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Yes! The booking page will allow participants to sign up in two steps:

Step 1: Participants will either choose their preferred time period OR their preferred bike

Step 2: If participants already chose the preferred time period, they will then be able to choose from the list of remaining bikes available for that time; If Participants already chose the preferred type of bike, they will then be able to choose from the list of remaining time periods for that bike.

We cannot give grant money to individuals, but organizations and community governments are encouraged to apply for the grants to help their community members stay active.

Click the button below to begin the application process!

Alternatively, you can phone (867) 669-6791.

Oct 07, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – Oct 09, 2025, 11:30 a.m.

Midnight Sun Recreation Complex, Inuvik, 95 Gwich'in Rd, Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0, Canada

To apply, complete the online application at the link above.

Funds are limited! Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

Building Leadership for Sustainability – This year’s conference explores how strong, skilled, and well-connected recreation leaders can create resilient, adaptable programs that thrive despite challenges like climate change, funding shifts, and changing demographics. Through sessions on leadership development, community engagement, and navigating external pressures, we’ll focus on empowering leaders whose impact will ripple through communities across the Northwest Territories.

• Recipients are encouraged to collaborate with each other on related projects.

• Each recipient must contribute a distinct element to the collaboration and keep distinct records.

Unfortunately, these bikes are only permitted to be borrowed for 2 week periods. The reason for this, is that the program is designed around the concept of changing habits - and this takes time and dedication. It's about a SHIFT in mindset, a SHIFT in health, and a SHIFT in lifestyle. We want to give people the very best opportunity to find new ways of commuting in their every day. If you want to borrow a bike for a day, please reach out to Overlander Sports! They rent out bikes by the hour!

The 2025 conference promises to be an outstanding opportunity for all northerners involved in recreation in any capacity. This includes program leaders, administrators, participants, funders, partners, health care staff, students, youth, elders, youth centre staff, volunteers, and supporters.

The switch-over day for all bikes is on Sundays at Sombe Ke Park. We ask that participants arrive at the park on-time, based on their booking notification. People who have been using the bike will pass the bike onto the next participant. Volunteers will be present to check the condition of the bikes, adjust seats, and help new participants learn about their bikes and equipment.

• Any resident of the NWT ages 15-30 yrs old.

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• The application period is August 26 - December 15, 2025

• All activities must take place before February 15, 2026

• All final reports are due February 15, 2026.

• Access to all conference sessions, including evening sessions.

• Lunch, snacks, and coffee/cold beverages.

• A 1-year NWTRPA voting membership (see more below).

The City of Yellowknife has a map that shows the different types of bicyle routes:

https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/getting-active/bicycle-routes.aspx

Take some time to review and plan before your booking time.

We recommend that people test out their route on the Sunday after they first get their bike, scout out suitable places to park, and be sure to allow for extra time on your first morning commuting to work.

Here is a good 3-minute long video from Lifesaving Society Ontario branch on what swim to survive looks like.

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• Design, plan, and deliver a recreation project for children or youth in your community.

• Use grant according to funding guidelines.

• Maintain and submit simple financial records.

• Attend a 3-day training workshop in Sǫ̀mba K’è/Yellowknife.

• Travel to and from the conference

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• NWTRPA will provide mentorship, guidance, and support throughout the program.

• A trusted local mentor will be identified to assist with the project.

Here is a link to the Swim to Survive activity guide from the Lifesaving Society AB/NWT

Many resources can be found on the Lifesaving Society Website here: https://www.lifesaving.org/public-education/be-water-smart/water-smart-resources

It is very important that participants have a secure location to store the bike when not in use. We recommend the following:

At Home: Do you have a garage, secure shed, or a fenced in Yard? If the bike can't be stored inside, it must be securely locked to something solid that can't be cut.

Use the provided locks at all times including short stops. And if borrowing an e-bike, remove battery if leaving it for more than a few minutes.

• Keynote Session - Recreation and Wildfire Smoke: Sustaining Programs Through Poor Air Quality

• Recreation Leadership Breakout Sessions:
  

  • Recreation Careers - The First Two Years: Explore practical tips, real-world advice, and lessons learned to help new recreation professionals navigate and thrive in their first two years on the job, and by doing so, raise the calibre of recreation programming for all!

  • Leveraging AI to Advance Recreation Programming - We'll explore what exactly AI is, what it can do, and how it can help recreation workers to better achieve their goals for their programs and communities.

  • How I Survived: Lessons for Community Recreation Programs

• On the Land Breakout Sessions:
  

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• Elders in Motion Breakout Sessions
  

  • Three sessions comprising the Active Living Exercise Program. Participants can anticipate delving into the complex and interconnected topics of ageism, frailty, and learned helplessness. As society continues to age, it becomes imperative to address the challenges faced by Elders. As well, during this training, you will learn to provide a baseline measurement for seniors' fitness levels. We will provide you with 10 simple, yet beneficial, exercises to encourage active living!

• Open Breakout Sessions
  

  • Northern Games - Join us for this exciting workshop, presented by Donald Kuptana of the Northern Games Society. This session will not only demonstrate several games but will provide strategies and guidance for how recreation leaders anywhere can share and instruct these games with participants. Observe as experts guide young participants through a number of games, and if you wish, try the games out for yourself!

• Art as Recreation - Expand your practice and explore the possibilities of incorporating Art into your programming! This session will demonstrate how Art can be a fun, inclusive and meaningful avenue of providing purposeful activities that can appeal to recreation seekers of all abilities.

• Bannock and Board Games - Take a break from workshops and enjoy some relaxed, low-pressure social time with fellow conference attendees. Whether you’re looking to connect with new people or unwind with old friends, this session offers a cozy space to do just that. Enjoy fresh bannock, hot coffee and tea, and a selection of board games and playing cards. Pull up a chair, join a game, or simply sit down for a good chat. This is a great opportunity to recharge, laugh, and build community in a welcoming and informal setting.

• Brights Spots
  

  • Bright Spots celebrate innovation and success in recreation programming in the NWT. Each year, we welcome presenters from around the territory to tell us about their inspiring programs or events related to recreation leadership, on the land programs, and Elders programs.

• How I Survived Podcast Airing and Beading

• Movie Night: Featuring several short films highlighting recreation and on the land program from the North and beyond.

• From Ideas to Action: Harnessing What We've Learned - After two days of engaging sessions, thought-provoking conversations, and new perspectives, it can be challenging to know what to do next. How do you take big ideas and turn them into meaningful changes in your work or community? This condensed session is designed to help you do just that. Through a simple framework and a few guided activities, you’ll reflect on what you’ve learned, identify what matters most to you, and begin translating those insights into clear, actionable steps. Whether you work in programming, leadership, or on the front lines, this session will support you in bringing your ideas to life.

• NWTRPA Annual General Meeting - Join us at the NWTRPA Annual General Meeting to learn more about the NWTRPA’s achievements over the last year and its priorities for the future. The AGM is also an opportunity for NWTRPA members to elect new board members and vote on association business. The registration fee for the Conference includes a NWTRPA voting membership, meaning that registered delegates participate in AGM elections and voting.

• Door Prizes

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First preference would be inside a secure bike storage shed, if you have access to one (GNWT/Downtown Independent). If that's not an option, secure to something that is bolted to the ground, highly visible (not in a back-alley), that would be difficult to cut through, and where the bike won't be in the way of people or vehicles.

• Equipment, materials, supplies

• Overhead & administrative costs

• Professional fees and honoraria (not for the grant recipient)

• Training fees

• Travel, transportation, accommodation costs

• Dependent care

• Facility rentals

• Event catering

• Arrangements or equipment for persons with disabilities

The following conditions must be met to receive Water Safety funding:

• Water Smart® events must teach topics from the Water Smart manual from the Life Saving Society, found here: Water Smart Topics

Swim to Survive events must teach participants the basic skills needed to survive a fall into deep water taught by a qualified Swim to Survive® Instructor.

• All events must be free for participants.

• All events must be open to the public.

• Participants must attend the event.

• The event must occur between June 1, 2025, and February 15, 2026.

• A final electronic report must be submitted by February 15, 2026

• Any payment or financial benefit to the grant recipient

• Gift cards for grant recipient

• Living expenses not related to project travel

• Membership fees

• Fines, penalty

• Primary accommodations of grant recipient

• Credit card payment

• Debts

To apply, complete the online application at the link above.

Funds are limited! Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

Membership:

For Paid Events (Voting)

By registering, you’ll automatically receive voting membership status, giving you a voice in shaping the future of recreation in our territory. Enjoy resources, networking opportunities, and the chance to connect with leaders in the field.

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Grants will be awarded in the following categories:

Category 1: Water Smart®

Grants of $750 are available for organizations to host THREE physically distant Water Smart learning events in their community. All events must teach water safety topics from the Water Smart manual from the Life Saving Society. (Found here: https://www.lifesaving.org/public-education/be-water-smart/water-smart-resources)

Category 2: Swim to Survive®

Grants of $850 are available to assist organizations in hosting one Swim to Survive® event at a Regional Aquatics Training Centre (Inuvik, Yellowknife, Fort Smith, and Hay River). Participants will learn the basic skills needed to survive a fall into deep water taught by a certified Swim to Survive® Instructor.

You can use the grant for costs related to the events, such as:

· Equipment purchase* or rental

· Rental space or venue fees

· Instructor fees

· Event promotion and advertising

· Healthy snacks

· Hand sanitizers or other items to help you follow GNWT public health directives at your events

*Purchasing equipment that can be used by community members for years to come is one way to make the most out of the grant money you receive. Walking poles purchased for events, for example, can be used by the community long after the events have ended.

The application deadline is December 15, 2025.

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The following conditions must be met to receive June Get Active funding:

• The NWT organization will plan and deliver three (3) community-oriented physical events or three (3) elder-oriented physical events.

• All events must be free for participants.

• All events must be open to the public.

• Participants must attend the events.

• The event must occur between September 15, 2025, and March 15, 2026.

• A final electronic report must be submitted by March 16, 2026 (the Google form is available on the website above).

Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant will be sent to the organization. After all events take place, or after the equipment is purchased and put to use, and you submit your final report, you will receive the remaining half of the grant.

The NWTRPA will be approving grants in the order in which they are received. All applications submitted online will automatically receive a time stamp (similar to a fax). If approved, you can receive payment by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or cheque. For EFT, please fill out the form here: https://www.nwtrpa.org/copy-of-resources and follow the instructions to return it to the NWTRPA. If you prefer cheques, they may take 4 weeks to be issued plus additional days for shipping through Canada Post.

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· Cultural camp with Elders · Hip-hop and breakdancing workshops · Weekly drop-in sporting events · Regional basketball tournament · Youth-led talent show · DIY skatepark maintenance and improvement club · Indigenous language immersion camp · Archery skills and safety workshops · Beading and traditional craft circles · Youth-led board game nights · Adaptive sports for youth with disabilities · Canoeing and water safety program · Local history storytelling nights · Learning to set nets · Community art mural project · Film-making and documentary club · Astronomy and night sky exploration · Outdoor adventure leadership program · Esports and gaming club · On the land survival skills workshop · Camping trip · Snow sculpting and winter art festival · Photography and digital storytelling · Traditional hide tanning workshops · Weekly yoga and mindfulness sessions · Stand-up comedy and improv club · Music production and songwriting workshops · Land-based trapping and hunting program · Community hand games tournament · DIY engineering and invention club · Science-based environmental education projects · Wilderness first aid training for youth · Community gardening and food sustainability project · Recreational dodgeball league · Learn to play guitar workshops · Leadership and public speaking workshops · Free little library club · Self-defense and personal safety classes · Non-competitive running or walking group · Local storytelling podcast · Science and technology maker space · Traditional drumming workshops · Birdwatching and environmental stewardship · Youth theatre and drama group · Skateboarding and trick workshops · Community cookbook project with local recipes · Skiing or snowshoeing club · Fitness bootcamp for all ages · Intergenerational dance nights · Video game development and coding club · Swim safety and lifeguard training · Dungeons and Dragons clubs · Anime club · Weekend family movie nights · Summer day camp for kids · DIY upcycling and crafting program · Weekly drum circle and music jam · Competitive chess and strategy club · Rollerblading and urban skating workshops · Community clean-up project · Music Camp · Woodworking and carpentry workshops · Cooking and baking workshops

Grants will be awarded in two categories:

1. Three community-oriented physical activity events ($750), or

2. Three elder-oriented physical activity events ($1000)

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Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant will be sent to the organization. After you submit your final report for your event, you will receive the remaining half of the grant. All NWT communities except Sǫ̀mba K’è/Yellowknife, will have their grant amounts revised by using the 2019 Community Price Index.

Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant will be sent to the organization. After you submit your final report for your event, you will receive the remaining half of the grant. All NWT communities except Sǫ̀mba K’è/Yellowknife, will have their grant amounts revised by using the 2019 Community Price Index.

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Reporting is an important step to ensuring funding for future Get Active grants. All organizers must assess the number of participants and to the best of their ability, assess numbers on the following:

Home Community: Given the NWTRPA commitment to increasing accessibility, the organization should be able to demonstrate that programs and activities are reaching all regions; and if the data don’t indicate this, you will want to do some analysis to figure out why.

Age category: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will support reporting to funders for specific programs that may be focused on youth or Elders.

• Number of Youth

• Number of Adults

• Number of Elders

Indigenous identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and may be useful in developing funding proposals for programs targeted at increasing Indigenous engagement in recreation.

• Number of Indigenous

• Number of Non-Indigenous

• Number of participants who prefer not say

Gender identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will be needed to meet MACA’s accountability requirements related to increasing the number of women and girls in sport.

• Number of Female participants

• Number of Male participants

• Number of Non-Binary participants

• Number of participants who prefer not to say

Why are we collecting this information?

The NWTRPA is committed to improving the accessibility of recreation programs so that all residents can choose to participate in active living. Collecting this information helps us to see whether people of all ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds are accessing recreation opportunities in the NWT.

Reporting on this information is also a requirement for many of our funding sources.

How will this information be used?

The NWTRPA is asking for this information only so that we can compile aggregated information about who is accessing our programs and services. For example, government funding agencies may want to know how many youth, Elders, or women and girls participated in our programming. Indigenous partner organizations may want to know to what extent Indigenous residents of the NWT are taking advantage of our services. This information will also help us to understand if we are meeting our goal of increasing accessibility of recreation services.

Will this information be kept confidential?

We will never disclose this information at an individual or personal level.

What if you don’t want to provide this information?

The only information that is required for you to register for one of our events or programs is your name, e-mail address, and home community. You are free to decline to answer all the other questions.

Reporting is an important step to ensuring funding for future Get Active grants. All organizers must assess the number of participants and to the best of their ability, assess numbers on the following:

Home community: Given the NWTRPA commitment to increasing accessibility, the organization should be able to demonstrate that programs and activities are reaching all regions; and if the data don’t indicate this, you will want to do some analysis to figure out why.

Age category: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will support reporting to funders for specific programs that may be focused on youth or Elders.

• Number of Youth

• Number of Adults

• Number of Elders

Indigenous identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and may be useful in developing funding proposals for programs targeted at increasing Indigenous engagement in recreation.

• Number of Indigenous

• Number of Non-Indigenous

• Number of participants who prefer not say

Gender identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will be needed to meet MACA’s accountability requirements related to increasing the number of women and girls in sport.

• Number of girl/woman participants

• Number of boy/man participants

• Number of participants identifying as other

• Number of participants who prefer not to say

Why are we collecting this information?

The NWTRPA is committed to improving the accessibility of recreation programs so that all residents can choose to participate in active living. Collecting this information helps us to see whether people of all ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds are accessing recreation opportunities in the NWT.

Reporting on this information is also a requirement for many of our funding sources.

How will this information be used?

The NWTRPA is asking for this information only so that we can compile aggregated information about who is accessing our programs and services. For example, government funding agencies may want to know how many youth, Elders, or women and girls participated in our programming. Indigenous partner organizations may want to know to what extent Indigenous residents of the NWT are taking advantage of our services. This information will also help us to understand if we are meeting our goal of increasing accessibility of recreation services.

Will this information be kept confidential?

We will never disclose this information at an individual or personal level.

What if you don’t want to provide this information?

The only information that is required for you to register for one of our events or programs is your name, e-mail address, and home community. You are free to decline to answer all the other questions.

The Northwest Territories Community Price Survey which has been conducted since 1982 allows for a comparison of prices across communities. This comparison takes the form of an index showing average prices compared to Yellowknife. Grants for communities will be calculated using the same ratio that is reflected in the linked index (the lowest-scoring community will be given the basic amount).

Yellowknife has the lowest food price index, hence organizations in this community will receive either $750 or $850 for their event. However, as an example, an organization based out of Inuvik, where the price index is 1.59, would be entitled to $1192,5 ($750 x 1.59) or $1351.5 ($850 x 1.59) For more information on your community price index visit: https://www.statsnwt.ca/prices-expenditures/community-price-index/

You can use the grant money for costs related to the event, such as:

• Purchasing or renting equipment

• Event promotion and advertising

• Rental space or venue fees

• Paying an instructor

• Healthy snacks

• Door prizes

The Northwest Territories Community Price Survey which has been conducted since 1982 allows for a comparison of prices across communities. This comparison takes the form of an index showing average prices compared to Yellowknife. Grants for communities will be calculated using the same ratio that is reflected in the linked index (the lowest-scoring community will be given the basic amount).

Yellowknife has the lowest food price index, hence organizations in this community will receive either $750 or $1000 for their events. However, as an example, an organization based out of Inuvik, where the price index is 1.59, would be entitled to $1192.5 ($750 x 1.59) or $1590 ($1000 x 1.59) For more information on your community price index visit: https://www.statsnwt.ca/prices-expenditures/community-price-index/

While supplies last, we will send you a small prize package to use as giveaways for your events.

Here are some other helpful resources:

• The application period is from September 15, 2024, to December 15st, 2025

• All activities must take place before March 15, 2026.

• All final reports are due March 16, 2025 to receive the second grant instalment.

To apply, complete the online application at the link above.

Funds are limited! Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis.

The application deadline is July 15, 2025.

The following conditions must be met to receive Summer Get Active funding:

• The NWT community organization will plan and deliver a community-oriented physical event or an elder-oriented physical event.

• All events must be free for participants.

• All events must be open to the public.

• Participants must attend the event.

• The event must occur between June 1, 2024, and July 15, 2025.

• A final electronic report must be submitted by July 15, 2025 (a Google Form is provided on the be provided upon approval of the application)

Grants will be awarded in two categories:

1. One community-oriented physical activity event ($400), or

2. One elder-oriented physical activity event ($500)

Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant will be sent to the organization. After you submit your final report for your event, you will receive the remaining half of the grant. All grant amounts may take 2 to 4 weeks to be awarded.

All NWT communities except Sǫ̀mba K’è/Yellowknife, will have their grant amounts revised by using the 2019 Community Price Index.

Reporting is an important step to ensuring funding for future Get Active grants. All organizers must assess the number of participants and to the best of their ability, assess numbers on the following:

Home community: Given the NWTRPA commitment to increasing accessibility, the organization should be able to demonstrate that programs and activities are reaching all regions; and if the data don’t indicate this, you will want to do some analysis to figure out why.

Age category: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will support reporting to funders for specific programs that may be focused on youth or Elders.

• Number of Youth

• Number of Adults

• Number of Elders

Indigenous identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating the achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and may be useful in developing funding proposals for programs targeted at increasing Indigenous engagement in recreation.

• Number of Indigenous

• Number of Non-Indigenous

• Number of participants who prefer not say

Gender identity: This information will be helpful in demonstrating achievement of the goal of increasing accessibility to recreation for all residents; and will be needed to meet MACA’s accountability requirements related to increasing the number of women and girls in sport.

• Number of Female participants

• Number of Male participants

• Number of Other

• Number of participants who prefer not to say

Why are we collecting this information?

The NWTRPA is committed to improving the accessibility of recreation programs so that all residents can choose to participate in active living. Collecting this information helps us to see whether people of all ages, genders, and ethnic backgrounds are accessing recreation opportunities in the NWT.

Reporting on this information is also a requirement for many of our funding sources.

How will this information be used?

The NWTRPA is asking for this information only so that we can compile aggregated information about who is accessing our programs and services. For example, government funding agencies may want to know how many youth, Elders, or women and girls participated in our programming. Indigenous partner organizations may want to know to what extent Indigenous residents of the NWT are taking advantage of our services. This information will also help us to understand if we are meeting our goal of increasing accessibility of recreation services.

Will this information be kept confidential?

We will never disclose this information at an individual or personal level.

What if you don’t want to provide this information?

The only information that is required for you to register for one of our events or programs is your name, e-mail address, and home community. You are free to decline to answer all the other questions.

You can use the grant money for costs related to the event, such as:

• Purchasing or renting equipment

• Event promotion and advertising

• Rental space or venue fees

• Paying an instructor

• Healthy snacks

• Door prizes

The Northwest Territories Community Price Survey which has been conducted since 1982 allows for a comparison of prices across communities. This comparison takes the form of an index showing average prices compared to Yellowknife. Grants for communities will be calculated using the same ratio that is reflected in the linked index (the lowest-scoring community will be given the basic amount).

Yellowknife has the lowest food price index, hence organizations in this community will receive either $400 or $500 for their event. However, as an example, an organization based out of Inuvik, where the price index is 1.59, would be entitled to $636 ($400 x 1.59) or $795 ($500 x 1.59) For more information on your community price index visit: https://www.statsnwt.ca/prices-expenditures/community-price-index/

June is Recreation and Park Month (JRPM) is a movement that promotes the benefits of recreation and parks for physical, social, and environmental health. Communities across the NWT have embraced JRPM as a way to promote local programs and events, parks and facilities that are available for all citizens to enjoy.

Access to park and recreation is a fundamental human need that helps foster personal health, strong communities, and social inclusion. JRPM celebrates NWT’s spectacular parks and recreation services and raises awareness for the role they play as a pathway to individual, community, and environmental well-being.

Have any photos of you enjoying recreation during the month of June? Tag the NWTRPA on Facebook or Instagram while including the following hashtags: #JRPM or #GetActiveNWT.

Here are some helpful resources:

• The application period is May 10 to June 15, 2025

• All activities must take place before July 15, 2025

• All final reports are due July 15, 2025.

The Elder Award recognizes an Elder that is sharing their knowledge in a good way with community and supporting others to be healthy. In this way, the nominee contributes to and is engaged in community life. The Elder has positive relationships with all generations, themselves, each other, and the land.

Criteria

• The nominee is an Elder

• The nominee sharing what they know in a good way

• The nominee is taking care of their health and holistic wellbeing

The Innovation Award recognizes a community, organization, or individual in the NWT that has developed a creative approach to getting themselves and others active and healthy (particular consideration given to on the Land). This could be a program, facility, group, or anything else. The award recipient demonstrates a commitment to community needs and self-determination of community identity.

Elders in Motion is a training and mentorship program that improves the access and quality of recreation programs for older adults. Community leaders enhance their knowledge, skills, and confidence in organizing and leading safe, engaging, and culturally appropriate recreation programs for older adults. These programs promote wellness of body, mind, and spirit; interdependence; and functional mobility.

The NWTRPA offers training and program support to the collaborative’s grant recipients, including Paddle Canada certifications; Red Cross wilderness and remote first aid certifications; risk management planning; and program evaluation.

Fitness Leadership provides training to community members to become certified fitness leaders. NWT residents no longer have to travel south or take online courses to become certified fitness leaders. Residents can participate in training in their own community because the NWTRPA facilitates Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association (AFLCA) certifications in affiliation with the Alberta Provincial Fitness Unit.

HIGH FIVE® is Canada’s only quality standard for organizations that provide recreation and sport programs to children aged 6 to 12. As an authorized provider, the NWTRPA is a partner in delivering HIGH FIVE® training across the NWT to community recreation leaders.

Through HIGH FIVE® training, recreation, sport, and after school leaders learn how to incorporate the Principles of Healthy Child Development into their everyday programming. The HIGH FIVE® Principles emphasize the social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children to help front-line leaders engage participants, build relationships, and resolve conflict.

The Recreation North Training Program is designed for anyone living in the Yukon, NWT, or Nunavut, who works or would like to work or volunteer in recreation. This fully online program (with the occasional option of in-person delivery) is flexible and allows participants to work toward a Certificate in Northern Recreation Leadership, or just take one or two courses. Recreation North also offers an in-person certificate in recreation leadership for northern youth, in which participants learn to lead safe, quality recreation programs and activities, while also developing an appreciation for the benefits of community recreation.

Established in 1989, the NWTRPA Conference is a multi-day educational event for recreation professionals, on the land leaders, educators, Elders, health care workers, youth centre workers, and volunteers from across the NWT. The conference provides an opportunity to examine trends and issues affecting the recreation sector and offer training. The NWTRPA’s Annual General Meeting is held during the conference, allowing recreation leaders from across the territory to participate.

Given current GNWT public health directives, the NWTRPA is not currently offering Get Active grants, which promote in-person gatherings. However, we are offering

Funds are limited. Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The following conditions must be met in order to receive funding:

• A community organization will plan, organize and host one June is Recreation and Parks Month event;

• The event must be free for participants;

• People must attend the event;

• The event must be open to the public;

• The event must take place during the month of June; and

• A final report on your event must be submitted by July 31, 2020.

$400 will be awarded to organizations that deliver a June is Recreation and Parks Month event in June that fits within the criteria.

We also have 10 Swim to Survive® grants available! Participants will learn the basic skills needed to survive a fall into deep water taught by a certified Swim to Survive® Instructor. Example: Moose Kerr School Swim to Survive® event held at the Inuvik Aquatics Centre.

Applicable events include those that celebrate June is Recreation and Parks Month or Senior Citizens’ Month.

Events can fall on one of the various celebration dates within June including:

• June 1, Intergenerational Day

• June 3, Clean Air Day

• June 5, Inuvialuit Day

• June 5, World Environment Day

• June 6, International Trails Day

• June 6, National Health and Fitness Day

• June 6 – 13, Water Safety Week

• June 8, World Oceans Day

• June 8 – 16, National Paddling Week

• June 15, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

• June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day

• June 24, Saint-Jean Baptiste Day

• June 26, National Canoe Day

• June 27, Canadian Multiculturalism Day

• Celebrating Senior Citizens’ Month

• Celebrating Recreation and Parks Month

Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant ($200) will be sent to the organization.

The NWTRPA will be approving grants in the order in which they are received. All applictions submitted online will automatically receive a time stamp (similar to a fax). If approved, the cheque may take 4 weeks to be issued plus additional days for shipping through Canada Post.

After the event takes place and the final event report is submitted, the remaining half of the grant will be sent.

You can use the grant for costs related to the events such as:

• Event promotion and advertising

• Equipment purchase* or rental

• Rental space or venue fees

• Instructor fees

• Healthy snacks

• Travel to a Regional Aquatics Training Centre (for Swim to Survive® events)

*Purchasing equipment that can be used by community members for years to come is one way to make the most out of the grant money you receive.

• Customizable Event Poster* (English)

• Customizable Event Poster* (French)

• Event Promotion Tips

• Visit the June is Recreation and Parks Month resources page for logos and more.

*Download the PDF file before filling and printing if you’d like to use any special characters (marks and unique symbols) found in the official languages of the NWT.

• Application period: May 4 – May 31, 2020*

  • *Given current GNWT public health directives, the NWTRPA has made the difficult decision not to offer June Get Active grants this year. However, we are looking into other options that would allow us to support community recreation in a way that is more appropriate for our current reality. You can learn more here.

• All events must take place on or between June 1 and June 30, 2020

• All final reports are due July 31, 2020

For Community Elders

This 2-day training helps community leaders learn to run a physically active aging adults recreation program in their community.

Includes 10 simple yet progressive exercises for aging adults.

For Community Elders

This 2-hour training teaches community leaders who are certified in the Active Living Exercise Program to incorporate balls into their program!

This 2-day training teaches community leaders to design a fitness program that is well suited to their Elders' needs. It focuses on creating a program that will increase mobility and protect Elders from falls.

This is for recreation staff and resident care aides who wish to help the Elders in long term care to gain strength, maintain mobility, and live longer in their community.

For Intergenerational Programming

This 4-hour training for community leaders will teach how to develop programs and events, and how to include all ages in programming.

Applications are now closed. Thank you for your interest.

We cannot give grant money to individuals, but organizations and community governments are encouraged to apply for the grants to help their community members stay active.

Applications will be open from September 7 to October 1, 2021.

Funds are limited. Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The following conditions must be met in order to receive funding:

• The event must be free for participants;

• People must attend the event;

• The event must be open to the public;

• The event must take place between October 1 and March 15; and

• A final report on your event must be submitted by March 15, 2022.

There are 4 categories of grants as described below:

Community recreation opportunities — $425–$850

1) In-Person (Physically Distant) Events ($850): Three community-oriented physical activity events held in person and following GNWT public health directives at the time of each event

Examples: Nordic walking, sliding, snowshoeing, a cross-country ski loppet, winter tennis, on the land opportunities, etc.

2) Online Recreation Event/ Professional Development ($425): Three community-oriented physical activity events held online and following GNWT public health directives at the time of each event

3) Equipment ($500: Recreation equipment that is free for everyone in the community to use following GNWT public health directives at the time of equipment use.

Examples: Yoga mats or snowshoes that can be borrowed by anyone for free, and which are sanitized once they are returned. Items that can be lent out to encourage community members to go out on the land also fit this category!

Elder recreation opportunities — $1,150

In-Person (Physically Distant) Events: Three Elder events held in person and following GNWT public health directives at the time of each event Examples: Elders Yoga, Wii and Tea, Elders jigging party, walking bingo, etc.

Applicable events include those that celebrate June is Recreation and Parks Month or Senior Citizens’ Month.

There are a number of special days in June, which provide the perfect opportunity to acknowledge the many benefits of recreation and parks.

June 2: Clean Air Day; Global Running Day

June 3: World Bicycle Day

June 5: Inuvialuit Day; World Environment Day; National Health and Fitness Day

June 6: Gardening Exercise Day

June 8: World Oceans Day; Best Friends Day

June 10: Farm Workers Day

June 11: Yarn Bombing Day

June 12: Knit in Public Day

June 13: World Softball Day; Axe Throwing Day

June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

June 16: Fresh Veggies Day

June 17: Dump the Pump Day

June 20: Summer Solstice

June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day; International Day of Yoga

June 24: Saint Baptiste Day

June 26: National Canoe Day

Each grant will be awarded in two parts. When an application is approved, half the grant will be sent to the organization.

The NWTRPA will be approving grants in the order in which they are received. All applications submitted online will automatically receive a time stamp (similar to a fax). If approved, the cheque may take 4 weeks to be issued plus additional days for shipping through Canada Post.

After the event takes place and the final event report is submitted, the remaining half of the grant will be sent.

You can use the grant for costs related to the events such as:

• Event promotion and advertising

• Equipment purchase* or rental

• Rental space or venue fees

• Instructor fees

• Healthy snacks

• Applications will be accepted until the funds are used up.

• All events must take place on or between October 1, 2021 – March 15, 2022.

• A final electronic report must be submitted by March 15, 2022.

This training will help improve the quality of programs. Recreation leaders will understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members. Participants receive resources related to healthy child development, including the Principles of Healthy Child Development Workbook and related handouts.

Primary Audience: Recreation programmers, coordinators, youth centre staff, summer staff, after school programmers

Prerequisite: None

Length of Training: 4 hours

Mode of Training: In-Person OR Virtual Live

# of Participants: Minimum 6 to Maximum 25

This training is designed for the competitive coach in a club/organization. Aligned with the Fundamentals and Learn to Train stages of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD), HIGH FIVE® Sport focuses on the social, emotional, and cognitive development and wellbeing of athletes. The training has been designed to help coaches with top coaching dilemmas such as dealing with parents, keeping the child’s interest, ensuring fair play and an emotionally safe environment.

Primary Audience: Coaches of children’s sport programs, summer sports staff

Prerequisite: None

Length of Training: 5 hours

Mode of Training: In-Person OR Virtual On-Demand

# of Participants: Minimum 6 to Maximum 25

This in-person training will help recreation leaders be more informed in promoting positive mental health among children in their programs. Participants will learn key concepts and factors that affect children’s mental health including the impact of stress and environment on a child’s ability to cope. This training will provide Tools and suggested activities to use to help improve their understanding and interactions with children who face challenges in their programs.

Primary Audience: Recreation programmers, coordinators, youth centre staff, summer staff, after school programmers

Prerequisite: None

Length of Training: 7.5 hours

Mode of Training: In-Person

# of Participants: Minimum 6 to Maximum 25

This training will help supervisors to improve the quality of children’s programs by learning how to measure it with the HIGH FIVE® scientifically validated Tool. Supervisors will get practical training on the use of QUEST 2 and will gain access to the HIGH FIVE® Database. They will learn how to enter their data into the Database to help them continually track their progress as well as identify areas of need.

Primary Audience: Supervisors

Prerequisite: PHCD or HIGH FIVE® Sport

Length of Training: 7.5 hours

Mode of Training: In-Person OR Virtual Hybrid

# of Participants: Minimum 6 to Maximum 25

Healthy Minds for Healthy Children builds on HIGH FIVE®’s existing expertise in healthy child development with an online training and downloadable resource to help those working with children positively influence their mental health. This new training offers engagement strategies for nurturing resiliency in children and provides insights into common mental health conditions that children could be experiencing.

Primary Audience: Recreation programmers, coordinators, youth centre staff, summer staff, after school programmers

Prerequisite: None (*FREE* after taking HIGH FIVE® Sport or PHCD)

Length of Training: 1 hour

Mode of Training: Virtual On-Demand

# of Participants: N/A

This online training will help managers improve children’s programs by measuring the quality of the organization’s policies and procedures. Managers will learn how to use the HIGH FIVE® scientifically validated Tool to adopt a child-centered approach to service delivery and operations. Participants of this workshop will review and learn how to use the comprehensive audit Tool that determines the extent to which their policies and procedures support quality activities and the principles of HIGH FIVE®. If there are areas where no policy or procedure exists, managers will learn how to develop them. Access to the HIGH FIVE® Database to track their organization’s progress as well as identify areas of need will aid in this. Overall, participation in QUEST 1 will enable an organization to operate with basic and uniform standards and establish a constant base from which programs can operate.

The Elder Award recognizes an Elder that is sharing their knowledge in a good way with community and supporting others to be healthy. In this way, the nominee contributes to and is engaged in community life. The Elder has positive relationships with all generations, themselves, each other, and the land.

Criteria

• The nominee is an Elder

• The nominee sharing what they know in a good way

• The nominee is taking care of their health and holistic wellbeing

The Innovation Award recognizes a community, organization, or individual in the NWT that has developed a creative approach to getting themselves and others active and healthy (particular consideration given to on the Land). This could be a program, facility, group, or anything else. The award recipient demonstrates a commitment to community needs and self-determination of community identity.

This interactive session will be Trainer-led and will introduce participants to evidence-based guidelines and actions that will help recreation practitioners make their programs, places and spaces more welcoming and accessible to people experiencing mental health challenges.

Recreation can play a pivotal role in the mental health recovery process and is important for the maintenance of mental wellness for all people. Because of the connections between recreation, mental wellness and social equity, equitable access to recreation is key to increasing wellness and social equity overall.

Participants will

• explore how mental health impacts everyone's life,

• look at the impact of stigma and learn how to reduce it

• explore the barriers people face and brainstorm strategies and supports necessary for participation in community recreation

• be introduced to 10 practice guidelines and 50+ action steps for positive change

• begin to create an action plan for your organization

The training will give you a renewed sense of the power of recreation to change people’s lives for the better and the tools to help you do it!

This training will help improve the quality of programs. Recreation leaders will understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional, and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips, and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members. Participants receive resources related to healthy child development, including the Principles of Healthy Child Development Workbook and related handouts.

This interactive session will be Trainer-led and will introduce participants to evidence-based guidelines and actions that will help recreation practitioners make their programs, places and spaces more welcoming and accessible to people experiencing mental health challenges.

Recreation can play a pivotal role in the mental health recovery process and is important for the maintenance of mental wellness for all people. Because of the connections between recreation, mental wellness and social equity, equitable access to recreation is key to increasing wellness and social equity overall.

Participants will

• explore how mental health impacts everyone's life,

• look at the impact of stigma and learn how to reduce it

• explore the barriers people face and brainstorm strategies and supports necessary for participation in community recreation

• be introduced to 10 practice guidelines and 50+ action steps for positive change

• begin to create an action plan for your organization

The training will give you a renewed sense of the power of recreation to change people’s lives for the better and the tools to help you do it!

This training will help improve the quality of programs. Recreation leaders will understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional, and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips, and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members. Participants receive resources related to healthy child development, including the Principles of Healthy Child Development Workbook and related handouts.

This training will help improve the quality of programs. Recreation leaders will understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional, and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips, and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members. Participants receive resources related to healthy child development, including the Principles of Healthy Child Development Workbook and related handouts.

This interactive session will be Trainer-led and will introduce participants to evidence-based guidelines and actions that will help recreation practitioners make their programs, places and spaces more welcoming and accessible to people experiencing mental health challenges.

Recreation can play a pivotal role in the mental health recovery process and is important for the maintenance of mental wellness for all people. Because of the connections between recreation, mental wellness and social equity, equitable access to recreation is key to increasing wellness and social equity overall.

Participants will

• explore how mental health impacts everyone's life,

• look at the impact of stigma and learn how to reduce it

• explore the barriers people face and brainstorm strategies and supports necessary for participation in community recreation

• be introduced to 10 practice guidelines and 50+ action steps for positive change

• begin to create an action plan for your organization

The training will give you a renewed sense of the power of recreation to change people’s lives for the better and the tools to help you do it!

This interactive session will be Trainer-led and will introduce participants to evidence-based guidelines and actions that will help recreation practitioners make their programs, places and spaces more welcoming and accessible to people experiencing mental health challenges.

Recreation can play a pivotal role in the mental health recovery process and is important for the maintenance of mental wellness for all people. Because of the connections between recreation, mental wellness and social equity, equitable access to recreation is key to increasing wellness and social equity overall.

Participants will

• explore how mental health impacts everyone's life,

• look at the impact of stigma and learn how to reduce it

• explore the barriers people face and brainstorm strategies and supports necessary for participation in community recreation

• be introduced to 10 practice guidelines and 50+ action steps for positive change

• begin to create an action plan for your organization

The training will give you a renewed sense of the power of recreation to change people’s lives for the better and the tools to help you do it!

This training will help improve the quality of programs. Recreation leaders will understand what they need to do to ensure each child’s social, emotional, and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips, and resources to enhance their programs as well as their relationships with children and other staff members. Participants receive resources related to healthy child development, including the Principles of Healthy Child Development Workbook and related handouts.

This is an interactive workshop where participants will analyze a northern Indigenous story for governance principles that can be applied to land-based program evaluation. Facilitator Mandee McDonald will lead the group through a method she is currently developing as part of her dissertation research on Indigenous governance and land-based programming.

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning has been delivering Indigenous-led Land-based education across the NWT since 2009. In this workshop, Elders and staff from Dechinta will share core lessons from this last decade of land-based education, including lessons in the co-development of programming, community engaged research, creating programming that is family inclusive, and integrating lessons from the land into our everyday lives.

In this interactive workshop participants will discuss how to support Elders to continue to be active on the land. Participants will discuss activities Elders participate in during on the land programs, activities Elders want to participate in, but are unable to, and how we can address barriers to bringing Elders on the land.

Looking to offer options for Elders to stay connected and healthy?

This day-long training will prepare community leaders to host culturally appropriate programming for Elders in their community. The ALEP training covers mobility, independence, safety, connection, and more.

Each participant will receive a ball, an ALEP manual, and an Elders in Motion T-shirt.

This is an interactive workshop where participants will analyze a northern Indigenous story for governance principles that can be applied to land-based program evaluation. Facilitator Mandee McDonald will lead the group through a method she is currently developing as part of her dissertation research on Indigenous governance and land-based programming.

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning has been delivering Indigenous-led Land-based education across the NWT since 2009. In this workshop, Elders and staff from Dechinta will share core lessons from this last decade of land-based education, including lessons in the co-development of programming, community engaged research, creating programming that is family inclusive, and integrating lessons from the land into our everyday lives.

In this interactive workshop participants will discuss how to support Elders to continue to be active on the land. Participants will discuss activities Elders participate in during on the land programs, activities Elders want to participate in, but are unable to, and how we can address barriers to bringing Elders on the land.

This is an interactive workshop where participants will analyze a northern Indigenous story for governance principles that can be applied to land-based program evaluation. Facilitator Mandee McDonald will lead the group through a method she is currently developing as part of her dissertation research on Indigenous governance and land-based programming.

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning has been delivering Indigenous-led Land-based education across the NWT since 2009. In this workshop, Elders and staff from Dechinta will share core lessons from this last decade of land-based education, including lessons in the co-development of programming, community engaged research, creating programming that is family inclusive, and integrating lessons from the land into our everyday lives.

In this interactive workshop participants will discuss how to support Elders to continue to be active on the land. Participants will discuss activities Elders participate in during on the land programs, activities Elders want to participate in, but are unable to, and how we can address barriers to bringing Elders on the land.

Looking to offer options for Elders to stay connected and healthy?

This day-long training will prepare community leaders to host culturally appropriate programming for Elders in their community. The ALEP training covers mobility, independence, safety, connection, and more.

Each participant will receive a ball, an ALEP manual, and an Elders in Motion T-shirt.

Looking to offer options for Elders to stay connected and healthy?

This day-long training will prepare community leaders to host culturally appropriate programming for Elders in their community. The ALEP training covers mobility, independence, safety, connection, and more.

Each participant will receive a ball, an ALEP manual, and an Elders in Motion T-shirt.

This is an interactive workshop where participants will analyze a northern Indigenous story for governance principles that can be applied to land-based program evaluation. Facilitator Mandee McDonald will lead the group through a method she is currently developing as part of her dissertation research on Indigenous governance and land-based programming.

This workshop will delve into principles and examples of ethical space - a Land-based philosophy where Indigenous and Euro-western world views co-exist in a mutually respectful and welcoming space. We will spend time on the Land together, while sharing knowledge and food.

This workshop is led by Bushkids. Through training, mentorship, consulting, and advocacy, Bushkids aims to support healthy relationships with ourselves, each other, and the Land. This session will be hosted on the land at Bushkids. Most of our time will be spent outdoors, so please dress appropriately for the weather.

Looking to offer options for Elders to stay connected and healthy?

This day-long training will prepare community leaders to host culturally appropriate programming for Elders in their community. The ALEP training covers mobility, independence, safety, connection, and more.

Each participant will receive a ball, an ALEP manual, and an Elders in Motion T-shirt.