Margaret Thom
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Margaret M. Thom DStJ[1] Template:Post-nominals (born 1951Template:Fact) was 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]
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
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
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| Template:Flagu | 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[6] | |
| Template:Flagu | 2017 | Dame of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (Vice Prior of the Order in the Northwest Territories) | D.StJ |
| Template:Flagu | 2017 | Order of the Northwest Territories | ONWT |
| Template:Flagu | 2024 | King Charles III Coronation Medal[7] |
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.[8]Template:Infobox COA wide
References
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External links
Template:Northwest Territories Heads of State Template:Authority control
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- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century First Nations people
- Commissioners of the Northwest Territories
- Dene people
- First Nations women
- Northwest Territories Deputy Commissioners
- Women in Northwest Territories politics
- Dames of Justice of the Order of St John
- Members of the Order of the Northwest Territories
- 1951 births
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians