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Contestmarks10thanniversaryofHumanRightsActNWTHumanRightsCommissiongearingupforcomprehensivereviewJusticeHumanRights15TuesdayMay62014cascadegraphicsWemayhavechangedourlookbutwestillofferallthequalityproductsandservicesyouareusedtoplusmore.Answerafewmultiple-choicequestionsaboutemergencypreparednessforthechancetowinoneofthreeemergencykits.HowreadyareyouDontleaveittochance.www.maca.gov.nt.caNationalEmergencyPreparednessWeekKnowTHERISKS.Makeaplan.Beready.READYSETGOWhenanaturaldisasteroranemergencystrikeshowpreparedareyoutotakecareofyourfamilyandhomeTakeTheTestVisitwww.maca.nt.caByMARIACHURCHTheNWTHumanRightsCommissionhaslaunchedashowandtellcontesttocel-ebratethe10thanniversaryoftheNWTHumanRightsActenactedJuly12004.Thecontestaskspeopletosubmitanimageandastoryinoneoffourcatego-riesthatexploretheimpor-tanceofhumanrightslegisla-tioninNorthwestTerritoriescommunities.CharlesDentchairofthecommissionsaidthegoalofthecontestistotwofoldtostartadialogueabouthumanrightsacrosstheterritoryandtogaugeresidentsknowledgeoftheterritorysact.Oneofthemainpur-posesofthecommissioniseducationawarenesssooneofthegoalshereistofindoutjusthowawarepeopleareoftheNWTHumanRightsActanditsprovisionshesaid.Dentsaidtheshowandtellcontestisagoodformattoconnectwithresidentsbecauseitencouragespar-ticipantstolearnmoreabouttheactanddiscusswhatitmeanstothemandtotheircommunity.Thecontesthaspartici-pantssubmittheirworkinoneoffourcategoriesbuildingahealthycommu-nityhumanrightsheroesmyvisionfortheNWTandequalityis....Imagesubmissionscanin-cludemultipleformsofartsuchasphotographspaintingscollagesandillustrationsandstorysubmissionscanbeei-therwrittenororal.TheshowandtellcontestclosesmidnightonMay11.Onegrandprizewinnerwillre-ceivea128GBiPadAirandveregionalwinnerswillreceive32GBiPadMinis.Tenawardsofexcellencetwoineachre-gionwillalsobegivenout.CommissiontoundergoreviewInconjunctionwithits10-yearanniversarythecom-missionismovingforwardwithacomprehensivereviewonboththecommissionsworkandtheactitself.Thereviewwilltryandassessjusthowwellpeopleareawareoftheirrightsandourexistenceandhowtotakead-vantageofthecommissiontoprotecttheirrightsDentsaid.Wevedecidedafter10yearsitstherighttimetodothis.Thecommissionisoneofthreeseparateentitiesestab-lishedbytheNWTHumanRightsActalongwiththeof-ceoftheDirectorofHumanRightsandtheNWTHumanRightsAdjudicationPanel.Fivemembersmakeupthecommissionwiththegoalofofferingeducationadvocacyandadvicetopreventdis-criminationandincreaseun-derstandingoftheact.Thecomprehensivereviewisstillinitsinitialstagescurrentlyseekingproposalsfromoutsidesourcesandwilllikelybelaunchedwithinthenextfewmonths.Oneofthemainpurposesofthecom-missioniseducationawarenesssooneofthegoalshereistofindoutjusthowawarepeopleareoftheNWTHumanRightsActanditsprovisions.CharlesDentNWTHumanRightsCommissionPhotocourtesyofCharlesDentCharlesDentchairoftheNWTHumanRightsCommissionsaysthe10year-oldcommissionwillbeundergoingacomprehensivereview.