Shauna Morgan

Member du Yellowknife Nord

Circonscription électorale de Yellowknife Nord 

Shauna Morgan a été élue députée de la circonscription de Yellowknife Nord à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Mme Morgan est née et a grandi à Barrie, en Ontario. Elle habite maintenant depuis 15 ans à Yellowknife, où elle mène une vie dynamique, créative et éclectique dans la Vieille ville, au bord du Grand lac des Esclaves. Son engagement à l’égard de la fonction publique transparaît dans les deux mandats consécutifs qu’elle a effectués au sein du conseil municipal de Yellowknife, de 2015 à 2022. Elle y a occupé plusieurs postes essentiels, dont ceux de mairesse adjointe, de présidente du Comité de planification énergétique communautaire, et de présidente du Comité consultatif communautaire de Yellowknife sur l’itinérance. Titulaire d’un baccalauréat avec distinction en développement international et d’une maîtrise en affaires internationales, Mme Morgan s’est spécialisée dans le développement économique et politique des collectivités isolées ou autochtones à travers le monde. Elle a ainsi collaboré avec une association pacifique transculturelle locale aux Philippines de 2002 à 2003. Les travaux de recherche entrepris dans le cadre de sa maîtrise l’ont amenée à se plonger dans le monde des négociations entre les entreprises d’exploitation minière et les Premières Nations du Canada, et à se concentrer sur l’accès aux terres lors des tout premiers stades de ce type d’exploration. Au cours de ses 15 années à Yellowknife, Mme Morgan n’a cessé de prioriser le travail communautaire. Elle a également travaillé avec des cabinets de conseil privés et un groupe de réflexion sans but lucratif axé sur les énergies propres à titre de personne-ressource auprès des gouvernements et des collectivités autochtones des TNO. Ses contributions sont nombreuses : elle a participé à la planification de projets d’énergie renouvelable et d’initiatives favorisant le logement, elle a aidé à la mise en place de programmes transculturels de recherche et de surveillance environnementales, et elle a démêlé les complexités de plusieurs grands projets d’extraction des ressources naturelles. Mme Morgan a tiré parti de sa panoplie de compétences pour diversifier son horizon professionnel : alors qu’elle siégeait au conseil municipal, elle a tenu son propre studio de piano, a été éducatrice en milieu naturel auprès de Bushkids NWT, et a été membre à temps plein – pendant plusieurs années –des équipes de construction du château de glace et de sculpture sur neige. Elle a également travaillé dans le cadre de contrats de facilitation et de consultation. Active dans la communauté artistique, Mme Morgan accompagne au piano la chorale pour adultes Aurora Chorealis de Yellowknife ainsi que la chorale pour enfants Fireweed. Après avoir siégé au conseil d’administration de la Women’s Society de Yellowknife et avoir prêté main forte chaque semaine à la banque alimentaire Food Rescue, elle donne aujourd’hui de son temps au club de ski et aux services aux victimes de Yellowknife. L’esprit d’aventure de Mme Morgan témoigne de l’amour qu’elle porte aux terres du Nord : elle s’adonne à une foule d’activités en plein air, quelle que soit la saison, qu’il s’agisse du canot en eaux vives ou en eaux calmes, ou de la randonnée dans le parc national du Canada Auyuittuq ou le long du sentier Canol. Elle se passionne également pour le cyclotourisme, le vélo de montagne, le ski de fond et la chasse à l’orignal et au canard, qu’elle pratique en couple.

Committees

Member Shauna Morgan
Yellowknife North
Bureau

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Boîte
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Extension
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shaunamorgan.yknorth@gmail.com
Bureau de circonscription

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this is a question of cumulative impact assessment that looks at the whole region in a holistic way, and then we have a road project that this government is leading that, if it pushes ahead, will have to have a specific environmental assessment done for it but there's value in seeing a holistic regional assessment to understand the broader impacts before going ahead with the road project. So what I was getting at was given that the Department of Environment and Climate Change includes many staff working on cumulative impact assessment, what can the department do to...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Minister can explain the value that his department sees in doing cumulative impact assessments, so in this case a regional strategic environmental assessment, before individual applications are considered by a piecemeal environmental assessment, so the value in doing cumulative impact assessment? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My first set of questions is for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

So I understand that currently underway there's collaboration with Indigenous governments, the GNWT, and the federal government in the design and development of the regional study for the Slave Geological Province. Will there be opportunities for public participation in the design of the regional study, such as the development of terms of reference? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 13)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to focus today on the impacts of the violence in Israel and Palestine on the people of this territory. I know it feels far away to some of us and irrelevant to be discussing in this House to some of us. Certainly it's hard to see how our statements or our motions could affect anything that goes in the region. But it does affect people in this territory. We have immigrants who have made their home here in the NWT from many parts of the world, including Israel, Palestine, and surrounding countries. We have children born here and being raised here whose...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, something very close to my heart is ontheland education. In my previous life, I worked with Bush Kids NWT. We started with a simple wall tent and a fire pit out behind the Yellowknife fieldhouse, along with a bucket of tools like an axe, a saw, rope, tarps. Our team always included Indigenous elders and knowledgeholders. We would spend all day outside with kids, anywhere from three years old to high school age, even in the coldest days of winter. Our mantra was that we were learning to take care of ourselves, take care of each other, and the land. It sounds...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to speak to express my support for this motion and also the following motion that's closely related about taking action to address housing as a human right.

So obviously this motion would bring us in line with legislation passed at the national level. In 2019, the federal government passed the National Housing Strategy Act, and that committed organizations and governments such as ours or asked us to reform our own housing laws, policies, and programs to align it with a human rights perspective. So I would be pleased for us to do that now. And I think it's...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that was a very long list of things. I think specifically ontheland education was listed in there somewhere, but I'll have to look back through the transcripts. Does ECE have any funding available for schools or child care facilities to build basic infrastructure like wall tents or fire pits so that people have a place to go nearby to do ontheland education? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So my questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Firstly, so as we're rolling out the new BC curriculum, how is ontheland education being incorporated into this new curriculum? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm afraid I cannot support sending this bill to committee because I believe this bill could not accomplish the goals or solve any of the concerns that Members in this House and members of the public have been raising about the carbon tax. I fear that by sending it to committee, far from creating policy clarity we will be causing even greater confusion and chaos amongst the general public, community governments, and industry stakeholders about what is happening with the carbon tax, and that this could cause more harm than good.

The first problem is that the...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 12)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that one I'd actually love to hear more about. If the Minister could just clarify what the title of this funding program is called or how we could direct people towards it, that would be appreciated. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.