Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Member Monfwi

Jane Weyallon Armstrong was elected to the 20th Assembly to represent the constituency of Monfwi. Ms. Armstrong was elected to the 19th Assembly during a by-election to represent the constituency of Monfwi.

Ms. Weyallon Armstrong was born in Fort Rae, Northwest Territories. Currently residing in Behchoko, Northwest Territories, her impactful journey has left a lasting mark on her community.

Having served as President of the Native Women’s Association from 2019 to 2021, Ms. Weyallon Armstrong collaborated with board members on the National Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls final report. Her commitment to the cause has been a driving force in addressing crucial issues.

Ms. Weyallon Armstrong’s extensive involvement in community governance includes roles such as a Community Government of Behchoko Councillor (2009–2013, 2017–2021, June 2021 to July 2021) and Tlicho Government Assembly Member (Consensus Government) from 2009 to 2013. Additionally, she contributed by being on the Mackenzie Valley Impact Review Board from 2020 to 2021.

With a career spanning over 25 years at the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education (now Tlicho Community Services Agency), Ms. Weyallon Armstrong’s impact reached the lives of high school students from various communities. Her roles as Residence Manager and later as Coordinator, Community Liaison, and Student Transition Support Services showcased her dedication to education and community development.

Ms. Weyallon Armstrong’s educational journey includes graduating from Sir John Franklin Territorial High School in Yellowknife, where she resided at Akaitcho Hall. She earned a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Politics and a Minor in Native Studies from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1994, she obtained her Social Work Diploma from Aurora College, Thebacha Campus, and in 1992, she earned her Child and Youth Care Worker Diploma from Mount Royal College.

Ms. Weyallon Armstrong, in partnership with her spouse, have raised their daughter, and now revel in the role of proud grandparents to a grandson. Ms. Weyallon Armstrong possesses a range of interests that extend to sewing, reading, and engaging in various cultural activities. Her longstanding commitment to volunteering for fundraising events and field trips underscores her dedication to community well-being.

Monfwi Electoral District

Committees

Accountability and Oversight
Social Development
Government Operations
Member Jane Weyallon Armstrong
Monfwi
Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box
1320
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Phone
(867) 767-9143

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 101)

Oh, my five minutes is up? Okay.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 101)

Okay, yesterday I was saying about the income support and, okay, the Indigenous students, they get they're eligible for basic and supplementary. And I was saying there, I said a lot of students are saying that the funding that they get, it's not enough. So a lot of them are saying they're going they're applying for the repayable loan. And so when they do that, they are they were told that they have to pay, like the full amount. And it's not they don't like it. They would like some of them were saying that it would be nice if it was the same as the remissible loan where they can pay half...

Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 – Education, Culture and Employment – Deferral of Department, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 101)

Okay, according to, like according to the GNWT health status report, it says in there that my region has the highest crime rate, and we only have active position. Why is that, when the report when your own report GNWT report says we have the highest crime rate for Tlicho region? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 101)

Thank you, I'll be mindful of the time today. Yeah, trades and occupation wage subsidy, can you give us a breakdown of the success rates in the regions and what trades? And Tlicho is not part of North Slave, okay. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 101)

Thank you. Another one too is that there are some students that took because they use up their basic and supplementary grant, which is equivalent which is 12semesters, an equivalent to $60,000. So some went on the because of that, they're not eligible for the remissible loan. So they have to go on the repayable loan and some are saying that well, some of the students that or the people that I talked to, they're close to 60 years old and they're saying we don't have a job. Government is not going to do a write off of that loan. They would like to see that write off.

Is there any way that...

Committee Motion 193-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 – Infrastructure – Deferral of Department, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Corporate management and he did mention the Education Act. So is this where I can mention about the modernization Education Act? Is that or do I have to wait?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

About the position so I just wanted to ask. I know I'm I'm at page 257, but so that's what I'm referencing, yeah.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yeah, I just wanted to ask I know it's getting late, and we're all tired. And I know when I said that six we make up 6 percent of the population and you said, you know, we don't use the population. But I wanted to ask, well, nine positions in Tlicho region, my constituents, they use that road a lot. That's why I said that, because we use the road. And now Whati's you know, the allseason road is open. So it would be nice if we can have some of these position. 47, you know, in North Slave, and this is the first one that I saw, you know, in Tlicho region in this part of your regional...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

No, it's you know, the highway from Highway 3 from that's the most busy highway. And I'm kind of a little bit surprised we have only nine active positions, which I thought it would be more than some of the regions when Tlicho make up six percent of the population. So I'm just a little bit why is that, that, you know, there's only nine positions when that road is busy. It's the most it's busy allseason road so I'm just I'm just asking why there's only nine and other regions have more than us. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 99)

Yes, thank you. For the regional operations for the highway, active position here it says for Tlicho, it says here we're not part of the North Slave, this one. So I see that well, the Tlicho AllSeason Road is open now, and the last fiscal year for this coming you know, 20212022, it was this nine, and it's still nine within the new fiscal year. Is that number going to change now with the allseason road opened for the that active position that's in page 257?