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

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Extension

12195

Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box

3130

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Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Minister. Do you have witnesses to bring?

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 43-19(2), Supplementary Estimates, (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2020-2021, and I would like to report that consideration of Tabled Document 43-19(2) is concluded and that the House concur in those estimates and that the appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay, and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee Motion 9-19(2): Tabled Document 43-19(2) Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2020-2021 - Deletion of $10,000,000 Not Previously Authorized from Department of Infrastructure, Capital Investment Expenditures, Asset M

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Madam Premier. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife North.

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Does committee agree?

Committee Motion 10-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 43-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2020-2021, Carried

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

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

---Carried

Tabled Document 43-19(2) will be reported as ready for consideration in formal bill session through the form of an appropriation bill. What is the wish of committee? Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Committee Motion 9-19(2): Tabled Document 43-19(2) Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2020-2021 - Deletion of $10,000,000 Not Previously Authorized from Department of Infrastructure, Capital Investment Expenditures, Asset M

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Question 202-19(2): Arts Curriculum Advisor

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Committee Motion 9-19(2): Tabled Document 43-19(2) Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2020-2021 - Deletion of $10,000,000 Not Previously Authorized from Department of Infrastructure, Capital Investment Expenditures, Asset M

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. To the motion. Member for Thebacha.

Question 199-19(2): COVID-19 and Department of Education, Culture and Employment Planning

Debates of March 13, 2020 , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 19)

The question that I also have is: will the Minister work with the department of health to make sure that there is somebody in each of the communities who can educate the DEAs? Because the DEAs are regular people in the community. If they are having to have the power to do this, to make this decisions, or our regional council, they need to have some one-on-one time with a health professional who can actually give them the education to make the call. I would like to see if the two Ministers will commit to having that conversation with our DEAs in the regional board.