The School of Community Government provides an integrated approach to community government capacity building. The School of Community Government coordinates a system of training and development, tools and resources, and supporting programs for community governments, their elected officials, and staff.
The goals of the School of Community Government include:
- enhancing the capacity of community governments through governance training;
- enhancing the competencies of community government staff by providing training and development opportunities that meet occupational standards;
- training Northerners for community government positions; and
- assisting local staff with the training and development required to advance to more senior level community government positions.
Training is available in the following subject areas:
- Airport Maintenance;
- Bylaw Enforcement;
- Community Government Finances;
- Community Government Management;
- Emergency Management;
- Fire Protection;
- First Responder;
- Governance;
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Management;
- Recreation Facility Operations;
- Recreation Leadership; and
- Water and Waste;