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Margaret Thom

Margaret Thom

Canadian politician

Margaret M. Thom DStJ[1] ONWT (born 1951[citation needed]) is the commissioner of the Northwest Territories.[2] She previously served as the deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from June 2, 2005, until October 2011. In June 2022 she was appointed to a second term.[3]

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Thom was born and raised in Fort Providence in an Indigenous family and worked a number of jobs before enrolling in a counselling program at Aurora College during the 1990s, subsequently becoming a counsellor at Deh Gáh School in Fort Providence.[4]

Thom is a member of the NWT Education Hall of Fame and has been awarded the Territorial Wise Woman Award.[5]

Honours and Arms

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Appointments
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Coat of arms

Thom was granted a coat of arms through Grant of Arms and Supporters, with differences to Tina Marie Gargan, Melanie Georgette Thom-Gargan, Lee Maria Thom and Tamara Rosalie Thom-Field, on May 15, 2019.[7]

Coat of arms of Margaret Thom
Granted
2019
Crest
A bald eagle wings displayed Sable each charged with a mountain avens flower proper, its head Argent, beaked, legged and holding in the dexter claw a lightning flash Or, standing on a closed book bound Gules its edge fesswise Argent.
Escutcheon
Sable a tepee issuant from base Argent its staves Or its interior Gules charged with a campfire Or.
Supporters
Dexter a moose cow sinister a moose calf Or both supporting a braid of sweetgrass and standing on a grassy mount proper;
Motto
NEZŲ TS’ĘNDA

References

  1. [1]
    "GNWT - Commissioner - Biography".
  2. [2]
    ORDERS IN COUNCIL
  3. [3]
    "Prime Minister announces reappointment of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories". pm.gc.ca (Press release). 23 June 2022.
  4. [4]
    Margaret Thom perfect 'role model' fit for N.W.T. commissioner, leaders say
  5. [5]
    "PM names Margaret Thom as new commissioner of the NWT". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Recipients of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  7. [7]
    General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Thom, Margaret [Individual]". reg.gg.ca. Retrieved 14 February 2020.


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