legislative Assembly. The images include individual portraits of members of the Council, as well as group photos of the members in session and staged group photos. Contained in the collection are portraits of many Commissioners, including John H. Parker and Stuart M. Hodgson.

        G-2007-064 · Accession · [1984-1992]
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of the Executive fonds

        The records, including reports, decision papers, briefing notes and correspondance, document the relationship of the Women's Advisory to the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, as well as the restructuring of the Women's Advisory in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

        Northwest Territories. Department of the Executive. Women's Advisory
        324 · Fonds · 1978-1979

        This fonds consists of approximately 4 cm of textual material produced by the Status of Women Committee and the ad hoc committee. The materials include: minutes of meetings; correspondence; copies of department submissions; recommendations of ad hoc committee members; a copy of the Plan of Action report and the response of the Executive; and materials from the "Breaking New Ground" Conference.

        Northwest Territories. Status of Women Committee (1976-1979?)
        G-2003-005 · Accession · 1975-1976
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of the Executive fonds

        The records date from 1975-1976. The first reel is a recording of a board meeting from 1976. Discussion involves representation from the GNWT, the federal government, the Northern Canada Power Commission (the predecessor to the NWT Power Corporation), the Canada Mortgage and Housing Commission (CMHC), and the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. (NTCL). Subjects include housing in Inuvik, the level of postal service in Yellowknife, runway conditions, and tailings ponds. Included is a discussion of the functions of the Treasury Board Secretariat led by Gary Mullins. In addition the board discusses GNWT staff housing, an Arctic Air Symposium, a task force on northern business, and airport manager training in the NWT, the viability of Arctic Bay, the creation of the road to Nanisivik from Arctic Bay, and the lead-zinc mine opened by Cominco on Little Cornwallis Island. The second reel features a panel discussion on the the status of women and the International Year of Women in the NWT in which the impact of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (1967) and its effect on the creation of the NWT Status of Women Action Committee is discussed. This also includes background on the National Action Committee (NAC) and the look ahead to the International Year of Women (1975).