Lesa Semmler

Member Inuvik Twin Lakes

Minister of Health and Social Services

Lesa Semmler currently serves as the Member representing Inuvik Twin Lakes in the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, having been re-elected to the position. Born in Yellowknife, NT, and raised in Inuvik, where she still resides, Ms. Semmler has deep roots in the Northwest Territories.

A Registered Nurse, Ms. Semmler graduated from the Aurora College Northern Nursing Program in 2000 and earned her Community Health Nurse Certification from the Canadian Nurses Association in 2008. With 15 years of frontline nursing experience at the Inuvik Regional Hospital, she focused on Acute Care, Homecare, and Public Health. Her career also included roles as the Manager of Acute Care Services and eventually the Regional Manager of Acute Care Services under the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority. Notably, she served as the Inuvialuit Health System Navigator at the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, assisting Inuvialuit Beneficiaries in navigating the healthcare system.

Beyond her healthcare career, Ms. Semmler has actively contributed to education and community service. She served on the Inuvik District Education Authority, assuming the role of Chair from 2015 to 2018, and chaired the Beaufort Delta Education Council. Ms. Semmler participated in various working groups at the territorial and national levels, including the Inuit Tuberculosis Elimination Board and the Inuit Midwifery Revitalization. Her commitment to social justice is evident in her voluntary work as a member of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Family Advisory Circle, where she worked to ensure northern voices were heard and represented. Lesa Semmler's life and career reflect her passion for healthcare, education, and advocating for the well-being of her community.

Inuvik Twin Lakes Electoral District

Committees

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Member's Office

Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

P.O. Box

1320

Email

Email

Phone

Extension

12195

Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box

3130

Constituency Phone

Minister

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Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Committee Motion 41-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance (page 25) - Deferral of Department (page 34), Carried

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

The motion is in order. To the motion.

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Welcome back, Mr. Kalgutkar. Committee, do we have questions under this activity? Okay. Seeing that there are no questions, Department of Finance, information systems shared services, infrastructure investments $9,254,000. Does committee agree?

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Committee, I will call committee back to order. Committee, we have agreed to continue with Tabled Document 181-19(2), Capital Estimates 2021-2022. We will continue where we left off yesterday, with the Department of Finance and the activity summary. I think it's on page 26, with information items on page 27. Information systems shared services. Does committee agree?

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Thank you, Mr. Norn. Does committee agree?

Question 397-19(2): Inuvik Airport

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final question to the Minister is: does the Minister have a timeline of when the work that is yet to be done to start, and how long does the department figure that it's going to take until it's completed? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 397-19(2): Inuvik Airport

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Can the Minister tell me what work has already been awarded out of those?

Member's Statement on Inuvik Airport

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have heard about the replacement of the Inuvik airport and the runway extensions for a few years now. This past year, I observed the demolition of the old hangar where the new airport is supposed to be built. Mr. Speaker, in December, I reached out to the infrastructure department for a briefing on all the projects that are planned for Inuvik. As a new MLA, I wanted to be informed of what was going on, and I specifically requested what would be happening at the Inuvik airport. With no answers or information, I ended up just attending a public presentation on the...

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 181-19(2), Capital Estimates 2021-2022, and would like to report progress with one motion adopted. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Committee Motion 41-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance (page 25) - Deferral of Department (page 34), Carried

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Consideration of departmental summary has been deferred. Thank you, Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, you may escort the witness out of the Chamber. Mr. Norn, what is the will of committee?

Debates of October 22, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 42)

Thank you, Members. Please return now to the departmental summary found on page 25, Department of Finance, 2021-2022 Capital Estimates, $9,254,000. Mr. Norn.