Sheryl Yakeleya

Member du Dehcho

Circonscription électorale de Dehcho 

Sheryl Yakeleya a été élu députée de la circonscription de Dehcho à la 20e Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Mme Sheryl Brenda Yakeleya est née et a grandi à Fort Providence aux TNO. Dans sa jeunesse, elle a vécu sur les terres ancestrales avec ses parents. Mme Yakeleya a également habité à Fort Simpson, Yellowknife, Norman Wells et Tulita, aux TNO. Elle est titulaire d’un diplôme en administration des affaires et d’un certificat en administration de bureau du Collège Aurora, ainsi que d’un certificat en formation des formateurs de l’Institut Nechi. Pendant de nombreuses années, Mme Yakeleya s’est consacrée au service de la communauté, en parlant aux gens et en travaillant pour eux. Elle a été membre du conseil d’administration de l’Association des femmes autochtones et a participé bénévolement à divers événements sociaux communautaires. C’est cet engagement indéfectible qui a incité les membres de sa collectivité à l’encourager à servir les résidents au plus haut niveau en tant qu’élue. Avant son élection, Mme Yakeleya a travaillé à la Division du mieux-être communautaire et de la santé des Autochtones à Yellowknife, en tant qu’administratrice de contrats pour l’Office d’habitation de Norman Wells et, plus récemment, en tant que conseillère familiale au Centre d’amitié Zhahti Koe et soignante du centre pour personnes âgées à Fort Providence. Elle a également travaillé en tant que coordonnatrice de programmes communautaires visant à promouvoir le mieux-être et la justice au sein de la collectivité. Dans ses temps libres, Sheryl Yakeleya aime lire, pratiquer le touffetage de poils d’orignal, chanter, ainsi que s’occuper du ménage et du rangement. Mme Yakeleya est mariée à M. Norman Yakeleya, ancien député du Sahtu aux 15e, 16e et 17e assemblées, ainsi qu’ancien chef national déné. Ensemble, ils ont 6 enfants, 3 garçons et 3 filles, et 3 petites-filles.

Committees

Responsabilisation et supervision
Affaires sociales
Comptes publics
Sheryl Yakeleya
Dehcho
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Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

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Phone
(867) 767-9143

Déclarations dans les débats

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee would like to consider Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Question 91-20(1): Diabetes Prevention
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister provide a dollar amount for how much the NWT healthcare system is paying to provide the proper healthcare treatment for people with diabetes in the NWT? Thank you.

Question 91-20(1): Diabetes Prevention
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of health. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain what sort of preventative and proactive measures our government is taking to lower the rate of individuals with diabetes in the NWT? Thank you.

Member’s Statement 101-20(1): Diabetes In Indigenous Communities – Time to conclude allowed
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to talk about the impacts of diabetes on our residents, particularly on Indigenous people and communities in the NWT.

Mr. Speaker, according to a March 2023 article from the US National Institute of Health, diabetes among Indigenous people in Canada is at epidemic levels. The Canadian Medical Association Journal has said that inequities in the social, cultural, historical, economic, and political determinants of health, lack of access to nutritionally adequate food, and barriers to proper health care, played major roles in the diabetes epidemic...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Question 91-20(1): Diabetes Prevention
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 9)

Thank you. And thank you to the Minister for that. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister share whether she considers diabetes to be an epidemic within the NWT? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 8)

Mr. Chair, I move that the chair rise and report progress. Thank you.

Question 75-20(1): 2023 Enterprise Wildfire Management
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Minister. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain if ECC has in place any sort of early warning detection system for natural disasters to help protect communities in an answer safety to disasters? Thank you.

Question 75-20(1): 2023 Enterprise Wildfire Management
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Environment and Climate Change explain why the GNWT failed to contact the community of Enterprise on August 13th to inform them of an impending wildfire that was being pushed towards them very quickly due to high winds? Thank you.

Member’s Statement 90-20(1): Impacts of 2023 Wildfires on Dehcho Communities
Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as you know all the communities in my riding were hardest hit from the wildfires last summer. Deh Cho region residents, like other South Slave communities, fled on a moment's notice as the fires burned out of control towards our communities. Mr. Speaker, K'atlodeeche First Nations was evacuated twice during the summer of 2023 for a total of 61 days. That community lost 18 homes, their band office, and Dene Cultural Institute was burned. Enterprise was completely devastated losing roughly 90 percent of their entire community with only about eight houses left...