Julie Green is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
politician, who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories (with Northwest hyphenated as North-West until 1906), is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a uni ...
in the
2015 election. She represents the electoral district of
Yellowknife Centre
Yellowknife Centre is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, an ...
. Green was re-elected in 2019. She was acclaimed to the Executive Council in August 2020 and was subsequently appointed Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister Responsible for Seniors and Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities.
Green was one of only two women elected in the 18th Assembly. A resolution passed unanimously on International Women's Day 2018 kicked off the reform process by setting goals to increase women's representation to 20 per cent by 2023 and 30 per cent by 2027. The Legislative Assembly created a special committee to explore ways to meet these goals. Green toured 10 communities with a committee of MLAs to gather ideas for improvement. An interim report tabled in March 2019 made seven recommendations to be implemented before the 2019 election. A final report tabled in June 2019 presented potential legislative changes to accomplish increased women's representation. As a result of the 2019 election, nine women were elected to the Legislative Assembly, surpassing the original goal.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Green worked for the YWCA in Yellowknife, as a journalist for
CFYK-TV (
CBC North
CBC North ( iu, ᓰᐲᓰ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ, lit=CBC Northwest, translit=, SiiPiiSii Ukiuqtaqtumi; cr, ᓰᐲᓰ ᒌᐌᑎᓅᑖᐦᒡ, label=cr, SiiPiiSii Chiiwetinuutaahch; french: Radio-Canada Nord) is the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora ...
), and served on the boards of the local
United Way
United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. United Way was the largest nonprofit organization in the United States by donations from the public, prior to 2016.
United Way organizations raise funds ...
and the Yellowknife Housing Authority. She was also an
LGBT rights
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Notably, , 33 ...
activist with the local LGBT group Out North, and is the first out
lesbian
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to serve in the territorial legislature.
Green holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Arts in History from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. As well, she has a Certificate in Fundraising Management from Ryerson University.
References
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Julie Green
Living people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories
Lesbian politicians
Canadian LGBT people in provincial and territorial legislatures
People from Yellowknife
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian LGBT rights activists
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