Caitlin Cleveland

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I can commit to the Member is making sure that I am working with my Cabinet colleagues through processes on this side of the House, and I can confirm with the Member that I have the support of my colleagues to make sure that we're having conversations around education and doing what we can to support Northerners. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I really wish that I could give the federal government a deadline, but the federal government has their own work processes that they follow. We did expect to hear in the end of 2025 some results from their review of the criteria, but we have not yet heard. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

So, Mr. Speaker, I last sat down with all of my education partners in November of 2025, and as you can imagine Jordan's Principle was a leading topic that we discussed. I've also had the opportunity to speak with multiple chairpersons of multiple education bodies about this same subject. And, really, from where I am at right now is requesting feedback on the support assistants initiative from education leaders across the territory. So I have asked them, how is it going, how has it worked out, and for their feedback on the program that we were able to stand up...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is the first year that Aurora College is doing their new online version of their adult learning, and so we'll have to kind of give it some time to see how this year goes, how the results fair out, and so as soon as I have some updated information from Aurora College, once they've had the time to assess, then I would happily share that with Members from the other side. I think it's going to be really interesting to see the growth of online in the Northwest Territories, especially as we see more programming at Aurora College also shift to some...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can confirm for the Member that I am absolutely, yes, committed to a community-based approach to adult learning. The closure of the community learning centres certainly came to a shock to everybody but certainly also present an opportunity to rethink how adult education is being delivered in communities across the Northwest Territories, especially small communities.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Aurora College Annual Report 2024-2025. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, I try to talk about things like SNAP as much as I can in the House to the point where I feel like sometimes I must drive my colleagues a little bit nuts, and I hope they are all well acquainted with SNAP. I've also done things like send out information through email to Members so that they've got the information at their fingertips. And it's also shared with schools through career and education advisors who work directly with our students across the Northwest Territories. But I do agree that I think there is always ways that we can better...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, within my jurisdiction as Minister, I provide authority for the college to open campuses in certain communities in the Northwest Territories. So through my role, there is a designation of Yellowknife as a campus location. The board of governors is working on further details as to where and what and when that work happens as far as a North Slave campus. I can report to the House, as has been reported in multiple media outlets as well, that the board of governors is currently very hard at work on a North Slave campus and what those options might be...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in December of 2025, Aurora College, as part of one of its major milestones, welcomed the CAQC Council to the Northwest Territories. This council is made up of academics and persons from other polytechnics who have been experienced in transitions of colleges into polytechnic universities, and they came up to do their work with Aurora College. And that work is currently underway. They were provided some follow-up items from the council, and we're expecting to hear more publicly about that in the spring this year. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can confirm that this conversation is definitely live with not just myself but also with my Cabinet colleagues, and I can also confirm that I am very focused on supporting the Department of Education, Culture and Employment to move forward with the inclusive schooling review and to really walk the line between making sure that we do that as quickly as possible but also making sure that we are very thoughtful and purposeful in our actions, because this is not a band-aid solution. It is a complete shift in changes that are needed to our education...