Margaret Thom | |
Office: | Commissioner of the Northwest Territories |
Term Start: | September 18, 2017 |
Term End: | May 14, 2024 |
Predecessor: | Gerald W. Kisoun (acting) |
Successor: | Gerald W. Kisoun |
Primeminister: | Justin Trudeau |
Birth Place: | Fort Providence, Northwest Territories |
Spouse: | Jim Thom |
Children: | 4 |
Occupation: | Counsellor |
Honorific Suffix: | DStJ ONWT |
Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Margaret M. Thom DStJ[1] (born 1951) 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]
Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters | |
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2012 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[6] | |||
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 | ||
2017 | ONWT | |||
2024 | King Charles III Coronation Medal[7] |
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]
Escutcheon: | Sable a tepee issuant from base Argent its staves Or its interior Gules charged with a campfire Or. |
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. |
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 |
Year Granted: | 2019 |