The 2010 First Legislative Assembly’s Elder Parliamentarians
Elders’ Parliament 2014 Call-out
via Wendy Bisaro – MLA Frame Lake
“…Elders’ Parliament is an opportunity for elders across the NWT to assume the role of an MLA at the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife. Anyone over the age of 50 who lives in the Northwest Territories can apply.
This year’s event will take place from May 5th to 9th, and will be held at the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife. Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2014, and we encourage participants from every region in the territory. Travel, accommodation, and meal costs will be covered by the Legislative Assembly.
Application for Elders’ Parliament 2014.
http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/application2.pdf
For more information, or if you would like assistance with the application process, please contact:
Danielle Mager, Public Affairs and Communications Advisor
Telephone (867) 669-2230 | Toll Free 1-800-661-0784
E-mail [email protected] …”
The 2010 First Legislative Assembly’s Elder Parliamentarians
“…(Yellowknife, NT) April 29, 2010 – The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Paul Delorey, will be hosting the first ever Elders Parliament the week of May 3 – 7, 2010. Through an application process, nineteen individuals over the age of 50 from across the North have been selected to take part in this exciting program. The participants will attend meetings and briefings during this week-long event in preparation for Elders Parliament session, in which they assume the role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Elders Parliament follows on the heels of a very successful educational outreach program, Youth Parliament, which the Legislative Assembly has hosted for the past ten years. During Elders Parliament, the participants will have three opportunities to sit in the Chamber. The first opportunity will be on Tuesday, May 4 when the participants take part in a mock ‘Territorial Leadership Committee’ (TLC). Each participant who wishes to be part of the Executive Council will have the opportunity to make a short speech about what they would do if they were a Minister in the NWT. Once all participants have had the opportunity to speak, seven names will be picked by random draw and of those names chosen, six will become Ministers on the Elders Parliament Executive Council and one will become the Premier of Elders Parliament. The second opportunity to sit in the Chamber will be on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 5. The Premier of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Floyd Roland, will address the Elders Parliament participants and will have a round table discussion on a common vision and roadmap for future political development in the NWT. On Thursday, May 6 the participants will sit in the Chamber for the Elders Parliament ‘session’ where they will read their statements and debate issues of their choice.
The participants, by constituency, are:
Deh Cho – Mrs. Margaret Field
Frame Lake – Mr. George Lessard
Great Slave – Ms. Lena Pedersen
Hay River North – Mrs. Dawna O’Brien
Hay River South – Mrs. Alvina Sibbeston
Inuvik Boot Lake – Miss Marjorie Elanik
Inuvik Twin Lakes – Mr. Tom Wright
Kam Lake – Mrs. Esther Braden
Mackenzie Delta – Mr. John Norbert
Monfwi – Mr. Ted Blondin
Nahendeh – Ms. Agnes McPherson
Nunakput – Mrs. Georgina Jacobson-Masuzumi
Range Lake – Mr. Blake Lyons
Sahtu – Mrs. Cathy Pope
Thebacha – Mr. Michel Labine
Tu Nedhe – Mrs. Therese Villeneuve
Weledeh – Mr. Philip Liske
Yellowknife Centre – Mr. Felicito Domingo
Yellowknife South – Ms. Catherine Doctor…”
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