2025 NWT WSS Implementation Workshop

 

Thank you for joining us at the 16th Annual Water Stewardship Strategy Implementation Workshop, held on October 15-16, 2025 at Chateau Nova, Yellowknife, NT!

 

Over two informative days, more than 130 participants from across the Northwest Territories and beyond came together to reflect on shared progress, celebrate innovation and leadership, and help inform the development of the next 5-year Water Strategy Action Plan.

 

A highlight from Day 1 was the presentation of the 2025 NWT Water Stewardship Awards to Lauren Nolan and Terrell Knapton-Pain—congratulations to both recipients!

 

Click here to read the presentations shared at the workshop.

The Summary Report will be available soon—stay tuned!

 

If you have any questions, please contact us at nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca.

2024 Water Stewardship Gathering

Healing Our Relations to Water

 

For the past few years, the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy has supported Ecology North and other water partners to host an annual youth water stewardship gathering.

 

The 2024 Water Stewardship Gathering was hosted by Ecology North in partnership with Northern Youth Leadership, Treaty Talks NWT, North Slave Métis Alliance, Western Arctic Youth Collective, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and the Foster Family Coalition NWT. The February 2024 gathering lasted four days at the Camp Connections Facility outside of Yellowknife, NT.

2024 Water Stewardship Gathering.mp4

Questions? Please reach out!

nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca 

 

Independent Evaluation Report

 

The independent evaluation of the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Action Plan 2021-2025 (the Action Plan) has now been released.

 

A key commitment of the Action Plan was to undertake an independent evaluation near the end of its five-year period in order to:

  • Assess the effectiveness and success of Action Plan implementation
  • Identify ongoing and emerging challenges in advancing the Strategy’s vision and goals
  • Provide recommendations to inform the next Action Plan, building on the achievements of the current one.

Click here to read the full report.

 

For more information, contact: nwtwaterstrategy@gov.nt.ca