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
1320
Extension
12170
shaunamorgan.yknorth@gmail.com
Bureau de circonscription

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, February 9th, 2024, I will move the following motion:

I move, seconded by the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that the following Members be appointed to the Standing Committee on Procedures and Privileges:

The Member for Frame Lake, Julian Morse;

The Member for Great Slave, Kate Reid;

The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Denny Rodgers;

The Member for Range Lake, Kieron Testart; and,

The Member for Hay River South, the Honourable Vince McKay.

And further, that the following Members be appointed as alternate Members:

The Member for Yellowknife North...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Mr. Speaker, I know we're running out of time here, so I'll just ask a quick supplementary for now, and this should have a quick answer too. So okay, so for the past year, the GNWT has been doing public consultations around revisiting its 2030 Energy Plan, and I believe that the public engagement portion is complete and a What We Heard document has been yeah, so will the can the government share the What We Heard document with Members, ideally in advance of our priority settings, so we get much clearer insight into how the public and Indigenous governments are wanting us to chart our energy...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So these questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure. In contrast to the perception that there are no alternatives in the Northwest Territories to heating oil or heating with fossil fuels, can you give us some highlights or insights on the steps the GNWT has already taken and is taking to help residents or businesses either use less heating fuel or switch to renewable alternatives for heating, including in public housing units? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 3)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So my first set of questions are for the Minister of Finance, and if there's time after, I have additional questions for the Minister of Infrastructure.

So currently the net carbon tax revenues after we hand out the offset payments, they go into the GNWT's general revenues, and this could be 14 to $20 million per year but the public cannot see how these revenues are contributing to climate change solutions. So will this government commit to ensure that all net carbon tax revenues go towards climate change mitigation and adaptation programs in the NWT with transparent...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I wish to reflect on the 2023 evacuations and the lessons we need to learn about the importance of a harm reduction approach for the most vulnerable Members of our communities. I poach from an open letter that was sent in the aftermath of the Yellowknife evacuation from the board of the Yellowknife Women's Society which runs the women's shelter and transitional housing programs. The letter acknowledges that we may have sent people away from the threat of fires, but we sent them straight into the path of other harms. Many shelter users were flown out on their own...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And this is my final followup. What has this government done to ensure the timely reimbursement of nonprofit organizations who took on considerable expenses during the 2023 evacuations providing evacuation flights and ongoing supports to vulnerable populations given those agencies' already stretched budgets and resources?

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So following up on my Member's statement earlier and given that the government has committed to oversee an afteraction review into the 2023 wildfire season and given the blind spots that I drew our attention to in our emergency planning response so far, so my question is for the Premier. Will this government be examining how the 2023 evacuations may have inadvertently increased risk or vulnerable people's exposure to risk during displacement to southern jurisdictions and to come up with a plan for how the government and its nonprofit agency partners will identify and...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table an open letter dated September 2023 from the Yellowknife Women's Society board of directors following the Yellowknife evacuation experience. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 2)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to know does the Premier believe that the government's own after-action reviews are well equipped to evaluate how well vulnerable populations and frontline organizations were supported during last year's evacuations, or would this be a task better suited to an independent inquiry?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am grateful to be here and to take on this role and embrace the challenge that we have before us. I want to thank, first of all, my constituents of Yellowknife North for opening their doors to me on countless cold November days and sharing with me so many of their hopes and their fears and their frustrations, especially after what has been a very tough year for many. I truly learned so much. And even though I came in with my platform and my ideas, through those conversations I truly did learn and grow and shift and keep writing and keep changing some of my...