Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) Minister R.J. Simpson met with Northwest Territories (NWT) education leaders on January 25, for their first meeting of 2023.

The Conference Board of Canada has released a report that highlights the benefits of a polytechnic university for the Northwest Territories (NWT) and its residents.

The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) is pleased to announce a new photography exhibit celebrating northern food.

Delicious! features archival photographs from the NWT Archive spanning over 80 years and demonstrates the many ways that northerners gather, prepare and enjoy many types of food.

Exhibit opening

Join us at the opening of this new exhibit:

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023

Time: 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is advising students, families and educators that it is adjusting the weight of Grade 12 diploma exams for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year.

Join the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) and Carmen Braden for a musical improvisation workshop and concert on January 14, 2023.
Workshop:
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Use your voice! Join Sbot N Wo artists WL Altman and Helen Pridmore for a musical workshop in improvisation. Combine your voice with computer programming to create music. No musical, improvisational or technical skills required!

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is now accepting funding proposals for the Early Childhood Infrastructure Fund (ECIF) for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

ECIF provides non-profit organizations and Indigenous governments with funding for infrastructure repairs and retrofits to support the preservation, expansion and creation of centre-based child care spaces in communities across the Northwest Territories.

Results from the third annual Francophone Community Satisfaction Survey have been released. The data covers an 11-month period, from April 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022 and includes feedback from 109 respondents. The request for voluntary feedback was to help improve the GNWT’s offer and delivery of quality French language communications and services to the public.

Results from the report include:

The next Quarterly Report  on Aurora College Transformation was released by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) today.

Though often presented as one project, transformation is in fact a collection of over 100 projects, spread over three phases and a collaboration between Aurora College and the GNWT.

The Post-Secondary Education (PSE) Act and four sets of corresponding regulations came into force today. The legislation is an important milestone in the Government of the Northwest Territories’ (GNWT) work to build a comprehensive post-secondary education system in the Northwest Territories (NWT). 

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released its What We Heard Report on the Income Assistance Review. The GNWT is committed to improving the Income Assistance (IA) program through a review process that will provide meaningful, program level information to support program improvement and re-design.