Records consist of Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos files for the period 1996-1999. There are also records consisting of Senior Management Committee (SMC) meeting minutes, and records relating to real estate licensing and the review of the territorial lottery process.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. DirectorateThe records were generated by the policy activity of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and includes files related to devolution, privatization, Resource Community Policy, Ministers tours of the various regions, including the Baffin and Keewatin regions and files from the Assistant Deputy-Minister's (ADM) coordinating committee.
Records include files relating to the 1995 Ministers of Local Government Conference, Government of the Northwest Territories Steering Committee - Pine Point, aboriginal claims and briefing notes from the 1st, 7th and 8th Sessions of the 11th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs divisionRecords primarily include meeting minutes and correspondence relating to the Land Claims Working Group, federal/territorial land meetings, the Senior Management Committee, Land Use Advisory Committee, Commissioner's Land Review Committee, and Land Information System Working Group. Also included are acts, policies, regulations, and conference planning files.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Community Planning and Lands divisionRecords primarily include meeting minutes, correspondence, and options papers from the Land Claims Working Group.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Lands divisionRecords primarily include correspondence, meeting minutes and decision papers relating to the Land Claims Working Group, as well as draft community self-government agreements and community development workshop planning files. Records also include correspondence, terms of reference and research papers relating to MACA's services to Status Indians, particularly as concerns the transfer of such responsibilities from the federal government to the GNWT.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Community Governance divisionRecords primarily include reports, guidelines, policy manuals, and handbooks. These records primarily relate to the management of water and sanitation services, financing for communities, land administration training, municipal works training, and treatment and handling of hazardous waste material. Also included are organizational charts for the department, an organizational review folder, strategic planning documents, and transcripts of interviews with residents of Fort Rae (Behchoko).
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. DirectorateThe records date from 1991-1998 and consist of files concerning the events and delivery of Arctic Winter Games, policy and guidelines for the Fitness Leadership Certification Program, workshop material about the Staff and Volunteer Training Program, a copy of an organizational planning tool that was produced by the department and disseminated during workshops hosted by MACA, as well as memorandum of Understanding with Arctic College concerning the Recreation Leaders Program. In addition, there are student education plans and evaluations for the Recreation Leaders Program.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Inuvik Regional OfficeRecords date between 1998-2002 and include departmental issue files, briefing notes, and Ministerial chronos. Records also include files related to community governance, Canadian Consumer Information, Land Management Strategies and the Service Arrangement with Nunavut. Additionally, there are also records related to divisional programs and activities from the Emergency Services Division, Financial Services Division, School of Community Government Division, Sport, Recreation and Youth Division, and Lands Administration Division.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. DirectorateRecords relate to recreation and sport facility development such as arenas, community halls and multi-purpose facilities. Records also include community-based project files, and policy binders related to facility development.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Sport and Recreation divisionThe records are from a variety of divisions including: Community Works and Capital Planning; Surveys and Mapping; Sport and Recreation. Records relate to standards and criteria for capital planning, review and revisions to the water and sewage subsidy program, copies of training materials for community recreations committees and also on capital planning and capital support to local governments.
Records relate to land claim settlements, strategic planning, Senior Management Committee (SMC) meetings, Director's meetings, correspondence between management and regions relating to priorities and planning, records relating to MACA's involvement with the NWT Association of Municipalities, and a series of MACA newsletters.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Community Operations divisionRecords include meeting minutes of the Senior Management Committee (SMC), the Standards and Criteria Committee, and the Infrastructure Transportation Committee (Chair). Policy and planning records include Strategic Planning, Action Plans, Organization files, Functional Reviews of MACA division. Policy files include Water/Sewer Service Subsidy Policy on the Sale of Staff Housing, Garbage Services Subsidized Policy, Land Development Policy, and Municipal Involvement in Non-Municipal Activities. Land Claims records relate to Devolution, Community Infrastructure Transfers (Devolution) and Recovery of Land files (includes Hay River Reserve). Reports and studies include an annotated copy of the Community Financial Administration Manual final draft, Community Government Report, Water and Sanitation, Water Efficiency Study, Hazardous Waste Management Report, and a Traffic Survey Report.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs divisionRecords relate to the day to day activities of the Lands, Community Planning, Community Development, Municipal Operations and Assessment, and Sport and Recreation divisions, including the Strategic Plan, Review of Departmental Standards and Criteria, and the departmental business plan. Records and minutes of the following committees are also part of this accession: Community Transfer Committee/Working Group, TFN Implementation Committee, Water Board Technical Committee, NWT Association of Municipalities, Municipalities Education and Training Advisory Group, municipal engineers/works officers, Senior Management Committee (SMC), Land Claims Working Group, Planning Directors, Land development infrastructures steering committee meeting, Municipal Legislation Review Steering Committee, and Municipal Operations and Assessment Division (MOAD) staff meetings. Records pertaining to the creation or update of policies and legislation relate to the Community Funding Policy, Municipal Land Development Policy, MACA Education Strategy, Planning Act, Land Titles Act, Condominium Act, Public Health Act, Land Development Loan Act and the NWT Water Act. Other records relate to the Hay River Reserve, Hay River flood damage reduction, Fort Smith land development, Lands Reform initiatives, NOGAP, Water/Sewer services Agreement, Beaufort Delta leaders conference, Municipal Operations conference, and the Winter Cities Society.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Lands Administration divisionRecords consist of trip reports to communities conducted by departmental staff as well as training initiatives being delivered by the Department.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Fort Smith Regional OfficeRecords date from 1997-1998 and include material from a conference hosted by the department and the NWT Association of Municipalities, as well as a report that was commissioned by MACA to assist with the delivery of the community development fund. The report is entitled Recommended Adjustments to Municipal Revenues, Financing, Service Delivery Alternatives and Investment Programs. Records also consist of files concerning a legislative proposal to amend the Municipal Statutes Act, including proposed amendments, records created by the Municipal Legislative Review Committee and terms of reference for the review of municipal financing.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs divisionRecords date from 1994-1999 and include Deputy Minister chronos and files that relate to meetings between headquarters and the regions, training of regional staff, review of municipal legislation as well as a file relating to Commissioner's land.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. DirectorateRecords date from 1981-2001 and consist of ministerial chronos, senior management meeting minutes, the Settlement Operating Assistance Policy (SOAP), the Municipal Operating Assistance Policy (MOAP), the Land Lease Only Policy, the Water and Sewage Services Subsidy Policy, the Community Freezers Program, the Community Empowerment Program, and Land Claims. Also included are records relating to Tungsten Mine, Community Planning and Lands, drinking water quality, municipal finance review, and the Building Communities Strategy.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs divisionThe records relate to community empowerment, devolution to communities and division implementation planning, policy and procedures, Senior Management Committee meeting minutes, amendments to the Municipal Community Assistance Program (MCAP), and user pay/user say initiatives.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs divisionRecords date from 1993-1997 and relate to program implementation and evaluation, focusing on programs and services offered and under what authority. Records also review program delivery of the Department more generally.
Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Surveys and Mapping division