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
(867) 767-9143
Extension
12195
Constituency Office

198 Mackenzie Rd
Unit 123
Inuvik NT X0E 0T0
Canada

P.O. Box
3130
Constituency Phone
867-678-2429
Minister
Email
Email
Minister of Health and Social Services

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 157)

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 157)

Thank you, committee. Please now turn to page 13.

Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 20232024, Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, $48,450,000. Does committee agree?

Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Can we proceed to a clause by clause we review of the bill?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Thank you. I will now turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development, the committee that reviewed the bill, for any opening comments on Bill 79. Member for Kam Lake.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Thank you. Minister, would you like to bring witnesses into the chamber?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Thank you, committee. We will take a short recess and resume with Bill 79.

SHORT RECESS.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 79 and would like to report that Bill 79, An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, is ready for third reading. And Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Mahsi.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? Member for Frame Lake.

Bill 79: An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Thank you, Minister, and thank you to the witnesses. SergeantAtArms, please escort the witnesses from the chamber.

Member for Kam Lake Frame Lake? Frame Lake, sorry.

Question 1531-19(2): Homelessness in Inuvik
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 156)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister. Mr. Speaker, there are those that are homeless in Inuvik that are homeless because they're in between the emergency shelter needs and living independent in housing. So they are sober, they are you know, they are doing things that they need to do to be able to be in their own place, but some are just not able to have that independent living. And so when they do get housing, they end up evicted within months, like a few months. So is there any plan in Inuvik to work with these clients to have more stable supportive longterm care housing...