For the past 10 years, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has been conducting employee engagement and satisfaction surveys on a periodic basis. They began as part of an inter-jurisdictional effort among federal, provincial and territorial governments to compare employee satisfaction and engagement in a comparable manner using a set of common questions. Over the years, the survey has evolved to include components on satisfaction with human resource services, training and disabilities in the GNWT.
Between November 2016 and January 2017, over 2,700 GNWT employees provided their views on workplace engagement and satisfaction, representing a response rate of about 58%.