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Records include video of the opening of the Chief Jimmy Bruneau School in Edzo in 1972. The moving images are black and white and have a soundtrack. Featured in the production are Chief Jimmy Bruneau, Jean Chretien, then Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Commissioner Stuart Hodgson, Deputy Commissioner John Parker, Superintendent of Education B.C. Gillie, and Member of Parliament Bud Orange.

Records include a 1972 Survey of Education in the Northwest Territories; a 1973 handbook for curriculum development entitled "Learning in the Middle Years" produced by the Programme Development Division; a handbook for curriculum development entitled "Elementary Education in the Northwest Territories" produced by the Curriculum Division; and a resource book on consumer education and money management classes entitled "The Northern Dollar: Handbook for Basic Money Management" produced by the Education Programs and Evaluation Division.

This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),

Records include a photograph of the members of the first Teacher Education Program class. Original print was stamped McDermid Studios Ltd. Edmonton. Included in the class were Robert 'Bobby' Overvold and Cindy Kenny Gilday.

Photographs depict communities and school facilities across the Northwest Territories, including Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Inuvik, Yellowknife, Snowdrift (Lutselke), Pelly Bay, Cambridge Bay, the Keewatin, and Baffin regions.

Accession consists of books published by the Department of Education called "Tendi's Canoe" and "Tendi Goes Beaver Snaring." There is also a book of Inuit Legends featuring drawings by Inuk artist Germaine Arnaktauyok. Additionally, there are curricula materials such as "Flora and Fauna of the North" which includes illustrated pictures of animals found in the north accompanied by excerpt /short stories. "A Start in Something New: Welcome to Kindergarten" is curriculum for kindergarten. The accession also includes a booklet of the Dene calendar written in both English and Slavey with illustrations by Dene artist, Don Antoine. There is also a book, "Olympiada" by Saul Landa which features the 1971 Olympiada event among students in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Additionally, there is a summary of the Social and Housing Education Program in the Mackenzie District in 1969. The accession also consists of territorial government and election procedures of 1974 in the Government and Elections - An Educational Programme.

This accession consists of 2 copies of the 1968-1969 yearbook ("Banksland Story") for the Sachs Harbour school. Included are photographs of the teachers and students as well as images of other residents and everyday life on Banks Island. Also included is a short history and statistics on Sachs Harbour and Banks Island.

These records, dated between 1968-1978, come from the Central Registry and were generated by the Director of Education (70 block), School Services (73 block) and Continuing and Special Education (75 block). The records relate to pupil residences, student hostels, teacher education programs, as well as adult vocational training centres and courses. There are Quarterly Returns for Breynat Hall, Lapointe Hall, Grollier Hall, Stringer Hall, Fleming Hall and Chief Jimmy Bruneau that date from 1969-1974.

The records are from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Director of Education (70 block) and Assistant Director of Education (71 block).

Records are comprised of files collected by the Commissioner. Records include materials related to education, in particular a report by Des Sparham, documents related to the Fort Resolution sawmill, Resolute Bay Policy Committee materials, departmental responses to a plan for transferring responsibilities to communities, Executive Committee policy directives, and documents related to the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE).

This accession consists of one newsletter entitled "Echo 1967" which was produced by the students at the Federal Day School in Norman Wells. The newsletter (dated January 13, 1967) contains school-related items and items pertaining to the community. There are lists of community events for the upcoming month, birth announcements, a cartoon, an extract from the Liquor Ordinance, and community residents' opinions on Confederation and the future of Canada. The newsletter was originally created as part of the school's contribution to the NWT Centennial celebrations.

Records consist of one Sir Alexander Mackenzie School yearbook for the 1967-1968 school year. The name Bobby Kadlum is embossed on the lower right corner. The yearbook includes photographs of students in Grade 7 through Grade 12, school athletics, clubs and special events.

The records consists of files from the Central Registry 70 Block, 72 Block, 73 Block, 75 Block, 77 Block and some quarterly residence returns from Breynat Hall (1969-1970) and Grollier Hall (1972-1974)l. Specifically the files relate to: Education - General, school programs in Detah, Grollier Hall in Inuvik, Continuing and Special Education and some Administrative services reports. There are also audit reports for Grollier Hall from 1971 and 1973 and these reports include staff lists.

This fonds consists of 513 colour slides, 8 colour prints, 2 original master sound cassettes and 2 DAT audiocassettes. The original two audiocassettes were copied to DAT circa 1995-1996. The DAT cassettes now constitute the archival masters. The two DAT audio cassettes (items :0522 and :0523) document the first meeting of the Great Slave Lake Housing Association which was held at Hay River in July, 1969. The 513 colour slides (items :0001 to :0513) and the colour prints (items :0514 to :0521) depict a variety of northern communities. Twenty of the slides (items :0366 to :0385) are copies of images taken by Sister B. Matte, a Grey Nun who worked in Rae in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of these images illustrate the social conditions, which existed in the 1960s and 1970s. A large number of images focus upon education in the north; depicting schools, adult education centres, teachers and students. There are also many images, which depict types of housing found in various communities. Subjects covered include education, housing, transportation, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police ceremony to honour Special Constables in the north, recreational activities, Caribou Carnivals in Yellowknife, Sports Day activities in Pangnirtung in 1971, and Toonik Tyme festivities in Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit) circa 1970. Communities depicted include: Arctic Bay, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Colville Lake, Coppermine, Detah (Dettah), Eskimo Point (Arviat), Fort Chimo, Fort Good Hope, Fort Liard, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Fort Wrigley, Frobisher Bay (Iqaluit), Hall Beach, Hay River, Igloolik, Inuvik, Nahanni Butte, Norman Wells, Pangnirtung, Pelly Bay, Pond Inlet, Port Burwell, Rae-Edzo, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Sachs Harbour, Spence Bay (Taloyoak), Tuktoyaktuk and Yellowknife.

This accession consists of one program from the Sir Alexander Mackenzie High School, grade 12 Senior Awards Program, held in Inuvik on June 3, 1966. It includes a list of students' names.