It was the homestretch for the community visits last week: the team hit Fort Simpson in the heart of big river country, listened to the voice of the capital, and travelled to Dettah – a hub for Indigenous tourism in the territory. Here’s a recap.
Do you have a business idea that you think could flourish in the Tłı̨chǫ Region? Are you interested in learning more about the programs, services and funding available to make your idea a reality? Join the staff of Industry, Tourism and Investment’s Behchokǫ̀ office at their open house luncheon tomorrow
Aklavik might be a few thousand kilometres from Canada’s metropolitan tech hubs but for a week in November, the Hamlet was teeming with tech – and youth eager to give it a shot. It was all part of HackSpace NT – a Western Arctic Moving Pictures (WAMP) program bringing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEAM) to communities across the Northwest Territories.
The reasons people make art are incredibly varied. Some create as a form of self-expression. For others, art-making is an intellectual pursuit – a study of technique, form or colour. Some create simply because they must – it is as essential to life as eating or sleeping. Mary Louise Drygeese is different.
Since 2016 Pam Noland, of the Peel River Garden Society in Aklavik, has been keeping her hands dirty teaching residents how to grow produce.
As the GNWT gears up to develop the territory’s next five year tourism strategy, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment is touring the territory and listening to ideas to continue the territory’s tourism winning streak.
The Yellowknife Airport is looking more like an art gallery after some recent enhancements. Authentic artwork, curated from communities across the territory by NWT Arts is highlighted in display cases in the main arrivals area, arrivals/departures concourse B and the departures area after security.
Director of the Northwest Territories Geological Survey John Ketchum shares his thoughts on the growing importance of geoscience research in the modern era.
From the chilling, the creepy and the downright sinister – no one does genre flicks quite like Dead North Film Festival. The world’s only circumpolar genre film-MAKING festival is back and looking for submissions!
As the GNWT gears up to develop the territory’s next five year tourism strategy, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment kicked off a cross-territory listening tour on how to make the next five years of tourism even better.
