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G-1999-015 · Accession · 1963-1971
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of the Territorial Secretary fonds

The files were part of the Central Registry System (80 Block, 81 Block, 82 Block and 85 Block) and cover a variety of topics, including directives and policies, arrangements for Council sessions, travel for Council members, Territorial Legislation Policy, elections, monthly reports from the regions, staff meetings and ordinances.

Please note that an Inuit camp is referred to as an Eskimo camp in these records.

G-1979-521 · Accession · 1950-1954
Part of Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds

Please note that the Inuit are referred to as "Eskimos" in these records.

This accession consists of one file of correspondence between Commissioner H. A. Young and administrators of the Department of National Health and Welfare, concerning pensions for the old and the blind. Also included in the file are copies of the Ordinance, regulations pertaining to the ordinance and application forms.

N-2002-033 · Accession · 1949
Part of Canada. Department of Mines and Resources fonds

Records are comprised of one RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) Bulletin No. 28 entitled "A Brief Outline of the History, Customs and Laws Relating to the Indians and Eskimos of the Canadian Arctic and Sub-Arctic." The Department of Mines and Resources produced the bulletin in 1949. The booklet includes the Game Ordinance and Migratory Bird Regulations.

N-1985-021 · Accession · 1947, 1965

The records comprise correspondence by Judge J.H. Sissons concerning changes to the adoption ordinance in 1961 and work of the courts on adoptions.

G-1979-042 · Accession · 1905-1951
Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

The records detail the regular and special meetings of the Council of the Northwest Territories from 1921 to 1951 (sessions 1 to 201). There are several parallel series containing minutes, agendas, and attachments, including reports, Orders in Council and Ordinances, correspondence, and occasionally photographs or maps, relating to the agenda items. products of meetings (Orders in Council, Ordinances) of the NWT Council. The first series contains the "official" set of files, including signed minutes for most meetings. Other record sets that cover some the same meetings, but may include different and more attachments, are found in the second and third series: Records of Council Members and Secretary's Files and Session Papers. The Records of Council Members series also includes records of the Advisory Board on Mining Regulations (1922-30). The last two series contain Ordinances and Orders in Council related to the Northwest Territories and associated indices.

Please note that many of the Council minutes contain outdated and pejorative terms; paternalistic, racist, ableist, or otherwise offensive attitudes; and/or discussions of sensitive topics. We have reproduced these terms and comments in the digitized documents because they are a part of the original historical record.

This accession consists of records lands legislation from the Lands Division of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, its predecessor Department of Local Government, and the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, its predecessor Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, and its predecessor Department of Resources and Development.

The records relate to the Territorial Lands Act (Canada), Territorial Land Use Regulations (Canada), Territorial Timber Regulations (Canada), Territorial Lands Regulations (Canada), Public Lands Grants Act (Canada), Land Titles Act (Canada), Land Titles Plans Regulations (Canada), An Ordinance Respecting Lands of the Northwest Territories/Territorial Lands Ordinance (NWT), Commissioners' Land Ordinance/Act (NWT), Land Titles Act (NWT), Planning Ordinance (NWT), Local Government Ordinance (NWT), and Local Authorities Election Ordinance (NWT).

The legislation files include correspondence, legislative proposals, acts and regulations (draft and final), review comments, meeting materials, decision papers, progress report, Application for Land Use Permit and guide, applications for title, draft conditions for Pit and Quarry Operations, draft outline paper on liason with communities on resource activities, Administrative Procedures and Requirements Consequent to the Territorial Land Use Regulations, delegations of authority, mortgage consent form, land titles transfer agreement, land titles office services, Preliminary Review of the Legislative Basis for Community Planning in the Northwest Territories. The annual report file includes a draft G.N.W.T. Annual Report 1992/93 Lands Division, 1993 regional overviews from Keewatin and Fort Smith Area, and a newsletter.

G-2023-076 · Accession · 2020-2023
Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

This accession consists of the records produced by the 19th Assembly, 2nd Session. Records include Hansard, Votes and Proceedings, Ministers' Statements, Bills, Committee Reports, Motions, Petitions, Written Questions and Return to Written Questions, Tabled Documents, Budget Addresses, and the Opening Address given by Commissioner Margaret Thom.

This accession consists of records from the Directorate of the Department of Municipal and Community Development, especially those relating to resource development and the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Project (MGP). General Directorate records including Senior Management Committee records (2006-2009) and entries in the GNWT Public Committees, Boards and Councils Handbook. MGP-related records include Joint Coordinating Committee and MGP Intervention Workshop records, MGP GNWT Handbook, organizational charts and job descriptions for the Pipeline Readiness Office, draft GNWT General Submission to the Joint Review Panel on the MGP, MGP Socio-Economic Agreement, reports from regional workshops on social impacts of the MGP, records of stakeholder consultation meetings, local impact assessments, and pipeline readiness funding administration, presentation materials, correspondence, reports, proposals, minutes, and briefing material.

Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Directorate
G-2023-066 · Accession · 1978, 2001-2012
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment fonds

This accession consists of records from the Policy, Legislation and Communications and Analysis division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment relating to legislative and regulatory amendments, use of the NWT Opportunities Fund, and establishment of the Saoyú-Ɂehdacho National Historic Site. The records include: briefing notes, correspondence, copies of legislation and regulations, legislative proposals, drafting instructions, an assessment report, comments, consultation records, discussion papers, legal opinions, meeting notes, presentation slides, FMB submission, an agreement, a table of responsibilities under the Co-operative Associations Act, a Credit Union dissolution order, Options for Preparing a NWT Mineral Development Strategy, A New Economic Development Strategy for the Northwest Territories, and the Sahoyue-§ehdacho Working Group Final Report.

G-1992-019 · Accession · 1972-1979
Part of Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds

This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),

G-1999-091 · Accession · 1985-1990
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Nine of the audiocassettes contain nine programs from the series entitled "This Land We Share.'" It was a monthly program produced by the department that aimed to educate northerners about the role of the Department of Renewable Resources. One audiocassette is entitled "Knowing Our Resources." It was also produced by the department and contained information on new hunting regulations, legislation, and funding for various projects that affected land use and protection of wildlife. 2 audiocassettes contain the same radio ad entitled "Let's Put Garbage in Its Place." This ad was produced for the Pollution Control Division as part of an anti-litter campaign run by the Department. The recording consisted of several variations of the same radio jingle. The remaining 2 cassettes contain the same program called "Fish and Wildlife Ordinance." The recording contains discussions about responsible game management and the differences between hunting technology in the past and present. The audio reel contains recordings of the proceedings and discussion from the Fur Symposium held in Fort Resolution in 1986.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Conservation Education and Resource Development division
G-2023-055 · Accession · 1987-1991
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

This accession consists of records from the Yellowknife District of the Department of Renewable Resources relating to the development of legislation, regulations, and policies and procedures. The records include proposed Operations Manual amendments, proposed regulation amendments, requests for comments, legislative proposals, and correspondence.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Yellowknife District
G-2007-046 · Accession · 1888-1991
Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

Records date from 1888-1991 and consist of published reports, pamphlets, brochures and bound ordinances. The pamphlets and brochures relate to the Legislative Assembly's operations, symbology, projects, interest in a pipeline and talks of forming a new territory (Nunavut). Records also include the rules of the preceding body, the Council of the Northwest Territories, as well as the rules of the Assembly from 1984 to 1991. There are published reports on priorities for the North, election reports, electoral boundaries, administrative structure for Nunavut, a spousal assault task force report, and a Denedeh government proposal for restructuring of the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Also included in this accession are ordinances dated 1888 and 1895 and bound ordinances dating 1950 through 1981. There is also a book of statutes from 1985.

Records include Integrated Community Service Plan (ICSP) reports from five communities: Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, K'a'a'gee Tu First Nation (Kakisa), Katlodeeche First Nation, and Fort Providence.

Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Fort Smith Regional Office

Records include legislative review files for the Municipal Statutes Replacement Act, which included changes to the Charter Communities Act, the Hamlets Act, and the Cities, Towns and Villages Act. Records also include a file from a conference hosted by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs about the impact of boom-bust economic development on infrastructure in northern communities.

Records primarily include Senior Management Committee files. Also included are materials presented to Standing Committees, reports, and legislative review files related to the Municipal Statutes Amending Act (changes to the Charter Communities Act, the Hamlets Act, and the Cities, Towns and Villages Act).

Northwest Territories. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Corporate Affairs division

This accession consists of records from the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and from the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The records relate to the "Increasing the Number of Northern Workers in the NWT Mineral Industry - Impacts and Strategies" study, the “NWT Mining Statistics Survey Financial & Statistical Results Details by Individual Mines 1990-1992” survey, mineral royalty and mining taxation options, a draft Mining Income Tax Act, website development for the Coronation Gulf Mineral Development Area and the Mackenzie Valley Mineral Development Area, and mineral exploration projects. The records include correspondence, action plans, proposals, service contracts and agreements, terms of reference, reports, instructions, questionnaires, reference material, briefing material, presentations, speaking notes, responses to information requests, photographs, and Workers’ Compensation Board Annual Report 1990.

Northwest Territories. Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Minerals Development division