Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Député de Monfwi

Circonscription électorale de Monfwi

Jane Weyallon Armstrong a été élue députée de la circonscription de Monfwi à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Jane Weyallon Armstrong a été élue à la 19e Assemblée lors d’une élection partielle pour représenter la circonscription de Monfwi. 

Elle est née à Fort Rae, aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Résidant actuellement à Behchoko, aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest, son parcours a laissé une trace indélébile dans sa collectivité. 

Ayant été présidente de l’Association des femmes autochtones de 2019 à 2021, Jane Weyallon Armstrong a collaboré avec les membres du conseil d’administration sur le rapport final de l’Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. Son engagement pour la cause a joué un rôle majeur dans la résolution de problèmes cruciaux. 

La riche participation de Jane Weyallon Armstrong à la gouvernance de la collectivité comprend des rôles tels que conseillère à l’administration communautaire de Behchoko (2009-2013, 2017-2021, juin et juillet 2021) et membre de l’assemblée du gouvernement tłı̨chǫ (gouvernement de consensus) de 2009 à 2013. En outre, elle a siégé à l’Office d’examen des répercussions environnementales de la vallée du Mackenzie de 2020 à 2021. 

Avec une carrière de plus de 25 ans au Conseil scolaire de division des Dogrib (aujourd’hui l’Agence de services communautaires tłįchǫ), Jane Weyallon Armstrong a eu une incidence positive sur la vie d’élèves du secondaire issus de diverses collectivités. Ses fonctions de directrice de résidence, puis de coordonnatrice, d’agente de liaison et de responsable des services aux étudiants et d’aide à la transition après les études ont mis en évidence son dévouement à l’éducation et au développement de la collectivité. 

Jane Weyallon Armstrong a fait ses études secondaires à l’École Sir John Franklin à Yellowknife, et résidait à l’Akaitcho Hall. Elle a décroché un baccalauréat ès arts avec une majeure en politique et une mineure en études autochtones à l’université de la Saskatchewan. En 1994, elle a obtenu un diplôme de travailleuse sociale au Collège Aurora, au Campus Thebacha, et en 1992, un diplôme d’assistante sociale auprès des enfants et des jeunes au Mount Royal College. Jane Weyallon Armstrong a élevé sa fille avec son conjoint et se réjouit aujourd’hui d’être la fière grand-mère d’un petit-fils. Elle s’intéresse à la couture et à la lecture et participe à diverses activités culturelles. Son engagement de longue date en tant que bénévole pour des événements de collecte de fonds et des sorties scolaires souligne son dévouement pour le bien-être de la collectivité.

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Responsabilisation et supervision
Affaires sociales
Opérations gouvernementales
Member Jane Weyallon Armstrong
Monfwi
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Déclarations dans les débats

Question 1069-19(2): Mental Health and Addictions Support
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

Thank you. That is a subject for another matter so I will be speaking on that as well.

But can the Minister commit to allocating additional staff hours. This is reference to what she just said. Hours for proposal writing aimed at securing additional departmental funding for community led and ontheland addiction recovery programs? Thank you.

Question 1069-19(2): Mental Health and Addictions Support
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

Okay, thank you. Minister Green, I would like to invite you to the Tlicho region to visit the communities and see firsthand what services and programs are available. Would the Minister commit to doing that? Thank you.

Member’s Statement 1068-19(2): Mental Health and Addictions Support
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 111)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you have heard me speak many times about alcohol and substance abuse, not only in the Tlicho region but in all of the regions throughout the Northwest Territories. Remember, there was a time when there was no alcohol or drugs in our communities. Now they are everywhere and many people feel powerless to control that.

The impact of alcohol and drugs have been devastating on our people. A person is affected mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Relationships are broken. Parents become unavailable and homes become unsafe. The families and the...

Committee Report 28-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Review of Bill 39: An Act to Amend the Post-Secondary Education Act
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Thank you.

The Information and Privacy Commissioner asked the Standing Committee to clarify whether Post-Secondary Education Advisory Committees and their documents would be subject to the Access to Information and Privacy Protection Act (ATIPPA). The Commissioner asked to clarify

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If Post-Secondary institutions are listed as 'public bodies' under ATIPPA

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If quality assurance bodies are identified as 'public bodies' subject to the ATIPPA

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If Post-Secondary Education Advisory Committees' records are subject to ATIPPA

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And determine in advance limitations to rights of access

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The scope of duties...

Question 1065-19(2): Caribou Management and the Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, based on what many elders and harvester have seen with their own eyes, they feel there is a lot more than 6,200 caribou. Can the Minister explain how herds are counted? Thank you.

Question 1065-19(2): Caribou Management and the Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Okay, mahsi. Can you guys hear me? Okay. Mr. Speaker [Translation] speak about caribou about caribou. The funding for caribou has been it's not as much as it was. And we also know that caribou has been declined, but then we also know a lot of information about why is it the way it is, and and with funding with funding that is not as much as it used used to be to do a research, doing caribou declining, they say.

I'd like to know the answer, and I'd like to have that answer so the [Translation Unavailable].

Member’s Statement 1060-19(2): Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to do it in my language, Tlicho language, for some and then I am going to do some in English as well. Mr. Speaker [Translation unavailable]

Recorded Vote
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Okay. It's...

Question 1065-19(2): Caribou Management and the Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when the Minister's staff confiscate caribou from harvester and later on later those charges are dropped or are unproven in court, can the Minister commit to providing an apology and financial compensations to those harvester? Thank you.

Question 1065-19(2): Caribou Management and the Mobile Core Bathurst Caribou Management Zone
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 110)

Okay, thank you. Okay, well, that was good. Thank you for the information for the to the Minister just provided.

Okay, so that was from last year, and then this year it's different budget. So budget increases have been made to enforcement. And he just said he mentioned some there already.

So can the Minister explain the reason for reducing the budget for scientific research while increasing the budget for enforcement? This is for the enforcement. Thank you.