National Addictions Awareness Week is recognized across Canada each November. It offers an opportunity for NWT residents to raise awareness about substance use and addiction, promote prevention and harm reduction, and encourage open conversations about treatment and recovery. This year’s theme, “Anchoring Hope”, highlights the value of speaking openly about substance use, which can help foster connection, support healing, and lead to positive change.
The Northwest Territories Nominee Program has closed its 2025 intake. The program has received enough applications to fill its nomination cap of 300 allocated by the Government of Canada.
Applicants will be notified by email if their applications will be assessed or withdrawn.
The Northwest Territories Nominee Program will reopen in 2026. An announcement with additional information will be made at a later date.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is developing regulations to bring the NWT Mineral Resources Act (MRA) into effect. Staff are gathering public feedback on the detailed policy intentions concerning Benefit Agreements and socio-economic policy.
This is the second of three public engagements about the MRA Regulations policy this Fall. The full list of engagements include:
Apply now for the Indigenous Language Revitalization Scholarship!
A total of ten scholarships valued at $5,000 each will be awarded to eligible NWT students enrolled in certificate, diploma or degree programs that support Indigenous language revitalization during the 2025-26 school year.
Priority will be given to NWT students enrolled in programs offered by accredited post-secondary institutions.
The application deadline is December 1, 2025 at 5 pm.
Many residents in the Northwest Territories continue to face barriers to accessing health care. Services are not always timely, culturally safe, or designed in collaboration with communities. People continue to experience gaps in care and outcomes.
To help address these challenges, the Government of the Northwest Territories has released the Equitable Access Methodology Report, a key milestone in the journey to transform how care is delivered, experienced and supported across the territory.
November 2 to 8 marks National Skilled Trades and Technology Week, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of career opportunities in skilled trades and technology across the country and here in the Northwest Territories. In recognition of this week, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) congratulates to the recipients of the 2024–2025 Apprenticeship, Trade, and Occupation Certification Awards.
This year, 30 apprentices and 33 journeypersons across 12 trades are being recognized for top marks and outstanding achievement in their training or Red Seal certification.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is developing regulations to bring the Mineral Resources Act (MRA) into effect and is seeking public feedback on the first set of policy intentions. These cover mineral resources administration (rules for exploration, development, and operation of mines), drill cores, and the removal of minerals.
This is the first of three planned engagements on the MRA Regulations over the coming months:
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has released the What We Heard Report on the Budget Dialogues 2025 public engagement. This year’s engagement brought together residents, Indigenous and community governments, businesses, industry and non-governmental organizations to share their views on the GNWT’s fiscal decision-making process.
The Government of the Northwest Territories is introducing a Managed Service Provider (MSP) model to improve how it sources short-term IT professional services, making it easier for the GNWT to access these specialized services.
Under the MSP model, the GNWT will work with a centralized provider, selected through a competitive procurement process, to manage IT service opportunities under $300,000.
This approach is designed to support project-based work where specialized skills are needed temporarily. Internal staff remain essential for core operations and oversight.
The GNWT is working to provide residents with more laws to protect property, report problem residences that are used for illegal activities, seize assets from traffickers, and deter crime. The GNWT is developing new Civil Forfeiture legislation and Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) legislation and inviting the public to complete two online surveys and attend in-person and virtual meetings to provide feedback and have an input to ensure that these new laws meet the needs of NWT residents.
