This accession consists of records relating to the outreach activities conducted by the Northwest Territories Geosciences Office, including prospector training in Yellowknife and community mapping programs in Deline and Fort McPherson. Prospector training materials include a sign-up sheet, registration forms, quizzes, course evaluations, certificates, correspondence, course outline and handout package, and Northwest Territories Prospectors Grubstake Program Application form and Guidelines. Community mapping program materials include correspondence, proposals, job postings, waiver, agreement, safety orientation documentation, reports, poster text and drafts, presentation slides, news articles, and reference material and maps.

The sound recordings consisted of lectures delivered as part of the "Science History and All That" lecture series. :0001 - In December 1979, George Calef, part of the Government of the Northwest Territories Game Branch lectured on the topic of caribou. :0002 - In February 1980, Dr. Walter O. Kupsh spoke on the topic of "Discovery and Mining of Uranium." Dr. Kupsh, a member of the Carruthers Commission from 1965-1966, also served as a member of the Science Advisory Board. :0003 - In September 1980, Constable M.J. (Joe) Olsen lectured on the topic of the "St. Roch." Joe Olsen was a crewmember of the "St. Roch" in the 1920s. :0004 - Photographer and historian Richard Finnie lectured on "The Truth about the Canol Project". Richard Finnie was employed as the northern advisor and historian to the United States Army Engineers constructing the Canol Project from 1940-1942. :0005 - In January 1981, Doug Heard of the NWT Wildlife Services spoke on "Caribou: Sex and Death Where the Nights are Long". :0006 - In February of 1981, Dr. Otto Schaefer lectured on "Native Food Resources and Traditional Dietary Habits: Their Value from a Nutritional and Medical Viewpoint and the Effect on the Health Picture of Native Populations Observed Consequent to Rapid Change of their Traditional Dietary Habits." Dr. Schaefer was a physician in Aklavik, Pangnirtung and the Yukon prior to founding the Northern Medical Research Unit in Edmonton. :0007 - In April 1981, Anne Gunn lectured on "Men and Musk ox". Anne Gunn, a member of the Canada Wildlife Service from 1973 to 1978, joined the NWT Wildlife Service in 1978.

The posters advertise either public lectures or the opening of new exhibits at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC). The lectures were sponsored jointly by the PWNHC and the Science Advisory Board of the Northwest Territories.

This fonds consists of records of operation of the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories. Records include Science Advisory Board meeting minutes and annual reports, Constitution and By-Laws and Some Observations and Recommendations on the Formation, Organization and Management of the Northwest Territories Science Institute, legislation, briefing notes, minutes of several meetings of the Science Institute Board of Governors, strategic planning and review documents and report, a draft policy manual, documents on goals and objectives, a polonium and lead transfer study, beluga whale review, staff meeting notes, board membership information, discussion notes, annual reports, and correspondence regarding the cooperation and eventual merger of the Science Institute with Arctic College (later Aurora College).

Records date from 1979-1982 and consist of published reports. Records include reports multiple topics, including the objectives of the Board, population studies, imported foods to the Northwest Territories, wind energy, aquatic resources, arctic marine mammals, dietary habits of native populations and animal management.