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Thank you, Derek Squirrel: Champion of Recreation
Derek Squirrel at the 2024 NWTRPA Conference in Sǫ̀mba K’è / Yellowknife, (October, 2024) At the NWT Recreation and Parks Association...
Apr 13 min read
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September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
This post includes details about colonialism and residential schools which could be upsetting and triggering. If you are a residential...
Sep 28, 20224 min read

Yearbooks at Residential Schools
There are very few records produced by students while they were at northern residential schools. One exception is yearbooks.
Mar 31, 20212 min read


Photographs and Residential School Research
Guided by a committee of former students and intergenerational survivors, the NWT Recreation and Parks Association (NWTRPA) and...
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Introducing “How I Survived”
You may have noticed a new page on our website devoted to a research project called, “How I Survived”: Recreation at Northern Residential Sc
Jan 13, 20214 min read
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