In January, Walk to Tuk is celebrating its tenth anniversary. As part of this milestone birthday, the NWTRPA is launching a new website to support this long-standing and much-loved winter walking challenge (stay tuned for more information on that!). We are also welcoming a new staff member to take Walk to Tuk into its next decade, St […]
In the winter of 2003, the NWTRPA Board led by President Theresa Ross hired Geoff Ray to be the organization’s first full-time Executive Director. Geoff was more than just the NWTRPA’s first full-time ED, he was the organization’s first full-time employee period. And what an employee he was. Though initially only hired as a one-yea […]
In 2019, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the NWT Recreation and Parks Association by looking back at the people, events, programs, and projects that have made the NWTRPA what it is today. Most recently, we shared the story of Arctic Symposium ’96, but we’ve also written posts about, for example, the NWTRPA logo and o […]