Member Yellowknife North

Shauna Morgan was elected to the 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly to represent the constituency of Yellowknife North.

Ms. Morgan was born and raised in Barrie, Ontario. Having called Yellowknife home for the past 15 years, she has embraced the dynamic, creative and eclectic lifestyle in Old Town near Great Slave Lake.

Ms. Morgan’s commitment to public service is evident in her two consecutive terms on Yellowknife City Council from 2015 to 2022. During this time, she held pivotal roles, including Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Community Energy Planning Committee, and Chair of the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness.

Ms. Morgan holds degrees in International Development (B.A. Hons) and International Affairs (M.A.), specializing in community economic and political development in remote and Indigenous communities globally. She worked with a grassroots cross-cultural peacebuilding movement in the Philippines from 2002 to 2003. Her master's research delved into negotiations between mineral exploration companies and First Nations in Canada, focusing on land access during the earliest stages of mineral exploration.

Over the past 15 years in Yellowknife, Ms. Morgan has prioritized work at the community level. Working with private consulting firms and a non-profit thinktank focused on clean energy, she served as a resource person to Indigenous governments and communities across the NWT. Her contributions ranged from planning renewable energy projects to housing initiatives, building cross-cultural environmental research and monitoring programs, and navigating the complexities of major resource extraction projects.

Ms. Morgan has drawn on her well-rounded skill set to diversify her professional pursuits. While serving as a City Councillor, she managed her own piano teaching studio, worked as an on-the-Land educator with Bushkids NWT, and contributed for many years as a full-time member of the Snow Castle construction crew and snow carving team. Additionally, she engaged in facilitation and consulting contracts.

Active in the arts community, Ms. Morgan provides piano accompaniment for Yellowknife’s Aurora Chorealis (adult community choir) and Fireweed Children’s Choir. She served as a Board member for the Yellowknife Women’s Society and a weekly volunteer with Food Rescue and has dedicated time to the Yellowknife Ski Club and Victim Services.

Ms. Morgan’s love for the land is palpable in her adventurous spirit. She enjoys a myriad of outdoor activities in the North across all seasons, from whitewater and flatwater canoe trips to hiking in Auyuittuq National Park and along the Canol Trail. Her passion extends to cycle touring, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, and hunting for moose and ducks with her partner.

Yellowknife North Electoral District

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Shauna Morgan
Yellowknife North
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Statements in Debates

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 61)

Mr. Speaker, I move that

WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly, in Motion 41-20(1), accepted the conclusion of the Integrity Commissioner that the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh violated the Members' Code of Conduct, reprimanded the Member, and ordered the Member to pay a $2,500 fine;

AND WHEREAS on April 24, 2025, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly received from the Integrity Commissioner a Supplemental Report about costs relating to the complaint by Jennifer Patterson that the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh breached the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Members' Code of Conduct;

AND...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

That's okay, Mr. Chair. My questions were already posed and answered by other Members. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know that the MARS, or the mineral administration registry system, is also important to lots of people, so I would be remiss in not asking are we expecting this project to be complete, then, in the coming year, or how far along are we on this project? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do support the intention behind this motion, and I support many of the specific demands within it. I will support the motion, but it's also a very long list of demands and I just wanted to note my concerns with some of the specific points within it, for the record.

First, I don't actually think that another working group is going to be very helpful. There is currently a clear line of responsibility through the health authorities, to the public administrator, and ultimately to the Minister, and the Premier in some cases. The Minister is already responsible...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'll try to keep these brief. But is this the final amount, then, for the Hay River fish plant? Does this signal that it will be complete, or should we expect further amounts coming forward in the future for the completion of the Hay River fish plant? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also noted the extraordinary involvement of the Yellowknife business community in these meetings, and I've certainly spoken with many business owners myself who are highly motivated to contribute to solutions, including equipping staff to better assist or deal with those experiencing homelessness. So can the Minister explain are there initiatives underway where the GNWT's assisting business owners to take tangible action in the short-term? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't necessarily need an exact number but I guess my concern is that if these projects are continually being sort of passed along to the next year, next year, and we're tying up around $7 million in projects that are continually being bumped forward, bumped forward, is there sort of a limit on how many times we can just keep this money and bumping it forward without deciding that, okay, you know, this money's been tied up long enough, it needs to just fall off the budget and then start again when we do decide that this project is actually underway or making progress...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe my questions are for the Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, although he has recently passed the responsibility for homelessness on to the Minister of housing, so I'll leave it up to them as to who responds exactly.

But on May 6th, recently the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs convened a meeting of the Yellowknife community partnership committee to discuss challenges associated with homelessness and integrated service delivery, and there were about 40 participants there from -- everywhere from local Indigenous governments and NGOs, GNWT...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have further questions at this time, but it does sort of concern me that these big multi-year health information system type projects, which are so critical and foundational to our system, if we're -- if we're sort of fumbling or choosing the wrong system and then it takes us years to sort of pivot and find a different one, I guess I'm concerned about the process internally for ensuring that we have the right choice or the right direction to begin with so we don't waste a number of years pursuing the wrong types of solutions, but I will follow up on that through...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 60)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Okay, so that's good to know that the only two schools with problems are William Mac and Range Lake North. However, I'm wondering has the drinking water at Ecole William McDonald School and Range Lake North School been tested on a regular basis and determined to be safe up until now, or is this the first time that the drinking water at those schools has been tested? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.